Anti-trend names

What are your favourite names that are not on trend where you live?

I really like [name_f]Maude[/name_f], [name_f]Francine[/name_f], [name_f]Jillian[/name_f], [name_f]Shirley[/name_f], [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Janet[/name_f], [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] & [name_f]Polly[/name_f].

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I like to hope they aren’t lol.

Zaleia, Jeida, [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], [name_f]Fiona[/name_f], [name_f]Mazikeen[/name_f], Azailee/Azeileigh, and [name_f]Heidi[/name_f].

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For girls…

[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] (I know @EdgeOfTheMeadow is with me!)
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] (this is probably hipster fashionable actually but I still think most people would pull this :face_with_raised_eyebrow: face)
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]

For boys…

[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_u]Lou[/name_u]
[name_u]Kim[/name_u]
[name_u]Josey[/name_u]

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Off the top of my head:

Marion
Irene
Claudia
Frances
Gillian
Margaret
Wanda
Dolores
Kathleen

Edit: a few more

Justine
Nadine
Ruth
Maxine
Bernadette
Beryl
Bridget
Lois
Joan

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I do love [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] and [name_f]Dinah[/name_f] but they are unusable here.

Mary-Ann
[name_f]Valarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f] (relatively unused here)
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Jeanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]

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I’d probably say basically my whole list minus the common names :sweat_smile: (Elizabeth, Matthew, etc…) People around me seem to have a very basic style for naming and rarely use names outside the top 100.

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Gertrude :sweat_smile:

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Nadine:)

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[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Julie[/name_u]
[name_f]Bridget[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]

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All the [name_f]Thelma[/name_f], [name_f]Velma[/name_f], [name_f]Helma[/name_f], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Lois[/name_f], [name_f]Cathy[/name_f], [name_f]Karen[/name_f], [name_f]Polly[/name_f], [name_f]Helen[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Carol[/name_f], [name_f]Sandra[/name_f], [name_f]Barbara[/name_f], [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f], [name_f]Glenda[/name_f], [name_f]Libby[/name_f] etc. names that I really am very fond of. They remind me of my childhood and female relatives and a different time. In some ways a far worse time and in other ways, a far better time.

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[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]! Quirky vintage and rare names are on trend here. [name_f]Claudia[/name_f] is classic, familiar, and no-nonsense.

[name_f]Jemima[/name_f] is one of my favourites too.
I like

Girls
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]

Boys
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Finnian[/name_m]
[name_m]Deacon[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]

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[name_f]Zelda[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], [name_f]Hila[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_m]Rainer[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m]

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[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u] (as a first name)
[name_f]Mae[/name_f] (as a first name)
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favourite girl name, [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] :two_hearts:

Also [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u], [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_m]Emrys[/name_m].

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I love [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] and [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]!

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[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is so sweet!

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[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] and Irene!! Yes!!!

I love [name_f]Claudia[/name_f] too!

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[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]! So gogeous! [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] is on trend here at the moment - I love it, but there are just a few too many little Sylvie’s running around at the moment!

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