Am I being silly?

balletshoes

Person_one wrote: »

Not now, but in the seventies where were Isabella and Isaac on the baby name lists? Definitely not top 20!

I have an elderly relative called Amelia, its a lovely name and really popular now but she hates it because when she was a young girl it was an 'old lady' name.

I don't recall any Isaacs (I'm a child of the 70s) but I knew a few Isabel/Isobels.

Buzzybee90

MrsE wrote: »

Not sure I follow.
Of all them names Freddie is probably the most current & yet you class that as old fasioned?
They are all traditional names, old fashioned would be Ethel or Gladys.

You listed names that you believed were old fashioned but had come back recently. I said of those I'd only say it was true for Freddie and Nellie, the others I thought had been ever-present.

LEJC

Person_one wrote: »

I knew two babies called George before the royal one was born, it was on its way back already before that accelerated its popularity a bit!

I gave birth to a George 16 years ago...named in honour of the 2 greatest pop icons IMO of my era....nothing to do with anything royal!

shegirl

poet123 wrote: »

True, of the babies born to friends/ family recently, we have; Niamh, Freddie, Emily, Isaac, Kate, Isabelle and Nellie(!)

I was talking to someone planning to name their daughter Ivy.

There does seem to be a bit of a trend of using much older names.

I love the names Isaac and Elsie,both old names.I'll never get to use them though!

Person_one

MrsE wrote: »

Not sure I follow.
Of all them names Freddie is probably the most current & yet you class that as old fasioned?
They are all traditional names, old fashioned would be Ethel or Gladys.

If there had been a Freddie in my year at school, thrown in with all the Darrens, Gareths and Andrews, it would definitely have been considered old fashioned.

Its not anymore, because its come back round. Maybe when I'm sat in my nursing home next to octegenarians called Lyndsey and Bex, those names that were popular in the eighties will be in vogue again, who knows?

LEJC

Person_one wrote: »

If there had been a Freddie in my year at school, thrown in with all the Darrens, Gareths and Andrews, it would definitely have been considered old fashioned.

Absolutely...back in the 80's I went out with Darren,Gareth and Andrew....never a freddie...he was Mr "Queen"!

paulineb_2

Buzzybee90 wrote: »

Really? George is pretty common in my area, along with brothers Harry, Jack etc.

Ive known two Georges in my life, one I was at school with and one I worked with, not a common name where Im from, but as I said earlier in the thread, a lot of names seem to be more popular depending on where you live.

paulineb_2

balletshoes wrote: »

I don't recall any Isaacs (I'm a child of the 70s) but I knew a few Isabel/Isobels.

I know loads of Isobels, thats quite a popular Scottish name or was maybe 30 or so years ago.

Buzzybee90

paulineb wrote: »

Ive known two Georges in my life, one I was at school with and one I worked with, not a common name where Im from, but as I said earlier in the thread, a lot of names seem to be more popular depending on where you live.

Indeed. I've always thought of it as a traditional "proper" name with James, Matthew, Michael etc.

balletshoes

paulineb wrote: »

I know loads of Isobels, thats quite a popular Scottish name or was maybe 30 or so years ago.

thats why I knew them - I'm Scottish, and they would have been named about 45ish years ago .