Fashionable names

I named my daughter Susan when she was born in the mid-80s after her paternal grandmother. It was very unusual then, and she has gone through life meeting very few other Susans in her age group. It has never been shortened by family or friends - she hates being called Sue. I hope it becomes fashionable again, it's a lovely name and she'll feel trendy!

Brenda? Wendy? And when I lived in Australia in the late 60s, there was a slew of Merril,, Terril, Cheryl... not many in uk.

I like the name Susan we used to have a lot of Susans at school,
I do not like the name Barbara very much.

A neighbours daughter called the baby Bessie which you do not hear often. We had a lot of Ann/Annes at school also Mary,
Linda, and Christine.

My daughter gave her children those fancy names which I
am still not sure about one of them is not too bad but the others are somewhat wayout.

Some years ago at DD's graduation ceremony I was interested to see the list of their full names. It seems that although we don't hear of the traditional names being used they are still very popular as second names. Jane and Mary or Marie being the most popular.
My dad had several friends called Percy and that's another which hasn't come round again.

I just missed being called Scarlet (Gone with the Wind); would have liked it. Also my first name and second were switched around at the Registrar's by my father who went after a visit to the pub and forgot his instructions.
The Queen has a corgie called Susan.

Susan was definitely 'the' name of my year (1959). There were several in my year at school and I have three friends called Susan to this day. For that reason it sounds a bit dated to me, but I have a niece called Suzie which I prefer.
A friend has just called her new baby Sylvia, which sounds like an old-lady name to me!

I would like to see Eileen become popular again.

Names really do go in cycles don't they? I bet our parents generation thought names like Lilly and Alfie would never see the light of day again.
No doubt, in another 25 years or so the nursing homes will be full of Jackies and Melanies and Traceys and the playgrounds will be full of Pamelas and Janets and Annes.

GrandmaKT I called my doll Sylvia after Auntie Sylvia on Watch with mother.

When I was at primary school, there was a girl called Lillian. My own name seems to have long gone out of fashion, I've never heard anyone outside my generation called it.

I like the names Sandra, Mary, Jocelyn, Julie, Evelyn, Lillian and suzette but I cannot see most of them coming back. I have a neighbour who's called her daughter Florence, which I love.

I prefer Susannah.

I was going to collect DGS from school one day and a group of American women were coming towards me, one little boy about 3 ran off and his Mother shouted very loudly' Adolf come here'.
An elderly man walking in front of me just stopped and stared at her.
The Belgian Gestapo Headquarters were just around the corner from where we were.
I was speechless.

How nice to hear of someone calling their daughter Susan! Some of today's "modern" names leave me speechless. (Years ago, I recall hearing a mother calling out to her child: "Chardonnay....!" in a supermarket. And a friend told DH of a boy called "Reebok". I fear that there are probably more unfortunate youngsters somewhere, with names like "Courgette" or "Focaccia".)

I'm a Jean ( obviously ) and we used to joke that in our extended family on my Mother's side if anyone said "Jean" half a dozen people looked up ! There was Granny Jean , Auntie Jean , Wee Jean ( me ) and , my all time favourite , Auntie Jean in America !

Lots of Susans when I was at school, Gillians, Amandas, Alisons and Carols too, out in the world, Helens, Sarahs, Annes, Janets, Catherines around my age but also more modern names, mine was one of the commoner ones, but not quite so dated
Lovely to hear some of the old names coming back, Esme, Ruby, Lily, Ellen, Stanley, Ernest, Eric, Bert,Ted
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I dislike made up names and the ones which are spelled in a pretentious way. Krystal for example.

My class at school in the 50s were all Susans, Sandras, Margarets, Pats, Christines.... not forgetting all the Jeans and Joans! Be surprised if they came back.

luluaugust I was nearly a Penelope too or Sabrina! My middle name is Mary, pretty ho hum about that. I wanted to call my daughter Zandra or Roxanne, but didn’t. My Dad’s name was Denyer, most assumed it was Dennis as Mum called him Den, my nephew has it as a middle name, if he hadn’t, my son would have.

My name is unusual and I had only met one other until my bil brought home a girlfriend who had a 1 year old daughter with my name. After he and the girlfriend got married, he adopted the baby so we now have 2 of us with exactly the same name.

Our eldest daughter is called Susannah which is quite rare.

I’ve lead a very full life and met I don’t know how many people but I’ve only met one woman with my name, and she was a neighbour. It’s Geraldine. Are there any here?

Amongst our friends there are at least 6 Davids, all in their 80's, all, I think, named after the then glamorous Prince of Wales.

Yes MrsEggy, my DH (aged 71) is a David, and we have quite a few friends of a similar age with the same name.

I remember back in the 90s a boss of a Silicon Valley IT company was asked how they were getting on with having equal numbers of women and men employees. His answer was: "If we have as many women in a team as men called Dave we think we're doing well!"

When I was working a market information company had a computer programme that could judge the average age group of any area by looking at the distribution of people's first names on the electoral roll. and analysing them by when those names were most popular.

I have also found this government website that gives the most popular girls and boys names in every decade since 1880, it is quite interesting www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1880s.html

My actual name, the English version, is very low on 1880 list. Interesting as I thought it was popular then. Never met anyone of any age with my name.