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Re: Some 1940s names

by Olwen (Likeyeahwhatev)

6/15/2018, 9:45 AM

in reply to a message by Cayden

Names I could see rising again in the next ten years:

Laurence
Douglas
Marvin
Leonard

Judith
Nancy
Joyce
Kathleen
Diana
Marilyn
Martha
Gloria

Names that I think will become fashionable again further in the future:

Raymond
Kenneth
Harold
Melvin
Eugene

Patricia
Sharon
Carol
Karen
Susan
Janet
Diane
Janice

Names I think will be gone for a looooong time:

Donald
Ronald
Larry
Gary

Barbara
Linda
Donna
Kathy

Names that never left:

Caroline
Katherine

http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/87410

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- Cayden (theparkite) +3

6/15/2018, 10:37 AM

I mostly agree with this. Definitely think -ary names won’t come back; they were the 1940s version of -ayden names and are really tied to that time period. Of course I could be wrong.

- Olwen (Likeyeahwhatev) +2

6/15/2018, 11:42 AM

Funny you should say that, I was watching Parks and Rec recently and thinking about the gag where Jerry starts getting called a different rhyming name every season and picturing that with -aden names in like 50 years,, some poor guy named Kaden whose coworkers won’t stop calling him Brayden and Jaden and Hayden. Hehe.

- Siân (Sharley)

6/15/2018, 12:03 PM

And don't forget the female counterpart-
Hayley / Bailey / Kaleigh/ Jaylee / etc

- Cayden (theparkite)

6/15/2018, 11:48 AM

No need to wait 50 years — it happens to me now with some regularity. I get Aiden, Jayden, and even Hayden. And yeah, a lot of people will have to deal with that in the future.

The only -ary name that I hope comes back is Gary, because the meaning is strong and the name feels distinctive to me. It’s wonderful if it’s not a rhyming trend.

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