Fine on a person, just not my baby

General Name Discussion
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What are some names that you think are fine on a person (especially older adults), but you can’t imagine anyone, nonetheless you, naming their baby that. Here are some that I think of:

Barbara
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]

Robert/Bob
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]/Ricky
[name_m]Phillip[/name_m]/Philip
[name_m]Tom[/name_m] ([name_m]Thomas[/name_m] is fine on a baby!)
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]

In other words, unusable dated names!

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i know babies with all if these names, they’re very common in the UK x

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Names that have become associated with something negative in the past 10ish years. An example would be [name_f]Karen[/name_f] - I know people with the name, but a baby [name_f]Karen[/name_f] would shock me.

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Hahah I’m sure there are some! Poor Karens what did they do to deserve this??

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Linda, I just can’t imagine a baby or a child with this name.

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Karen
[name_f]Linda[/name_f]
LeAnn
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_u]Whitney[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Myra[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Brandy[/name_f] / [name_f]Brandi[/name_f] / [name_f]Brandie[/name_f]

Leon
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m]
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]
[name_m]Tom[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_u]Timothy[/name_u]
[name_m]Tim[/name_m]
[name_m]Jim[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m] / [name_m]Marc[/name_m]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Fred[/name_m]
[name_m]Brandon[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Greg[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]

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There was a girl a couple years younger than me during my elementary school years who is named [name_f]Karin[/name_f]. [name_f]Karen[/name_f]/Karin/Karyn is not a name for a little kid IMO.

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Boys
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_u]Barry[/name_u]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Derek[/name_m]

Girls
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Gayle[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]

There are quite a few.

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Alfred
[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Geoffrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_u]Douglas[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_u]Neil[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]

Amanda
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Jeanine[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Mona[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Doreen[/name_f]
[name_u]Tracy[/name_u]
[name_f]Rhonda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ermentrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Sharon[/name_f]

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Oh no! Not my sweet [name_m]Philip[/name_m]! :cry:

I can’t personally picture a baby named:
[name_f]Mildred[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Barbara[/name_f]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Sharon[/name_f]
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u]
[name_f]Karen[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]

[name_m]Gregory[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]

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Nothing against anyone, but I just wanted to throw some opinions out there! I could totally see a baby…

Autumn
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

Oliver
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]

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