Fashionable names

I love the name Olivia and would have given it to a 2nd daughter, if I had one. I also like Esme.

I really like the boys name Ethan.

All quite old fashioned.

Thank you Jane I’m just eternally grateful that my father didn’t get his way: Ethel. Apologies to all the Ethels ?

I loved the Susan books by Jane Shaw when I was young.

Checking to see if they are still in print, I found 'Susan Rushes In' for £371.21 on Amazon

One of my DDs is Susan so obviously I’m biased❤️
I narrowly avoided being called Roberta, which was Mum’s choice. Apparently she was horrified when Dad came home from registering my birth and I was plain Jane.
Meryl I like your name. Another one I like is Bernardine.

I had a friend and a work colleague called Geraldine.
My family have a lot of royal names, the males anyway.
My eldest GD has two old fashioned names.

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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?

I have a friend called Geraldine and was at school with another one.

I think this is an American govt site

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



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www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1880s.html

I was called after several old relatives with the same name, I quite like it, my daughters both have close friends with the name, and there are Sara’s in both my grandchildren’s schools, so it doesn’t feel dated.
One of my colleagues had a baby last year, and they decided not to tell anyone what they were planning to call her, so that they couldn’t be influenced, I thought that was a good idea.

I love the name Susan.

My 4-month-old great-granddaughter is named Reese. I gather that is fairly common now, for both boys and girls. Maybe the actress Reese Witherspoon had something to do with it.

It must go in cycles of about 10 years or so - no Susans, Jeans or Carols for my age group, but Julie, Deborah, Karen, Joanne, Beverley, Lorraine, Lynne and Angela ruled the school register.
I don’t know any babies or children with any of those names, maybe in another 20 years they will be back.

Most of my friends are called Susan , or Christine. I think I have 6 closish friends who are called Susan. I have 4 Christine’s. I don’t know anyone with my name although it’s not that unusual.
I love all the old fashioned names that babies are now being called .... Ivy, Edie, violet, lily, daisy, , Arthur, Archie, Ted, Charlie, Sidney. So sweet!
Can’t stand names that are made up.

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.

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

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!"

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.

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?

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.

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 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.

I dislike made up names and the ones which are spelled in a pretentious way. Krystal for example.

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'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 !

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 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.