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These Baby Names Are Going Extinct- Is Yours One Of Them?

<div><p>With new popular names like Baxter, Emilia, Felicity and Harper, classic names are being replaced with names that have varied spellings and what some may believe to be strange pronunciations. </p><p>As sad as it is to see them go, this generation of parents are putting aside the once popular name of Diane, Roy and Wendy in favor of Persephone, Winne and Thea. </p><p>What do you think? Have you adopted the <a href="https://www.shared.com/these-are-the-top-26-baby-names-of-2017-2191932355/">new names of 2017</a> or do you prefer classics from the <a href="https://www.shared.com/these-are-the-top-baby-names-from-the-80s-2129751229/">1980's</a>? </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/o-CRYING-BABY-facebook_GH_content_1630px.jpg 1630w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>Huffington Post</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>These names will be effectively extinct within the next 50 years, do you know anyone with them? </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p><strong>Here's the full list:</strong></p><ul><li>Angela</li><li>Bertram</li><li>Beverley</li><li>Cecil</li><li>Carol</li><li>Clarence</li><li>Clive</li><li>Cyril</li><li>Debra</li><li>Diane</li><li>Donna</li><li>Dean</li><li>Doris</li><li>Dennis</li><li>Derek</li><li>Duncan</li><li>Elaine</li><li>Ernest</li><li>Geoffrey</li><li>Horace</li><li>Joanne</li><li>Leonard</li><li>Maureen</li><li>Malcolm</li><li>Nigel</li><li>Neville</li><li>Paula</li><li>Roy</li><li>Sally</li><li>Sandra</li><li>Sharon</li><li>Sheila</li><li>Tracey</li><li>Wendy</li><li>Yvonne</li></ul><p><strong>I can't believe my name is on the list! Is yours too? </strong></p></div>

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