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So will Debbie/Mandy/Lindsay etc ever be en vogue once again?

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DrNortherner · 23/03/2009 14:29

Older names such as Elsie/Eve/Grace/Molly have all done the rounds again, will our kids be naming their offspring Debbie Louise do you reckon?

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Fimbo · 23/03/2009 14:34

Yes I reckon so!

Mind you I quite liked Gillian for ds but dd wasn't having any of it, so just as well he was a boy.

I also like the name Lyn/Lynn/Lynne.

Fimbo · 23/03/2009 14:34

Not dd, dh!

Bubbaluv · 23/03/2009 14:47

What about Kirsty, Kristy, Crystal, Kimberly etc? It's hard to know what will make a come-back. Lots of scullery maid names are popular but not all of them, ditto old man names. I have to say that I am amazed at some of the names that have suddenly become popular which would have been absolutely laughable only a decade ago - I've been trying to avoid these for DS2 (due soon) on the basis that they will probably be just as laughable again in another decade's time.

I have to say I like Lindsay, but prefer it as a boy's name.

needmorehoursinaweek · 23/03/2009 14:58

I'm sure they will in their turn. Makes me think 1970's

1950/60's will probably come round again first.

Janet, Susan, Karen, Elizabeth, Julie, Lorraine, Linda, Alison, Nicholette (sp), Angela, Jane etc.

And for boys.....Stephen, Gary, Nigel, Robert, David, Martin, Paul, Keith, Anthony etc.

madwomanintheattic · 23/03/2009 15:02

some of us weren't given a choice y'know!
mine will. if only after their darling grandma.

RL namechange anyone?

Ozziegirly · 24/03/2009 03:35

My best friend's neice (age 2) is Kirsty. She's scottish though.

Scarletibis · 24/03/2009 10:09

I'm sure they will, my dd's favourite name at the moment is Tracey.

OracleInaCoracle · 24/03/2009 10:11

i quite like the name mandy

MargotBeauregardesGavel · 24/03/2009 10:15

yes in the year 2055!

(by 2045 they might be avante-garde, old lady chic names, like Dulcie or Meryl or Edith are now.)

DSM · 24/03/2009 10:17

They won't be popular again until all the 70's and 80's children who are currently called those names, are old.

Like has happened with names such as Elsie/grace/Molly.

I really hope Crystal is never popular.. was it ever?

Leannabanana · 24/03/2009 15:49

my little sister is called Lynsey and i think this spelling is so pretty. its much softer sounding without the D in the middle and i have always really liked it. spelt this way it seems timeless to me.....

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