Underused baby names due for a come back?

Anonymous wrote:Also consider that the nicknames aren’t popular anymore so we have William (who’s maybe Will or Liam), Daniel, Patrick, Christopher, Geoffrey or Jefferson, Thomas - just to name some examples straight from my life with teens.

Gen Xers with these names would have been Bill or Billy, Dan, Pat or Rick(y), Chris, Jeff and Tom or Tommy.

In my family’s situation, Dad is Bill and son is William.

Yep, I agreed with Daniel on the condition that there will be no nicknames. Seems like the rest of the moms felt the same: Daniel goes to school with Thomas and Gabriel, while my coworkers include Gabe and Tommy.

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07/15/2023 22:21

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Anonymous wrote:Monica

June

Sharon

Denise

Nicole

I'm an older Gen X'er and these sound like the names of the girls who would hang out in the bathrooms at school, smoking and using tons of Aquanet.

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07/15/2023 22:24

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Betsy for Elizabeth
Sally
Jenny
Dotty for Dorothea
May

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07/15/2023 22:40

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Dolly or Dolley

Jason

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07/15/2023 22:54

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Anonymous wrote:

Minerva
Candace
Eliza
Thaddeus
Nellie
Reba
May
Minnie
Lena
Veronica
Viola
Jane
Matilda
Arthur

My almost 9 year old was supposed to be Veronica, but it just didn’t feel like it fit when we saw her. We went with Erica instead.

Our next door neighbors have a teen named Lina.

I tried to get Cadence by my husband, but he didn’t like it. Couldn’t use Candice, it is my best friend’s name.

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07/15/2023 22:58

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Anonymous wrote:It suddenly occurred to me tonight that Fred/Freddy is a GREAT NAME and I've never met a real life person with it, just characters in books and movies.

So if you are having a boy, I am submitting Frederick/Alfred/Freddy/Fred for your list. I am NOT having a boy, but I think it's my platonic ideal for a baby name -- classic but underused, a serious full name with friendly nickname options, and I find it extremely pleasing to say.

What else is due for a comeback? What name would it please you to no end to hear hollered across a playground or see printed on a daycare cubby?

This preoccupation with finding an “underused” name is so phucking weird

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07/15/2023 23:37

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Minerva / Minnie

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07/16/2023 00:37

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