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Mum and Dad names

201 replies

lolianja · 20/02/2009 21:12

... as opposed to the Gran/Grandpa chic that seems to be all the rage at the moment. We've decided on Anna for out little one in utero but had we been expecting a boy, we toyed with names like John, Mark, Andrew etc, that possibly sound moderately passé rather than completely archaic. I'm 20 and find there's something both cool and comforting simultaneously about names that were still in - but just starting to drift out of - fashion when I was at school. I'm thinking Nicole, Karen, Nigel (can't abide this one but it's a good example!) etc etc.

So, just for fun. What Mum/Dad names do we like/can we think of etc.

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SAEJ · 23/02/2009 17:31

Lyndon and Susan

Babbity · 23/02/2009 21:21

Perhaps more of a granddad name, but I recently met a baby Victor.

kalo12 · 23/02/2009 21:24

alan
barry

joyce
hilary

kalo12 · 23/02/2009 21:25

janet
frances

(not a mum and dad name but there used to be loads of 'adele' at my school

frazzledoldbag · 23/02/2009 21:27

Bernard and Yvonne (sibling toddlers at playgroup).

What about Vernon, Linda, Kenneth, Keith, Jerry, Graham, Pamela, Brenda, Alison, Diane and Marion.

frazzledoldbag · 23/02/2009 21:32

OOOh and what about Maureen and Noreen? and Pat?
This is fun.

kalo12 · 23/02/2009 21:35

deborah
vivien
denise
sonia

clive
phillip
tony
malcolm
terry

frazzledoldbag · 23/02/2009 21:37

Colin
Nigel
Stephanie
Faye
Kay
Mervin
Getting carried away now....

thisisyesterday · 23/02/2009 21:38

Jacqueline
John
Ian
Wendy
Stephen
Susan
Lynne
Carl

kalo12 · 23/02/2009 21:44

anita

subtlemouse · 23/02/2009 21:58

Sarah
Jackie
Sharon
Karen
Julie
Tracey
Susan (4 of these in my class c 1975)
Janet
claire/Clare
Alison
Joanna
Samantha
Amanda
Brenda
Tamsin
Linda
Bridget

Step hen
Robert
Christopher
David (4 of these as well)
John
Colin
Andrew
Alan
Philip
Timothy
Mark
Ian

kalo12 · 24/02/2009 12:09

what happended to

Leanne
Carole

lunamoon2 · 24/02/2009 14:04

Carly-I like to maintain that I am 29 years old (although I have been this age for several years now!)

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Fimbo · 24/02/2009 14:22

I like Lynne and Gillian.

My parents are Helen and Brian (gawd can you ever imagine a baby Brian!).

School friends were:-

Fiona
Lisa
Lesley
Anne
Abby
Nicky
Shona
Louise
Annabel
Carole
Linda
Heather
Pa uline

crumpet · 24/02/2009 14:22

Elaine
Tracy
Sharon
Diane
Helen

Nigel
Gary
Vincent
Graham

kalo12 · 24/02/2009 19:28

oh yes, I forgot Abigail. There were about ten at my school.

Keeley

kalo12 · 24/02/2009 19:28

oh, and

Adrian

justneedsomesleep · 24/02/2009 19:30

Fred

schneebly · 24/02/2009 19:35

Both my DS's names have been mentioned on here

I have a Donald and an Alan both named after family members and their names kind of stand out at school amongst all the 'trendy' ones while still not being 'out there'.

jollyjoanne · 24/02/2009 19:51

Joanne is most definitely of its own era I reckon it had about a 10 year life span across the 70/80s.

kalo12 · 24/02/2009 19:52

rosemary
emma

gareth
nicholas

justneedsomesleep · 24/02/2009 19:56

Aaawww....Nicholas is a lovely boys name...

lollipopz · 24/02/2009 20:17

Heather
At my school some of the popular names were:
Vicky
Lisa
Laura
Charlotte
Emma
Eileen
Michelle
Fiona
Tracey
Susan

Grant
Andrew
Jim rofl at a wee baby Jim
Craig
Stephen
John
Paul
Michael
Barry
Scott

MadameCastafiore · 24/02/2009 20:19

Clive and Susan are my parents names - well my mum is no longer with us and my father only qualifies in that it was his seprm that got her pregnant.

I hate the name Clive with a passion - makes me think of a gay old man rotting away in a house with lots of newspapers who only eats sandwiches and doesn;t wash!

They even called one of my half brothers Clive - poor little sod!

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