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Help[Facts] Re: Orgin of Lynn and Leigh endings for girls?
in reply to a message by Pavel
They’ve been raising for the last 20+ years. Personally, I saw -Leigh and -Lynn originally rising when parents were looking to “feminize” masculine names. There was a huge trend of boys names on girls because people thought they were “spunky” but then they started feminizing them like Hunterlyn and Everleigh, etc. (even your examples, Oak & Bry were originally masculine names). Now people will literally take any base name, male or female, and just add a -Lynn or -Leigh onto it because it’s a popular trend, and people love jumping on trends.
The same goes for -Lee/-ly/-lyn
The same goes for -Lee/-ly/-lyn
This message was edited 4/17/2025, 5:30 PM
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I feel like Marilyn, Carolyn, and Evelyn are the three -lyn names that probably first made the -lyn trend a thing. (Cherilyn came a little later.) For -ley, it was probably Beverly, Shirley, and Lesley/Leslie. This probably started in the mid-20th century but didn't get really big until the end of the century.
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But the OP is specifically referring to all the new variants, not the ones already commonly used.
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