Names never to return?

Edie is in use again!

I see that names like Ronnie and Reggie are very popular!
do the parents realise?

By the way, did you know that King Herod's wife was called Doris? Doesn't sound quite right does it!

As for Gertrude ... I knew a very glamorous Swedish woman with this name, pronounced something like 'Jhatrude' but she preferred the French 'Jhertroo'. Sounds much better than hard Gertrude!

Agatha ... I know an Italian woman by this name and again it seems so much more glamorous and exotic when applied to her!

I guess you might see Kathleen in NI or Eire though?

I see that names like Ronnie and Reggie are very popular! My name is Kathleen don't see many babies called that today!

tanith many thanks- I'll keep that name for my next password.

My MIL was very cross when we named DD2 and I was new in Germany and wondered of we had made a mistake. Now she has 2 friends nearby and all called the same. You never can tell with a name.
I have heard that Helmut and Arthur are favoured by polish parents.
I can't see Jean coming back, its been overtaken by Jane.

I wonder if there are any little Harolds around?

Lovely interesting thread ab so thanks for starting it, it's an antidote for all the misery threads going on.

Luckygirl Agnes may return but what about Senga
The name of a carer to my late GM. The lady explained it was Agnes spelled backwards!

I had an great uncle Arras.

And Caoimhe is pronounced Keeva. We had a woman at work with that name. Always getting misspelt.

Yes, Kevin is an Anglicised Irish name, it is Caoimhín, same root as Caoimhe (we know one of those).

I was very nearly a Muriel
Apologies to any Gnetters who are Muriel but I would have changed it to Marielle.

Moira has never been very common and I don't think there are any children with my name now, though I imagine it may come back in fashion eventually.

I knowan Elsie and a Ted who are under 5.

anniebach there is an actress called Honeysuckle Weeks, she was in Foyle's War

Maisie is extremely popular, there are at least four in the DGD's school!
One of DD's peer group is an Esme (with an accent, can't do it on here), so in her mid thirties.

my eldest Granddaughter is Esme , youngest is Josephine ,

It is the names with bad associations that I feel rather sad about, and some seem to survive (possibly because they were already very popular) like Jack and Rose; but others get dropped.

I know 2 Myras who were young when the name hit the headlines. One family, who were a solid, old-fashioned and well established family kept the name, there was never any trouble, but given the size and reputation of the uncles, there wouldn't have been! The other family simply started using the child's middle name - she was pre-school.

I don't know any young Ians, although of course, it's one of those Celtic names that surfaces with other spellings.

I had an aunt Esme ninathenana and I'd never heard of another either. Plenty of Emma's though! I also add an aunt Daisy which, 50 years ago, we considered very old fashioned, but it's back again and popular with young parents.
When I was at school in the 1950s and 60s, the popular girls names were Carol, Barbara, Hillary and Susan, I wonder how long it will be before they reappear.

A French friend of mine was congratulated on giving her baby such a lovely name, on the basis that the name was suitable for a baby and equally suitable for an adult. The child's name? Nelly!

I'd never read or heard of another Esmè (mum) untill a year or so ago. It gets spelt Esmae, Esmay or Esmee now.

I had two great uncles, brothers, Horace and Hubert, Horace became Baron Evans physician to the windsors , think Hubert was in the diplomatic service , their fsther was Harry a famous Welsh composer and conductor, ,Henry/Harry a name handed down through the generations , my Dad and a cousin and a g nephew, and a g niece , known as Harry but is a Harriet , a g grandfather, , we are swamped in them , No Horace or Hubert though

Aw J52, a lovely name for a little girl , daft for a dog but I was listening to Fats Waller at the time

Basil, Humphrey, Cyril.. haven't come across any small ones of these.

Annibach we have a little girl in our family that shares the name of one of your dogs! The flowery one!