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Re: Liam
I think Liam Hemsowrth is a good guess. The US tabloids were rife with that name when he was linked to Miley Cyrus and the Hunger Games movies.
I do think that the One Direction singer Liam Payne might also be influencing young mothers. Plus, several celebrities have named their newborns Liam in the past 4 or 5 years. SO, copycat naming might lend to Liam's rise in popularity. I also think that people are trying to find new ways to represent William, which is likely the name of many of the new little Liams' grandfathers or fathers. ______________________________________________
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That makes sense.
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I also think Liam fits well with the recent trend of "Irish-but-not-too-foreign-sounding" names that have been recently popular in the US: Aidan, Finn, Riley, Brennan, Brayden, Donovan, etc.
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