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Big Bunny says:
rocksey said: there is already 4x stanleys and 2x arthurs in ny ds' school. several lily's a cleo and an orphelia. some of the more 'mature' names are lovely, tho i doubt you'll see many agnes' ada's beryls, normans or alberts soon pmsl. ( apologies if any of you have lo's with these names - no offence meant lol) xx
there is already 4x stanleys and 2x arthurs in ny ds' school. several lily's a cleo and an orphelia.
some of the more 'mature' names are lovely, tho i doubt you'll see many agnes' ada's beryls, normans or alberts soon pmsl. ( apologies if any of you have lo's with these names - no offence meant lol) xx
I think stan is a cool name! One of my best chums is called Stan!
Oct 05
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MRSWEBBY2 says:
My grandmother's were called Agnes & Hilda. Can't ever imagine those two particular names coming back
Feb 07
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anna.grant says:
We used my Grampa's name as Harry's middle name, so he is Harry Dennis Grant. I really like the older names around for girls, not as keen on the ones for little boys though.
I agree there is a huge revival of older names, but I quite like it! At least it means they will still pretty normal after say 40 years. I can't imagine in 60 years when we have a generation of Grandad Zachs or Granny Chardonnay! (no offense meant id this is your, or your children's names!)
Aug 08
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clairehall says:
I love Harry and Arthur for boys and Molly is a quite old fashioned name, I used to work in a care home so have heard them all. From working the we had 5 winnifreds, lol, not too sure about that one, but I do like a few , I also like George
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Apr 06
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queenie says:
I think a lot more of the names we consider old fashioned will make a comeback.
Dec 07
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fruitshoot says:
I quite like the old fashioned names, so much so I chose Oliver and Harry as my boys names, we would have used Evie for a girl.
I couldn't imagine calling my children something like Apple although that isn't so bad, compared to Rumor and Scout! Think it was David Bowie's son who changed his name from Zowie to something a bit less strange and tbh who could blame him?
I think naming your children is a very big responsibility and as such we should think about what our children will feel like when they have grown up being called Ratfink or something equally stupid all their lives.
Oct 06
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Golightlycat says:
I think all names go in cycles...I think I read somewhere (I'm paraphrasing) that in about 40 years time names like Tracey, Sharon etc may come back in use, as our children will be looking to older members of their family for name inspiration!
I like old fashioned names, I wanted Cecily or Winnifred for a girl...Winne for short is so sweet. Ollie has a little friend called Arthur, which I love...I think these are all names that won't date.
Demi Moore's girls do have unusual names...but they are 'Old' names in themselves...Rumer is after the writer Rumer Godden (Black narcissus is a great book!) and Scout is after the young girl from the novel 'To kill a mockingbird', I love both names!
Golightlycat said: I think all names go in cycles...I think I read somewhere (I'm paraphrasing) that in about 40 years time names like Tracey, Sharon etc may come back in use, as our children will be looking to older members of their family for name inspiration! I like old fashioned names, I wanted Cecily or Winnifred for a girl...Winne for short is so sweet. Ollie has a little friend called Arthur, which I love...I think these are all names that won't date. Demi Moore's girls do have unusual names...but they are 'Old' names in themselves...Rumer is after the writer Rumer Godden (Black narcissus is a great book!) and Scout is after the young girl from the novel 'To kill a mockingbird', I love both names!
Oh yes now you've put them in concept for me, your right they are older names, but still not sure about them.
Jul 07
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flickaty says:
you hear alot of older names comming back, i know lots of little freds, a frank and an arthur, there is also a little girl called jakie and her sister is belinda. phoebe is an old name that has come back, i think that dp's mum had a great aunt called phoebe.
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Jan 07
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aowen says:
i was named anna elizabeth after my nan who was annie elizabeth and i think it,s cruel!!!!!!!! what horrid names/i really hate both of my names and wouldn,t inflict family names on my kids lol x
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