Names in fashion

Yes,I know someone under 60 called Patricia, but she is 56!

My Mum and Grandmother were Ada Mary, my aunties were Sophie, Charlotte, Doris, Maude, Theresa. My Dad was Bertram and uncles Walter, Frederick, George & Joseph. My sisters are Jean & Christine. My children are Paul Nicholas & Dawn Patricia and nephews Martin, Simon, Andrew, Paul, Matthew, nieces Emma & Elizabeth. My granddaughters are Madeline, Megan, Gabrielle & Matilda, grandsons Liam John and Alexander Stephen.

My Mabel was a bit earlier than 1920s, so perhaps my Granny was ahead of her time when she named her children!

What about the boys' names from the 1940s?
Brian, Denis, Terence, Kenneth, Tony, Ronald, Donald, Raymond, Gerald, Norman, Bernard, Barry Trevor etc?

I don't like any of them very much (sorry to all the 70 something males out there).

There are also couples names which you can virtually age folk by -Ernest and Mabel (1920s), Frank and Joyce (1930s), Peter and Jenny(1940s), Mike and Sue (1950s), John and Debbie (1960s), Paul and Vicky (1970s), Jason and Tracey(1980s), Simon and Kylie(1990s), Jack and Lilly(2000s).

I'm sure you can all think of other examples.

Incidentally, only one of the Lindas in my class was actually called Linda. The others were two Elizabeths and two Agneses.

When I was at school the names were, Russel, Neil, Mark (Marc) Jason, John, David, Graham, and... Sydney!

I know a little Ada and Mabel.

Names at school: Margaret, Maureen, Patricia, Sheila, Edna, Evelyn, Jacqueline, Valerie, Mary (several), Marie, Brenda, Susan, Denise, Jane, Christine, Anne, Irene, Joan, Pauline. There were a lot of Keiths, Davids, Pauls, and Williams around as well.

When we had to have French names for French lessons at school, we were given the nearest to our given name. There was no French equivalent to mine so I was given Marthe . I was mortified as it seemed then, an old lady's name.
My best friend was Olive. Not heard a lot now

There were lots of Susans and Lindas at school. Some Carols, Rosemarys, Paulines, Marions, Patricias too. My lovely Mum's name Ivy seems to be back in fashion but not her middle name - Gertrude.

I was born in 1950 and I'm a Sheila... Three more in my class at school...three Linda's ....three johns .... I hope non of these come back. I hate my name.... but worse I hate ' Sheeeell'

My ex-husband is James Reginald after his dad. My sister-in-law is Shirley. Apart from James, not heard of today.

I had cousins called Douglas, Marie, Margaret, Nevill, Brian, Ann and Susan.

I'm amazed that no one mentioned Marjorie/Margery. I knew many when I was at school. My name is Kathleen and there were three of us in my class - one spelt with a 'C', and others I knew of. I think it maybe was more popular in the north-east than the south.
My brother was Kenneth and my mother Agnes Caroline. She was known for years as Aggie but in later life asked to be called Agnes. I once asked her why she didn't choose to be known as Caroline and she said she didn't like it. To my mind it is much prettier than Aggie - or even Agnes.

I gather 'Mercedes' is a Spanish name for a girl - and very pretty too - and evidently years ago an employee of the company was asked to name a car and chose his daughter's name. Don't know how true that is!

My mother had a friend who was Doris Morris, she lived in Corris!

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I think it's more likely to be capable.

At an event at the weekend I heard a parent calling his child Warren, and another parent shouting Wilbur.

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My BFF at secondary school was Josephine, don’t hear that much these days.
I have a granddaughter called Florence (14 years ago it was unheard of, but more popular now) and another called Ada.

I have a cousin named whose Christian names are Aston Martin. Weird.
One of my daughters is named Mercedes.
My paternal GM was Martha and my mother's name Issy (Isabella)
Harry, Charlie and James are all popular names where I live.
My name is my GN name. Family is Spanish/Italian/Irish...a real mix of straight talking and fire but we all love food.

I've seldom come across another one of me - I'm Elaine, and I've always disliked it. In my class were Lynn, Anne, Lesley, Valerie, Susan, Naomi, Stanley, Ernest, Michael, William, Keith. William seems to have retained popularity but you never seem to see any of the others now.

A friend's grandchildren are Elsie, Felix and Gustav (Gus). Strangely they all suit their names!

you know when your name has come back when you see it on a mug, key-ring or nameplate in Clinton cards or similar shop. I have not seen a Carol for years!
I don't like my name much but I positively HATE seeing it spelt with an E on the end!
One of our daughters was given quite a classic but quite an unusual name at the time. Very annoyed to find that a few years later it became the most popular name in the country (well according to"The Times" )!

In a restaurant recently I heard a mum address her small daughter as Penelope. That's another name not often heard now.

Where my mother got my name from I will now never know. In the 40s it was very unusual and often commented on. I never met another girl with the same name until the 70s. Now I have heard and seen it quite often.
A few years ago in a supermarket, a young child was running around. Her mother called her 'B....., come here. ' I answered and we did laugh. Though I think said Mum thought the name was trendy and didn't ought to belong to a 70year old.