What's in a name?

I suppose the question is, does anybody know any little boy called Kevin, Paul, Darren or Gary? It’s the names of the fifties and sixties that seem to be most out of favour, which I guess are the mothers of today’s mothers, ie my generation. I guess when our names have a resurgence we will know we are getting old, it must be one of the gauges. Not the it will affect my name which trundles along, never popular, never near extinction - not sure if that’s good or bad.

Yes, the friends of my GC often seem to me to sound like the staff of an Edwardian grand house:
Stanley
Arthur
Mabel etc.

I don’t think Nigel or Donald are popular names

One of my GF’s was called Methusaleh. He was known to his friends as Meth and for many years I thought he was named for methylated spirits.

😁

I had an ancestor aunt called Hepzibah - but I don't know if she had a nickname.

M0nica, what do you mean by names with a crunch?
(BTW - irrelevant - there is a vehicle repair company called Autocrunch and they also repair light aircraft, Aerocrunch I imagine.)

Did he live a long time ?

I was puzzled until I realised GF did not mean girl friend.
As it does on MN.

Meant to quote SueDonim

Romola

M0nica, what do you mean by names with a crunch?
(BTW - irrelevant - there is a vehicle repair company called Autocrunch and they also repair light aircraft, Aerocrunch I imagine.)

Names wuth harder more definite consonants in them and not ending in a 'y' sound as in Amy, Ivy, Poppy.

I did give some examples, using women who were in power with those kinds of names, Christine, Margaret, Rachel, Elizabeth, Catherine, and, surpisingly Ursula and Angela.

Looking at the names on your list M0nica, they include popular names from our age groups, so I’d guess the day will come for Amy, Ivy and Poppy to be in powerful positions too - maybe not Jimberly though, it still makes me laugh when I think of that thread on Mumsnet.

Jimberly?
I've never heard of that one!

It’s the funniest thread ever about Baby Names on Mumsnet, the poster wanted to combine her favourite name, Kimberly, with her grandad’s name, Jim. The replies were priceless.

Oh, goodness!!
😁

Apparently Aisling and Noor are two of the rarest names for girls. Really?
I know an Aisling, aged in her 40s, and a Noor, a teenager.

Jimberley Roberta has a ring to it.

Jim-Bob as in The Waltons 😁

We call my brother Jim-Bob, just to wind him up.
One of the funniest, but not tasteful suggestions as an alternative to Jimberly was Nevaeh-Mij! People actually do call their children Nevaeh.

Casdon

It’s the funniest thread ever about Baby Names on Mumsnet, the poster wanted to combine her favourite name, Kimberly, with her grandad’s name, Jim. The replies were priceless.

I recommend this thread on mumsnet if you want a really good belly laugh.

One reply: How about Jimobel or Jimoline?
Germolene!

Casdon

It’s the funniest thread ever about Baby Names on Mumsnet, the poster wanted to combine her favourite name, Kimberly, with her grandad’s name, Jim. The replies were priceless.

I remember it well, and thought the OP was a wind up merchant 😆
At least I hoped she was and there isn’t some poor kid out there now answering to the name Jimberly.Or Jimberley.

Allira

One reply: How about Jimobel or Jimoline?
Germolene!

Germ for short?😄

Or at a push jimjams. I read the Jimberley thread again and it is still hilarious. There is another Mumsnet one about Hugo which is just as funny.