Which names do you predict will go rancid in a few years, like Sharon and Tracy did?

[LadyThompson]

I am not saying I don't like these names...but some names get too popular and then they start to smell a bit and seem naff

For girls:

Jade
Ruby? It's the second most popular girl naem nowadays
Aimee
Anything-Mae

For boys:

Rhys
Jayden
Logan

Exactment. My name is the Doris of the 1970s (imo). If we are making this a discussion about class, and I wasn't when I began this thread but I think some people are intent on it, I have what some people would call a common name (in both senses of the word) and it sticks out in my, work arena where everyone seems to be called Venetia, Minty and so on. But do I care? Nope! One of the names on my list for my DD was Augusta, though I'm not calling her that now - there was a thread about it the other day. Someone said this morning that it reminded them of a smelly old lady with big bosoms (or something). Was I offended? No! I laughed. And I would have done even if I had called my beautiful DD that and she was six weeks old. Maybe that means I have the hide of a rhino. Or maybe it just means that I am faintly well adjusted.

i'm amazed at the people who think that their child's name is only important to the parent... what about the child themselves? the two sharons i know HATE their name. in fact, now that i come to think of it, there was a third but she changed it by deed poll.

I hope my dd will like her name when she is older - she's not yet three so probably wouldn't understand if I asked her!
Its a nice name (I think) not too popular, can be shortened if needsbe

lady t, are you called daphne????? (sp)

Yes, but as I said on another thread, who knew that Sharon was going to go the way it did? At the time, it probably seemed romantic and exotic. No one knew that thousands of other Mums were thinking: "Oooh, SHARON..." They did their best, it's just fickle old fate. Still don't see why people have to get all DROMEDARY 'bout it.

you seem pretty humpy yourself tbh, ladyt.

What is it that drives a name to go "like Sharon" (what is wrong with the name btw?!)?
Is it over use or negative linking in popular culture, such as Vicky Pollard?

Hmmm, think you're misunderstanding my tone, Exterminaitch. I enjoy a vigorous debate, and I thought this was a stimulating topic

ah yes, my fault i'm sure.

HIJACK (sorry): Aitch, ages ago you posted a link to a fantastic photographer of children who takes very natural photos of the child in their own home. Can you remember the web address of that photographer as I would love him/her to take some shots of DD ?

Blimey - I was going to comment but I don't think I will now.

But I do think names go in cycles so whatever you pick is always eventually going to sound a bit old fashioned (or common if you're unfortunate).

Incidentally I picked a name for my first DD (and had never met another girl by that name) and six months later there were quite a few of them in my area. How does this happen? How? Just not fair.
Too many people reading the same books as children perhaps?

Anyway sorry have gone off thread.
OOps

bloody hell, what is this place like??? maybe it should be renamed 'dontyoudarepissanyoneoffeveroryouwillbeshotatdawn.net

I don't see how Rose is a 'rancid' name.

i think its a combination of being very popular at a said time and media imag e- especially nowdays. Funny though i dont actually think of Vicky as a 'chav' name, she looks more like a charmaine..........

I don't know, Elf. I mean, I don't think Vicky Pollard has tipped it for Vicky - also very interesting. Because why hasn't it?

Aitch, I'm interested in everyone's opinions. Genuinely. I may not AGREE with them, but I'm not going to flounce if someone says something I don't like. I stand by this thread. I think the notion that some names go off quite quickly, whilst others stay good over decades, is a very absorbing one.

Its the snobbishness (is that even a word?) of this post that gets me.

The OP might as well just say: which names will be used by the working classes in a few years?

IMO this post says more about LadyThompson than any of the names mentioned it.

www.kensharpe.com i think...
or possibly with no e.

www.kensharp.com definitely no e.

Don't remember anyone saying Rose. But if they did, well, they are just hazarding a guess like everyone else, and not trying to cause offence to anyone.

i gave all my children gaelic and/or traditionally scottish names because whilst trends will come and go, they'll always be jocks.

ladyt, it IS interesting, no doubt.
it will almost certainly hurt the feelings of a good number of MNers, that's all. fair play if you're happy with that.

Thanks Aitch .

Sorry Hugh, but you're talking utter hollyhocks. It's got nothing to do with the working classes. It's not MY fault that Sharon is now a rancid name. I am just musing about why that might be so. Though you are of course entitled to your opinion

Moulesfrites, I was going to cite Freakonomics too. I think it's interesting how some names become over-popular and then get negative associations, whereas others just fade out or remain timeless.

My mother, in her early 70s, is called Fiona; her mother was Scottish. No-one in 1930s/40s Bedfordshire had heard the name Fiona - it was incredibly exotic to the English. When I was a child, however, Fiona was the popular name of the aspiring middle-classes and there were several in my year at senior school. Yet it's faded from popularity again and I only know one Fiona under 12.

Isn't there an Alan Bennett piece about an old people's home where they're welcoming their first Sharon?

This thread is going to offend people, though. Cremola foam mentioned any combination of something-Rose.

You can't win. Too unusual=chavvy Too common=also chavvy/undesirable. Is there a certain repetoire of names that is deemed acceptable?