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Help[Opinions] 1980 babies
These are the names of most of the kids who were in the same year as me at primary school over the years 1985-1992. Most if not all were born in 1980.
WDYT? What would you use now? Any surprises?
Adam
Adrian
Ashley
Benjamin x2
Craig
Daniel x2
David x4
Dylan
Gregg
Harold
Jamie
Jeffrey
Johnny
Jon
Justin
Leigh
Luke
Matthew x3
Michael x2
Nathan x2
Niels-Peter
Philip
Quentin
Rhys
Roneil
Samuel
Scott
Shane
Skigh
Steven
Timothy
Tristan
Vaughan
Alison
Amanda x3
Amie
Amy
Anita
Anna
Beth
Brooke
Callie
Carrie
Christine
Denva
Domonique
Elisabeth
Elizabeth
Erin x2
Jaclyn
Janine
Jenna
K.C.
Katherine
Kristy x2
Mariana
Marissa
Marnie
Melissa
Michelle x2
Rebecca
Rowena
Sarah
Shannon
Sharon
Tanya
Tiffany
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WDYT? What would you use now? Any surprises?
Adam
Adrian
Ashley
Benjamin x2
Craig
Daniel x2
David x4
Dylan
Gregg
Harold
Jamie
Jeffrey
Johnny
Jon
Justin
Leigh
Luke
Matthew x3
Michael x2
Nathan x2
Niels-Peter
Philip
Quentin
Rhys
Roneil
Samuel
Scott
Shane
Skigh
Steven
Timothy
Tristan
Vaughan
Alison
Amanda x3
Amie
Amy
Anita
Anna
Beth
Brooke
Callie
Carrie
Christine
Denva
Domonique
Elisabeth
Elizabeth
Erin x2
Jaclyn
Janine
Jenna
K.C.
Katherine
Kristy x2
Mariana
Marissa
Marnie
Melissa
Michelle x2
Rebecca
Rowena
Sarah
Shannon
Sharon
Tanya
Tiffany
*****
Health care 🏥 Food and shelter 🥣🏠 Climate action 🌊
LGBTQIA+ acceptance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Accessibility & inclusion 🦽♾
…are human rights
Cats aren’t a human right, but they are pretty awesome 🐈⬛🐈⬛
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Even though some of them are dated now, I like quite a few of these names:
Adam
Adrian
David
Jeffrey
Luke
Matthew
Nathan
Quentin
Rhys
Steven (though I prefer Stephen)
Timothy
Tristan
Vaughan
&
Anna
Brooke
Callie
Carrie
Elizabeth
Erin
Katherine
Michelle
Rebecca
Tiffany
Niels-Peter jumped out at me, definitely not one I've seen before (not a big Nordic community where I am). I've also never seen Roneil or Skigh (neither are in the databse, either).
Denva... I'm hoping that's an ethnic name with which I'm unfamiliar, and not the British English pronunciation of Denver.
Adam
Adrian
David
Jeffrey
Luke
Matthew
Nathan
Quentin
Rhys
Steven (though I prefer Stephen)
Timothy
Tristan
Vaughan
&
Anna
Brooke
Callie
Carrie
Elizabeth
Erin
Katherine
Michelle
Rebecca
Tiffany
Niels-Peter jumped out at me, definitely not one I've seen before (not a big Nordic community where I am). I've also never seen Roneil or Skigh (neither are in the databse, either).
Denva... I'm hoping that's an ethnic name with which I'm unfamiliar, and not the British English pronunciation of Denver.
Roneil is an Indian name. Skigh I think is just a hippie spelling of Sky, and I have a hunch he changed it as an adult.
This was in Western Australia not Britain but yeah, the WA accent is non-rhotic, so -er words are pronounced the same as -a words. Tuner and tuna are pronounced exactly the same for example. Denva = Denver.
This was in Western Australia not Britain but yeah, the WA accent is non-rhotic, so -er words are pronounced the same as -a words. Tuner and tuna are pronounced exactly the same for example. Denva = Denver.
What would you use now?
Harold, Luke, Timothy
Elizabeth, Rowena, Tiffany
Also comparatively likable:
Benjamin, Justin, Philip, Quentin, Rhys, Samuel, Tristan, Amanda, Anita, Anna, Janine, Katherine, Melissa, Christine, Rebecca, Sarah
I used to like Adam, Daniel, Nathan, Michelle, Shannon, Sharon more than I do right now.
Denva, Rowena, Roneil, and Niels-Peter seem the most out of the ordinary to me. Marnie looks old-fashioned to me.
Harold, Luke, Timothy
Elizabeth, Rowena, Tiffany
Also comparatively likable:
Benjamin, Justin, Philip, Quentin, Rhys, Samuel, Tristan, Amanda, Anita, Anna, Janine, Katherine, Melissa, Christine, Rebecca, Sarah
I used to like Adam, Daniel, Nathan, Michelle, Shannon, Sharon more than I do right now.
Denva, Rowena, Roneil, and Niels-Peter seem the most out of the ordinary to me. Marnie looks old-fashioned to me.
This message was edited 3/17/2025, 8:49 PM
Harold, Quentin, and Rowena are great!
Interesting: this was in Australia, right? I'd use or consider using: Adrian, Benjamin*, Daniel*, David*, Dylan, Peter (not Niels-Peter!), Stephen (not Steven), Alison, Elizabeth*, and I imagine Callie and Carrie are both nns for Caroline. In which case I'd use Caroline! In fact, I did name a daughter Caroline, and a son Peter David. * for family name
OKa-a-ay! But, presumably based on Caroline: can't think where else they could originate from.