Baby names!

A few years ago now, my friend had a new grandson, I asked what they had called him, there was a slightly embarrassed pause, and she said, he was Stanley, we both looked at each other aghast before going into fits of giggles!

Of course, Stanley’s now are ten a penny

I like what I always think of as ‘maids names ‘
Daisy
Polly
Florence
Annie
Hetty
Kitty
And many more

Oo watermeadow those names are all used in one side of my family, you are not Welsh are you?

I knew Isabella Bell.

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I knew a Mavis Davis (just saying in case Mavis GrannyGravy should happen to meet and marry a Mr Davis one day).

Our C and GC all have traditional/old fashioned names, we have 2 babies due in the next 5 months and one of the names for one AC is Mavis.

I have a DGD called Florence, my grandfathers sister, born 1893 was also Florence, with the same surname.

What goes around, comes back. If I had had a DD our plan was to call her Rebecca or Emma.

That was the late 1970’s.

I agree Rosemary is lovely, and I have often wondered why it doesn’t seem to be used any more. Perhaps it’s coming back.

If I’d had a daughter she would have been called Caroline.

It’s hard nowadays because there’s infinite choice. On my family tree, for hundreds of years, the same few names predominate.
Girl? Anne, Elizabeth, Catherine.
Boy? John, William, Richard.
Now, by wanting a yoonique name, parents choose daft or ugly names. I know a girl called Rees and a boy called Ty.

Mirren is becoming popular here.
I like Esther and Rosemary

My son hated his third name so much that when he went to register to get married he didn't know how to spell it. He had to ring me up to ask!! The registrar thought it was hilarious!

There are so many lovely names for girls that I don’t understand the need to ‘make one up’.

Rosemary
It’s a beautiful name
And I’ve always loved the song
Love grows where my Rosemary goes

overthehills May I refer you to my post of Wed 31-Jul-19 12:09:41 about Mabel?

Not all had whiskers!

Whatever the final choice fashion seems to play a part in names whether we are conscious of it or not. As a teacher for over thirty years it is interesting to see this. When l first started teaching, mid-1980s, there were lots of Julias, Annas and Victorias. Many girls born in the 1980s were named Gemma/Jemma or Charlotte. A little later came the Emilys, Lucys, Hannahs, Sophies, Alices, Bethanys and Megan's. At the moment l have a lot of Isabel/Isabellas.

It’s a nice tradition to use family names, and the older names are right back in fashion now.
My small DGS has friends with names from my grandad’s generation, born around the late 1890’s.
The girls in his class are the same, Daisy,Esme,Maude, Annabelle,Penny,Georgina.

My little granddaughter (3) is Abigail. It is sometimes shortened to Abby, but she usually corrects people. I like it both ways. My niece is Julia, which is traditional yet not too common.

My theory was that names had to 'go' with the last name, and not too many syllables in total. eg Alexander McAllister... nice Scottish name but 8 syllables! Try to keep it 5 and under. I also prefer names with a traditional spelling.

Our youngest daughter is Flora. She was the only one in her school. No one ever mentioned the margarine. She was named after the Roman goddess of spring & loves her name.

My GD is named Camille her middle name is Layla. Her mother is named Francesca.
My step daughter was going to name her daughter Chardonnay! Till I suggested maybe Blue Nun or Leibfraumilch!! Fortunately she decided on Madeline which suits her beautifully. ?

A childhood friend of mine was called Gleason, I`ve never come across another.
It`s a good job our eldest son was a boy, because if he`d been a girl I had Rosanna Gale lined up for him. He says he would never have forgiven me for it!

I had a whiskery old great aunt called Mabel Witzend!!

My MiL was called Mabel but she told us her mother pronounced it May-Belle. She was always called May by the family, as was my Gran whose real name was Mary!

MissFoodLove - I have that name you profess you would have liked. As a child I hated it as I never did meet another and felt very odd; I wanted to be Hazel (??) As an adult I’ve always felt indifferent to my name.

My grandson has a friend called Walter, never expected to hear a child called that!