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  • #31
    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?
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    • #32
      Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

      Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
      Thanks I hadn't been keeping count!
      Well, it does mention it where it says "Posts".
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      I'm having so much fun
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      • #33
        Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

        Originally posted by Arran View Post
        What names were associated with black people in the 1970s and 1980s?
        There was a Rastafarian character in Grange Hill, called Glenroy Glenroy!

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        • #34
          Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

          Originally posted by George 1978 View Post
          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.

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          • #35
            Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

            Originally posted by Arran View Post
            The answer to that is yes. Asian names change over the decades.
            I wouldn't have known that myself of course.
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            • #36
              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.
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              • #37
                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?

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                • #38
                  Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

                  Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
                  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.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Fashionable names of people mostly in the 1970s and 1980s

                    So getting back to Fanny ..


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


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                    • #40
                      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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