Names that have fallen out of fashion

Filmer Paradise

When was the last time you saw a baby Pascal or a baby Nancy?

Over to you...

Strumms

Or an Eamonn… there was a religious, almost extremist I guess living near us growing up… everyone referred to him as Amen.…you literally hear no young fellas now called Eamonn.

a friend of the family was called Wincie or Wincy I’m not sure of the spelling but that was short for Wincelot. 51,868th popular name of all time according to google. 😅

dxhound2005

Not the sort of thing which can be judged by what people observe locally. The CSO keep national records, and they show that Nancy is more common in recent years than back in the day. Pascal and Paschal have been out of favour since the 1980's.

https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames

Leg End Reject

Attracta

Assumpta

Mary

Joseph

John Paul

Bridget

Margaret

Denis

Philip

Martin

Now it's all celebrity or obscure Irish names, bar a few old ones like Jack and Molly.

*Hoping my name doesn't appear

Sardonicat

Not too many Myrtles around these days. Pity

snowstorm445

Had this discussion with someone the other day, there are names that are solidly "elderly" and ones which are much more "middle-aged". I can't picture anyone named "Martina" for example who's younger than 40 but older than 65. Not sure about the male names though - maybe Alan or Derek?

For Forks Sake

Enoch.

BorneTobyWilde

Karen, that name is simply not given anymore 😅😅

AyeGer

I don't see many people under 40 called Mark or Andrew or Peter. Definately not many young Mary's or Bridget's about either.

rubberdungeon

Kathleen

Edith

Veronica

Gobnait

Richard

Gerard

Raymond

Bernard

PeteEd

Mervyn's are now critically endangered according to David Attenborough.

Climate change is a ruthless master that shows dodo-esque disregard to Polar Bears and Mervyn's that hungry 17th century sailors would be proud of!

Lewis_Benson

Quintan

moonage

I've always liked Fanny.

dublingirl83

eugene

Archeron

Agnes. I actually knew four Agnes (Agni?) over my life but they were all really old.

whisky_galore

Gladys

Tadgh

Most what were thought of as saint's names are getting rare.

Peter, Bridie/Bridget, Mary, Simon, Thomas, etc

Weirdly for a once hyper Catholic country, Jesus never became a name unlike in Hispanic countries

scotchy

Adolf

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I wonder was there male baby born last week on the 14th named Valantine it was a not uncommon name in Ireland at one stage. I was in an old graveyard in Tippeary one time and all the males seemed to be named Corneilus, Charles and Jerrmiah.

10-10-20

Aquinas and Aloysius. Used to be found back in the 40's.

NSAman

Ulick

BattleCorp

Nobody has posted 'Nigel' yet???? Surely one of the most old fashioned names there is. Is there a Nigel under 50 in Ireland?

Hippodrome Song Owl

I think it's really interesting to see names that were so common in the 80s are really dying out. My primary school class was full of Jennifers, Fionas, Julies, Lindas, and Claires. There were fewer than 20 babies named each of these in the 2021 statistics.

Manc-Red_

Suppose Karen is now a no-no for girls?

cj maxx

Pronsious ? Ambrose , Attracta , Bridgid Bridge

Taidg? Colin.

fortwilliam

Farquar...

Francis McM

Shove on

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Anoyone called Jack or Charles/Charlie is likely to be either over 60 or under 15.

cazwhatever

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120257703#Comment_120257703

Same with girls names like Jessica, Rebecca, Lorraine, Michelle. My school was full of them & you wouldn't hear of anyone naming their baby that now

deirdremf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058284786/names-that-have-fallen-out-of-fashion

Would a Pascal with a baby face do?

Strumms

Phyllis….the mother has a cousin Phyllis but she’s literally the only one I know first hand, never encountered one anywhere else. Don’t think I’ve met anyone or even heard of anybody in mine or surrounding generations called Phyllis…but I’m aware of a couple of others from way back….

paul71

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120257990#Comment_120257990

????

The reverse is true.

Jack is currently the most popular baby name in Ireland. It was pretty rare 50 years ago.

What is becoming rare is Patrick, 19th on the boys list in 2021.

I think there's a lot more variety of names around now than there used to be, but every era has its fads.

The 2022 names are mostly fairly bland though:

Fiadh, Grace, Emily, Sophie and Éabha, Lucy, Mia, Ava, Lily and Ella

Jack, Noah, James, Conor and Rían, Liam, Charlie, Daniel, Cillian and Tadhg

YFlyer

Don't heard anyone called Harold now.

Bluebell woods

Dympna ,Sally …?

moceri

Nelly

Agnes

Maude

Tristram

Jacinta

Ethel

Molly

dxhound2005

Jack as a nickname for someone called John would have been common enough. But there is a trend in more recent years for those sorts of nicknames to become given names. There were no Johnnys, Joes or Maggies on birth certs in the old days, but they are around now, along with many more examples.

winston82

Keith - I don’t think anyone looks at a newborn and says “yea, that’s deffo a Keith”

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120258669#Comment_120258669

Kinda been hijacked into Harry?

odyssey06

Gary

Riddle101

Male

Ted

George

Henry

Female

Kelly

Olivia

Mixed

Terry/Teri

Pauliedragon

Thank **** mine seems to be on the way out. Up until about 10 tears ago every place I worked or socialised had multiples of us. It was a nightmare.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120258849#Comment_120258849

George will rebound thanks to Prince George

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120258870#Comment_120258870

Royal names are always going to be recycled traditional ones. You're not going to get a Tyler or a Hunter or a Hayleigh.

hamburgham

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120257703#Comment_120257703

Yes, names which us mid lifers don’t consider ‘old’, unlike Edith, Doris, Betty etc are in fact old people’s names to the youngsters these days. Hard to accept we’re now the ‘oul wans’.

hamburgham

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120258286#Comment_120258286

I can’t stand the posh/ aspirational English ones, Sophie, Olivia, Emily.

Haven't heard of a Martina for a while. Love that name tho. Everybody knows a sexy Irish Martina!

I like good standard strong names but also pretty flower type names ☺️

I don't like names that are too American like Cole or Brandon or Kaylen.

Qaanaaq

Fidelma

Finnbar

bertie

Kevin

Nora

Ronnie

Frank

Alan

Garett

New Home

I thought I had posted here yesterday, but can't find it now.

Dympna, Cynthia, Stephanie, Bláthnaid, Jacinta, Geraldine, Carla, Monica, Patricia, Eoin, Oscar, Richard, Susan, Janet, etc. I had a few more, but these will do until I remember the rest.

Jennifer, Allison, Phillipa, Sue, Debra, Anna-Belle too...

saabsaab

Myles and Julian.

Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary, but not Jessica..