Boghead ranter Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 32 minutes ago, jagfox said: What names have actually increased? Are we dying out? Mine has gone from around, 1200 to 200. Going by the sort of names my kids' schoolmates have, it's Jack, Noah, Emily, Sophie, Ellie, Hannah. Stuff like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jagfox Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: They've all peaked too, by the looks of things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 As a bit of an IT whizzkid, i've used an "internet search engine" to interrogate the databases of the worldwide web: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/babies-names/22/babies-first-names-22-report.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi9mKGurY3-AhVJZMAKHbrICNQ4ChAWegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw1Y60ElnMbPHfwI_UO4WG-m 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Hoots Mon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Do you still get girls in Shetland? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarley Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 I guessing there is also a switch to the US method of having "unique" spellings for common names? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Swarley said: Everyone is called after characters from tv shows, like Khalessi, Arya etc Four girls called Wednesday (1995, 2001, 2003 & 2022) Nothing says "awwww" like being named after the creepy kid in the Addams family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) There have been 11 kids born with the first name 'J' since 1990. Not an abbreviation of anything; just 'J'. I looked this up because my son had one of them at his primary school. Predictably, he was an arse. (and so was J, ha ha) 1 minute ago, Hedgecutter said: Four girls called Wednesday (1995, 2001, 2003 & 2022) Nothing says "awwww" like being named after the creepy kid in the Addams family. In the wake of all these Netflix serial killer docs, I wonder if we'll see an uptick in kids being named 'Jeffrey' and 'Ted' in the coming years. Edited April 3, 2023 by BTFD Hedgecutter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Expecting a massive increase in Humza MacGlincheys next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Expecting a massive increase in Humza MacGlincheys next year. Nicola is less popular than ever, while support for Alex is holding up after a boom around 2010. Calling all ABLA posters! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 5 hours ago, jagfox said: They've all peaked too, by the looks of things. And thus are working their way through schools now. Our latest fad names will pop up in 5-10 years with every class having still having two Jack’s and Olivia’s, but adding a couple of Noah’s and Emily’s to the mix. The more fun names down the list are gems like Arabella, Orla, Mirren, Ruaridh, Lachlan and Struan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: And thus are working their way through schools now. Our latest fad names will pop up in 5-10 years with every class having still having two Jack’s and Olivia’s, but adding a couple of Noah’s and Emily’s to the mix. The more fun names down the list are gems like Arabella, Orla, Mirren, Ruaridh, Lachlan and Struan. Struan's a proper Tory name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 7 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: Do you still get girls in Shetland? Yes, some very attractive ones too. Namely Erin and Sophie on Tinder and Inga in the Thule bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: Struan's a proper Tory name I've never known an Arabella who wasn't a posh bird. But let's be honest here, Struan's no less Tory than any of the other names in that wee list. Even the St Mirren fans seem to have a higher-than-average ratio, somehow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 35 minutes ago, BTFD said: I've never known an Arabella who wasn't a posh bird. But let's be honest here, Struan's no less Tory than any of the other names in that wee list. Even the St Mirren fans seem to have a higher-than-average ratio, somehow. I ken a former East Fife player with a daughter called Mirren. Occupation postie. A former player I coached at boys' club level was called Ruaridh. He got my name tattooed on his arse for some reason. Pretty certain he's not a Tory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 15 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: I ken a former East Fife player with a daughter called Mirren. Occupation postie. A former player I coached at boys' club level was called Ruaridh. He got my name tattooed on his arse for some reason. Pretty certain he's not a Tory. I've actually met a few Ruaridhs lately, so that's the only one that seems plausibly more popular to me. Getting your coach's name tattooed on your arse is total Tory behaviour! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, BTFD said: Getting your coach's name tattooed on your arse is total Tory behaviour! Especially Parks of Hamilton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 3, 2023 Author Share Posted April 3, 2023 52 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Especially Parks of Hamilton. Parks O Hamilton might work 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) Was somebody was a fan of the old Vitamin T? Was registered in Glasgow (obviously) Eta: There was a Pepsi born in Dundee in 1996 Edited April 3, 2023 by Hedgecutter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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