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Which baby names are becoming more common in your area?

32 replies

amy480 · 04/10/2026 11:42

Just curious really! In baby classes / out and about I’ve encountered x3 Nova / x 2 Beatrice / x2 Wren (both girls) / x2 Goldie / x 2 Reuben. I’m in Surrey. Hearing of a lot of baby Jude’s recently too.

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Mumofgirls2017 · 04/10/2026 13:19

Elodie
ottilie
juniper
cora
nora
hazel
daphne
olive

ivo
jasper
vinnie
wilfred
sidney
august
oakley
hudson

Crushed23 · 04/10/2026 13:25

Elodie, Isabelle, Isla, Beatrice

Lucas, Zach, Liam, Isaac

Shloopie · 04/10/2026 13:26

SO many Margots

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 04/10/2026 13:44

Different Neighbours 2 baby girls are called Zola and Tabitha.

mummysmagicmedicine · 04/10/2026 15:25

Surrey as well!

Max
Frankie
Herbie
Dexter
Alfie

Ottilie
Esme
Olivia
Florence

ToadRage · 04/10/2026 15:35

I don't meet a lot of babies but the two most recent, both born in the summer are Matilda and Margot.

Firebird83 · 04/10/2026 22:34

Mabel
Maeve
Margot
Beatrice
Elodie
Elowen
Nora
Indie
Juniper
Clementine
Rosie

Rudy
Otis
Kit
Wilfred
Rory
Noah
Remy
Albie
Arthur
Beau
Otto

ChoccyHobknob · 04/10/2026 22:37

Oddly my DD knows two 3 year olds called Cecillia which did strike me as odd!

Ophelia, Ottilie, Ivy in our area (Sussex)

Helenbelena · 05/10/2026 07:55

Ottilie
Tabitha
Rosie/Rosemary
Margot

Wilfred
Quentin
Vincent/Vinnie
Alfred/Alfie

user1492757084 · 07/10/2026 07:02

Olive
Cora
Winifred

Finn, Findlay, Finley
Nash
Harry

Jk987 · 07/10/2026 07:15

I’ve got an irrational dislike of the name Ottilie!

Helenbelena · 07/10/2026 12:44

user1492757084 · 07/10/2026 07:02

Olive
Cora
Winifred

Finn, Findlay, Finley
Nash
Harry

Harry and Finn have already been super popular round here. They feel a little dated actually.

aintnospringchicken · 07/10/2026 13:04

Rory
Finlay
Logan
Harry

Eve
Charlotte
Olivia

CherryKerry · 07/10/2026 13:07

Jk987 · 07/10/2026 07:15

I’ve got an irrational dislike of the name Ottilie!

Me too, sounds like something you would squirt in your ear.

amy480 · 07/10/2026 13:29

Jk987 · 07/10/2026 07:15

I’ve got an irrational dislike of the name Ottilie!

I quite like it but it’s definitely a polarising name. When I suggested it my husband was like absolutely not!!

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Shloopie · 07/10/2026 18:43

Jk987 · 07/10/2026 07:15

I’ve got an irrational dislike of the name Ottilie!

I don't think it's an irrational dislike. Sounds awful in any accent but French.

Helenbelena · 07/10/2026 20:31

Shloopie · 07/10/2026 18:43

I don't think it's an irrational dislike. Sounds awful in any accent but French.

It’s not a French name. It’s Germanic!

Pronounced Ot TEE Lee eh in German. 4 syllables with the emphasis on the second.

I hate the English pronunciation!

mathanxiety · 07/10/2026 20:41

Carol
Malcolm

I've stumbled across two of each.

Piglet89 · 07/10/2026 20:59

No way @mathanxietyMalcolm and Carol are characters stuck on the M25 in rush hour bank holiday traffic in a 70s Mike Leigh film, surely?

APlagueOnBothYourHouses · 07/10/2026 21:17

Everlee/Everleigh and Everlyn

Blu as a middle name

CoolHedgehog · 07/10/2026 21:43

Albie, Jude, Koa, Luca, Noah, Reuben

Delilah, Elsie, Evelyn, Indie, Margot, Millie

Giraffehaver · 07/10/2026 22:20

Maeve
Nora(h)
Eloise
Jack
Samuel
William

FrogAndToadTogether · 08/10/2026 12:18

Margot and Reuben seem popular here (also SE)

TaggieOharasLostBra · 08/10/2026 22:37

Ada, Edie, Ivy, Evie, Ida, etc

YourAmberExpert · 08/10/2026 22:39

Lila