“Lucy” as a name

Jedi boro

Jedi boro

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Could we see a massive drop in the use of the name now in the same way that Myra is all but extinct in the uk, now.
 
A little I guess in the short term, but Lucy is such a common name that kids will still get named after Aunt Lucy or Grandma Lucy though probably not for a year or two.

Kids still get Harold or Peter.
 
Muttley said:
A little I guess in the short term, but Lucy is such a common name that kids will still get named after Aunt Lucy or Grandma Lucy though probably not for a year or two.

Kids still get Harold or Peter.
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Thats true but male killers aren’t really rare though where as women are look at the name Rose etc. so stigma tends to stick esp child killers.
 
Jedi boro said:
Thats true but male killers aren’t really rare though where as women are look at the name Rose etc. so stigma tends to stick esp child killers.
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According to a quick google four females in the top twenty British Serial Killers Mary Ann Cotton, Amelia Dyer, Rose West and Myra Hindley. Myra was never a common name so it is unlikely that anyone would name their child because of the connection. Whereas Rose, Amelia and Mary are so common that the name is not solely linked to the deeds of a murderer.
 
Muttley said:
According to a quick google four females in the top twenty British Serial Killers Mary Ann Cotton, Amelia Dyer, Rose West and Myra Hindley. Myra was never a common name so it is unlikely that anyone would name their child because of the connection. Whereas Rose, Amelia and Mary are so common that the name is not solely linked to the deeds of a murderer.
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I see loads of posts online saying Myra was common but no stats. Never met a Myra personally so was it ever that common? If it was you'd have loads of them about in middle age, so sudoect it was already dropping off like stuff such as Dorothy, Mavis etc
 
A quick google search says Lucy as a first name peaked in 2003/04 when it was the 7th most popular girls name, last year it was ranked 69th, so is on the wain anyway. 68,697 girls have been named Lucy since 1996 in England & Wales.

The boys name Lucifer peaked in 2020 when it was ranked 1548th most popular boys name. Last year it held the self same position in ranking. Interestingly, 39 boys have been named Lucifer in England and Wales since 2016, the devil is in the detail.
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
I see loads of posts online saying Myra was common but no stats. Never met a Myra personally so was it ever that common? If it was you'd have loads of them about in middle age, so sudoect it was already dropping off like stuff such as Dorothy, Mavis etc
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I have known a few Myra’s over the years but they hey tended to be 15 + years older than me and will have been named before Hindley.

There used to be a barmaid in the Eston Tute called Myra.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
I have known a few Myra’s over the years but they hey tended to be 15 + years older than me and will have been named before Hindley.

There used to be a barmaid in the Eston Tute called Myra.
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There have been 817 babies born in England & Wales called Myra since 1996.
The name Myra peaked in 2017, making it the 424th most popular name that year.
Last year, Myra was the 535th most popular name
 
coluka said:
A quick google search says Lucy as a first name peaked in 2003/04 when it was the 7th most popular girls name, last year it was ranked 69th, so is on the wain anyway. 68,697 girls have been named Lucy since 1996 in England & Wales.

The boys name Lucifer peaked in 2020 when it was ranked 1548th most popular boys name. Last year it held the self same position in ranking. Interestingly, 39 boys have been named Lucifer in England and Wales since 2016, the devil is in the detail.
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I always say to my future daughter in law that when our Lucy or Lucifer is born and she bites like hell on the two names.

I know a lot of people who work/worked in education struggle with names for their children due to the names they like being associated with an unruly student.
 
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FWIW “Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light ( born at dawn or daylight, maybe also shiny, or of light complexion ).”
 
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