Popular names when you went to school

There were five Susan’s in my class, three Elizabeths.
a couple of Helens, a couple of Janes, but only one Sara, for some reason I always thought I’d like to be called Anita, a woman up the road called her baby Anita, and I thought it was a beautiful name.

This is very interesting. Names can date you and they can also be linked to class in UK. My mother was named out of her generation, after her mother’s friend, which meant people sometimes thought she was older than she was. She hated it and also thought it was ‘a housemaid’s name’! Her dream was to be called Margaret.

Some from school in North East Scotland -

Fiona, Heather, Morag, Isobel, Kirstie, Sheona

Callum, Hamish, Alasdair, Stuart, Archie, Iain

Gingerrice

Ha! When I was at secondary school 6 of us in one class had my name .....but I never hear it now. At u3a I am the only one now
But I would "out" myself if I revealed it.

Ginger rice I'm now wondering if I was in your class as there were 6 girls with my name too! It was an all girls grammar and in my year there were only about 5 different names

Ha! When I was at secondary school 6 of us in one class had my name .....but I never hear it now. At u3a I am the only one now
But I would "out" myself if I revealed it.

Girls were Linda, Susan, Carol, Helen

Boys - David, Andrew, Christopher, Michael.

Didn’t like my name and not many about then or now …..

Susan, Christine, Linda, Pauline, Julie, Janet, Jean, Eileen, Anne, Lynn and Gillian were popular. We did have a Rosemary, an Angela and a Florence who were thought to be exotic. I would have loved to be any of the above, but I am Suzanne, which I hated with a passion and after I left school refused to let anyone use it again. Boys were Robert, Paul, David, Ian, Christopher, Martin, Roger, Peter and Graham for the most part. I spend a couple of afternoons in a school and am amazed at the variety of unusual names that children have these days - I’ve no idea where parents get them from.

So many Annes, Anns, Janes and Susans. Along, of course with a sprinkling of Elizabeths and Margarets.
Boys were Davids, Andrews and Alistairs.

Calendargirl

MissAdventure

I quite fancied being called Clover.
Was that Katy's little sister in the "What Katy did" books?

Yes, Clover Carr.

I had a cat called Clover, named after Clover Carr, because she had a sweet nature like Katy’s sister.

I am lucky in that my name was popular when I was a child (3 in my class at school) but is still reasonably fashionable now due to several film stars having this name, so people can't necessarily guess my age from name alone.

There were several Susans, Elizabeths, Carols and Christines, and Davids, Peters, Pauls and Michaels at school.

Jill, Jennifer, Gillian,Diane, Elizabeth, Sandra, Madeleine, Hazel, Heather,Marion.
David, Andrew,Keith,Martin, Tony,Christopher

Dearie me. Ignore!

I knew a Jane Louise, Clare Louise and Nicola Louise. No idea why Louise was so often used as a middle name.

I knew a Jag r df

From a junior school photo: Two Rachels, two Heathers, Lyn, Sally, Tracy, Catherine, Elizabeth, Rosalind, Fiona, Caroline, Hilary, Celia and Karen.

Senior school: Two Janes, two Susans, Kim, Catherine, Katherine, Kathryn, Deborah, Heather, Kim, Vivian, Angela, Kay, Margaret, Penelope, two Hilarys, Jennifer, Philippa, Fiona.

I had an unusual (at the time) name which I hated because it made me stand out and I just wanted to blend in with everyone else. I was 17 before I met another with the same name but it’s become extremely popular over the years and I don’t mind it now.

Primary school, late 50’s.

Two Elaine’s, Christine, Penelope, Dawn, Diana, Diane, Heather, Sandra.

Roger, Christopher, Philip, Timothy, Graham, Maurice, Paul.

Then Grammar School, early 60’s.

Two Marilyn’s, Angela, Rosemary, Dinah, Patricia, Jane, Shirley, Susan, Christine, Ruth, Julie.

John, Stephen, Frederick, Anthony, Richard, Sean, Dale.

Obviously more, but these come to mind.

Have always disliked my name, old fashioned but not fashionably old, if that makes sense, more suited to a couple of decades before!

My own son was given a biblical name which would never have been used for my generation, but there were about four with that name when he started school.

MissAdventure

I quite fancied being called Clover.
Was that Katy's little sister in the "What Katy did" books?

Yes, Clover Carr.

Some of my school mates were Susan, SallyAnn, Joan, Jean, June, Heather, Anne, Alison, Marion, Linda, Roslyn, Christine, Margaret, and an Agnes who reversed it to Senga.

Boys names that I remember were Ronald, David, Peter, Adam, James, Allan, Robert, Tom, Ewan, Grahame, and a Lancelot who’s name was never shortened to Lance.

Janet, Christine, Muriel, Pauline, Olive, Enid, Susan (3) Gisela, and me. Won’t tell you my name but I never met another until I was nineteen. Much more common now

Boys, ..Royston, Trafford, Ian, Michael. Stuart, and Robert. Though the boys ,in grammar school, were addresses by their surnames , so we usually knew them as that.

There was a Felicity in my class and somehow she matched her name. I can see her now, very tiny and delicate looking, with masses of very dark hair that she worn tied up. She had the palest skin and dark eyes and was very pretty. She was lovely person too and friends to everyone. 😊

Elizabeth, Patricia, Margaret, Barbara, Janet, Eleanor, Lilian, Anne, Mary and Maureen.

John, Paul, Michael, David, Derek, Keith, Alan, Kenneth and Peter.

Pamela, Margaret, Gillian, Jennifer x2, Judith, Marilyn, Marion, Penny, Jacqueline, Cordelia, Poppy, Madeline, Christine

David x2, Martin x2, Robert, Robin, Bruce (he was from the US) Trevor, Peter, Christopher, James, Rodney x2

My name is included. I hate it. I’d rather have been known by my second name Sara. Too late now!!

Penny, Dawn, Gillian, Caroline, Karen, Rachael, Anne, Catherine, Elaine, Marjory, Sharon, Alison., Christine, Nichola. Gail.

Anthony, 3x Tony, 2 x John, Graham, Ross, Philip, Trevor, Theo, Mark, Terry, Darren, Simon, Nicholas. Geoffrey

These were all in Primary school, both infants and juniors.
I can barely recall more than a few from my massive comprehensive school. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Sidney is quite a popular name for children now.

In my girls’ grammar school class in 1953 we had Jean, Raynor,Margaret, Rona, Pauline, Anne, Julie, Susan, Alvina, Christine, Judith, Elizabeth, Janice, Joyce, Jennifer, Ailsa, Marion, Josephine, Joan, Barbara, Patricia, Anita, Sheila, Linda, Rita, Janet, Theresa, Gwyneth, Nita. Quite a range! Amazingly I can still remember them all and picture them too.

I quite fancied being called Clover.
Was that Katy's little sister in the "What Katy did" books?