Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

[George 1978]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

I would assume that a lot of them had the same or similar names to white people - this can help them when it comes to getting on in life.

More to the point, do Asian names become old-fashioned over the decades? - as a white person, I wouldn't know much about it. Do elderly Asian people have names that would sound old-fashioned by younger Asians?

[George 1978]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

Thanks I hadn't been keeping count!

Well, it does mention it where it says "Posts".

[Clare]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

What names were associated with black people in the 1970s and 1980s?

There was a Rastafarian character in Grange Hill, called Glenroy Glenroy!

[Arran]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

More to the point, do Asian names become old-fashioned over the decades? - as a white person, I wouldn't know much about it. Do elderly Asian people have names that would sound old-fashioned by younger Asians?

The answer to that is yes. Asian names change over the decades.

[George 1978]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

The answer to that is yes. Asian names change over the decades.

I wouldn't have known that myself of course.

[George 1978]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

I saw a great article in the Guardian online about various names from 20 years ago in which the use of them for youngsters had fallen dramatically since around 1996.

[Clare]

Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

I was just remembering a character in Crossroads in the '80s.

If I remember rightly, her name was Beverley, but she decided she wanted to be known as Chloe. Anyway, I don't know if that's connected with the popularity of the name Chloe in recent decades. Are there many Beverleys nowadays?

[victorbrunswick]

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Fanny comes from Frances, though that's not a common name these days either.

It seems that Fanny was also a fairly common name among Jewish women. Sadly I know this from my reading about the Holocaust. The name crops up quite a bit.

[Zincubus]

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So getting back to Fanny ..


Suzi Quattro’s sister played bass in the female rock group Fanny !!


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[Zincubus]

Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

Oh and it’s also one of my fave Bee Gee songs !!
https://youtu.be/G4qrEOCNr3g

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