davieG Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 The names that could become extinct • Angela • Bertram • Beverley • Cecil • Carol • Clarence • Clive • Cyril • Debra • Diane • Donna • Dean • Doris • Dennis • Derek • Duncan • Elaine • Ernest • Geoffrey • Horace • Joanne • Leonard • Maureen • Malcolm • Nigel • Neville • Paula • Roy • Sally • Sandra • Sharon • Sheila • Tracey • Wendy • Yvonne • Wayne Read more at http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/these-baby-names-could-become-extinct-as-none-of-them-have-been-registered-in-2017/story-30248830-detail/story.html#3AOCFtQZ4UIdvOxZ.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffToff88 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 My brothers Clarence, Horace and Ernest would appreciate this article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy boxing Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 noooo! I'm on the extinction list!!!! Most people just want celebrity names now and names that stand out from the crowd. people don't want strong but boring names anymore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 I really can't imagine anyone having a child and calling it any of those names. I feel like you're not giving the baby a good start to life if you call it Dennis or Dean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakeyfox Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 NFP won't be too happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 21 minutes ago, foxy boxing said: noooo! I'm on the extinction list!!!! Most people just want celebrity names now and names that stand out from the crowd. people don't want strong but boring names anymore! Defo a Cyril. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 5 April 2017 Author Share Posted 5 April 2017 56 minutes ago, lgfualol said: I really can't imagine anyone having a child and calling it any of those names. I feel like you're not giving the baby a good start to life if you call it Dennis or Dean. I remember people saying this about some of the names that are now in the most popular list https://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2017.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 The flatcap's made a bit of an unexpected comeback so hopefully names like Cyril will too. And Horace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 16 minutes ago, davieG said: I remember people saying this about some of the names that are now in the most popular list https://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2017.htm Interesting bunch of names. It seems most of them are surnames, Jackson, Carter, Grayson, etc lol. I know about 3 people with kids called Noah - I would have never thought that name would be so popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 But don't worry, there'll be another 1000 invented names in circulation this year : Alaigh T'ai Schwanda Anai Anuh And so on and so forth. I think in Sweden you're only allowed to choose from a list of government approved names. I wish that was the case here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 Can understand some of those not being registered as let's be honest..... Cecil, Cyril, Maureen etc, names for old people on soap operas However, very surprising to me that Dean, Donna. Joanne, Duncan for example are dying out! That said all the babies round where I live seem to be called arsey names like Angelo, Fleur, Harper, Harlequin etc. **** that if that's the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 10 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said: Can understand some of those not being registered as let's be honest..... Cecil, Cyril, Maureen etc, names for old people on soap operas However, very surprising to me that Dean, Donna. Joanne, Duncan for example are dying out! That said all the babies round where I live seem to be called arsey names like Angelo, Fleur, Harper, Harlequin etc. **** that if that's the future Of course it is. Parents now need to express their perceived uniqueness through baby names. Names are getting out of hand and it needs stopping. As do the fancy spellings : Jaykque (Jake), Tohbay (Toby) and so on. Dowie (as in doughy) was a name I recently encountered. I might be particularly miserable about this because I work with children, occasionally, and have to suffer these kind of names on the regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renart Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 Will my name become extinct? Probably yes - you don't find many Renarts these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renart Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 2 hours ago, foxy boxing said: noooo! I'm on the extinction list!!!! Most people just want celebrity names now and names that stand out from the crowd. people don't want strong but boring names anymore! ok, ok, calm down Sharon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facecloth Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 My name will never be extinct. Consistently been in the top 10 on that list they produce every year of popular baby names. There must be more James' out there than any other name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal Fox Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 Wow, really surprised that Joanne, Sharon and Tracey are on the list... That's got to be a mistake, though if true, surely a good thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boots60 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 Good to see Esteban & N'golo still going strong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 20 minutes ago, Fox92 said: No I highly doubt somebody else is going to be called Fox92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 Come on guys, would you seriously look at your newborn baby and think "Yeah, he definitely looks like a Clive, let's call him Clive". Times change, all names listed are horribly outdated and old fashioned. Just like todays current names will be outdated in 50-60 years most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thursday_next Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 In the street the other week I heard some chavvy white woman in a shell-suit calling her daughter 'Khaleesi'. She had another baby in a pram. I thought of asking her what particularly ill-advised name she'd given to that one, but on second thoughts I decided she might eat me. She looked like she might well eat anything, including buildings and cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 56 minutes ago, Adster said: Come on guys, would you seriously look at your newborn baby and think "Yeah, he definitely looks like a Clive, let's call him Clive". Times change, all names listed are horribly outdated and old fashioned. Just like todays current names will be outdated in 50-60 years most likely. If my baby was born already balding and a face of a 50 year old lorry driver, I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 4 hours ago, foxile5 said: But don't worry, there'll be another 1000 invented names in circulation this year : Alaigh T'ai Schwanda Anai Anuh And so on and so forth. I think in Sweden you're only allowed to choose from a list of government approved names. I wish that was the case here. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 3 minutes ago, sdb said: Why? To what part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 5 April 2017 Share Posted 5 April 2017 How is Bertram not extinct already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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