Kid's names that won't make a comeback

[Blue Hills]

Hopefully seen the last of Euphegenia and Cornelius

You knew some?
Must admit I hate poncey names.
Not saying necessarily poncey, but what happened to prunella?
Once knew someone who i think had that name but hated it and insisted on being called Pru.

 

[Mrs M]

You knew some?
Must admit I hate poncey names.
Not saying necessarily poncey, but what happened to prunella?
Once knew someone who i think had that name but hated it and insisted on being called Pru.

Mrs Doubtfire
Did have a Cornelius as a customer, definitely not posh though!

 

[Blue Hills]

There was a boy I knew from the students union bar at Cardiff University in the 60s called Nimrod Ping.

I've never seen him since but I've always remembered and been jealous of that name.

Nothing to stop you giving yourself a late life present and adopting the name.
Downside of a very particular name is of course that you can very easily be googled and pretty hard to claim that the results relate to someone else. One reason I'm pretty content with my uber plain name.

 

[theclaud]

There was a boy I knew from the students union bar at Cardiff University in the 60s called Nimrod Ping.

I've never seen him since but I've always remembered and been jealous of that name.

I'm not keen on his Sainsbury's, but other than that he seems to have been good value.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_Ping

 

[vickster]

Didn't the Queen have a race horse trainer called Richard Head?

The name of an ex colleague of mine, no joke

 

[Tail End Charlie]

My dad, when he was asked his name, always gave his initials - RS. Invariably, when waiting for a doctor's appointment and the like, they'd call out Horace. Now there's a name you don't often hear.

 

[further]

they'd call out Horace. Now there's a name you don't often hear.

We had a cat called that.

 

[tyred]

As someone who processes health insurance claims for a living, some the names which turn up make you wonder what people were thinking and give my colleagues and I a good laugh at times. I can't remember them all but of the top of my head I can think of
Gorgeous George
Randy Hardy
Holly Branch
Rosie Flowers
Marina Morris
Ronald Trump
Robin Byrd
Stanley Knife
Paul Saul
as well as things like William Williams, Peter Peterson, etc which I feel don't show much imagination.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I'm not keen on his Sainsbury's, but other than that he seems to have been good value.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod_Ping

Now I've googled him I see that he did lead a full life. Through haze of the mix of Newky Brown and scrumpy that was popular in the union bar in those days I just remember him as very good company.

 

[bruce1530]

I once met a chinese lad who’s name was Wee Kok.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Little lad in Sainsburys today about 3, called Reggie.. Excellent name, he was being very naughty..

 

[Milzy]

Adolf

 

[Beebo]

Didn't the Queen have a race horse trainer called Richard Head?

The Oxford dictionary says the term only originated in the 1960s. So anyone named before then is just unlucky.

 

[Dave7]

We had a cat called that.

We had a tortoise called Herbert. He would actually come over to have his chin scratched when his name was called.
The smackhead niece of our neighbour stole him (the neighbour told us) but it could never be proved

 

[classic33]

As someone who processes health insurance claims for a living, some the names which turn up make you wonder what people were thinking and give my colleagues and I a good laugh at times. I can't remember them all but of the top of my head I can think of
Gorgeous George
Randy Hardy
Holly Branch
Rosie Flowers
Marina Morris
Ronald Trump
Robin Byrd
Stanley Knife
Paul Saul
as well as things like William Williams, Peter Peterson, etc which I feel don't show much imagination.

There's a William(Bill) Williams five minutes from me.