Saxon names have failed completely to enjoy the revival that Latinate/ Victorian names have had. Not only no cuthberts but absolutely no Ethelreds, let alone a ****.
My cousin called her son Edwin. He must be in his early teens now.
He just gets called Eddie or Ted anyway.
I think some of the extinct/endangered names are perfectly fine on older or even elderly people...I just can't for the life of me imagine calling a tiny baby Percival or Gertrude.
My name's Sylvia, and my son pointed out that you never meet a young Sylvia, All the Sylvias he knew were of a certain age; "Face it Ma, Sylvia's the new Doris!"
"Who is Sylvia, what is she"? [Shakespeare I think?]
Different names trend every decade. We had lots of the following in my year at school - Susan, Karen, Tracy, Lesley, Sharon, Debbie, Angela, Christine and Paul, Steven, David, Andrew, Mark, John, Matthew, Richard.
When I was at school, by far the most popular name was Karen.
I had 4 in my class and there were 2 in the other form in my year.
All spelt as above - none with Caron spelling.
I know LOADS of Sarahs. There were 3 on my school bus at the same time plus another 4 or 5 in the group I used to hang round with outside of school. The mot common boys names at school were Ben, Mark (which is my name) and James / Jamie.
I really like the name Gladys, it's my great-grandmother's name. I've always thought if I have a daughter I'd call her Gladys. I don't think it sounds as old-lady-ish as Doris/Ethel etc.
I also like Cecily for a girl, and Clifford for a boy.
Different names trend every decade. We had lots of the following in my year at school - Susan, Karen, Tracy, Lesley, Sharon, Debbie, Angela, Christine and Paul, Steven, David, Andrew, Mark, John, Matthew, Richard.
Joanna, Claire, Nicola, Hayley and Stacey were the main girl names at my school.
If I have a boy next its a choice between Stannis or Oberyn :cool: ;-)
(Although Ned is actually a good solid boy name!)
Arya is quite a cool name, yeah. I don't mind Cersei or Daenerys either. Ned is short for Eddard, which is not a great name, but does allow you to shorten it in a few ways.
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My cousin called her son Edwin. He must be in his early teens now.
He just gets called Eddie or Ted anyway.
I went to primary school (in the early - mid 90s) with a Susan.
It just seems wrong somehow
"Who is Sylvia, what is she"? [Shakespeare I think?]
Loads of Susan/Sues at school with me (1970-82), think Walter lived under a rock....
I had 4 in my class and there were 2 in the other form in my year.
All spelt as above - none with Caron spelling.
Not if you read my message, I said I had not heard of a child named Susan for the past 30 years, and the latest date you mentioned was 32 years ago.
I just hope no-one calls their son Joffrey. Aside from the GoT character being pretty nasty, it's a bloody awful name lol.
I know LOADS of Sarahs. There were 3 on my school bus at the same time plus another 4 or 5 in the group I used to hang round with outside of school. The mot common boys names at school were Ben, Mark (which is my name) and James / Jamie.
My brother knows a male Caron.
Thank goodness, awful name to lumber a poor kid with.
No I'm definitely not a Wayne or a Dwayne but I do have a name that was popular in the 70's.
Good name for a big red dog
What, Cecily?
the French love a bit of Fanny
The at risk girls names are nearly all names of my classmates from the 50's and 60's including one of my Christian names and one of my daughters.
Indeed, and my mother told me when I was young that if I had been a girl I would have been called Gaynor. I had a lucky escape!
Arya and Sansa are quite pretty girl names IMO
If I have a boy next its a choice between Stannis or Oberyn :cool: ;-)
(Although Ned is actually a good solid boy name!)
Joanna, Claire, Nicola, Hayley and Stacey were the main girl names at my school.
Arya is quite a cool name, yeah. I don't mind Cersei or Daenerys either. Ned is short for Eddard, which is not a great name, but does allow you to shorten it in a few ways.