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HelpRe: The next big thing in naming trends?
in reply to a message by EvanslandCleve
I'm relieved to see the Aidan/Braden/Cayden/Jayden/Hayden/Radon train has lost steam. Back when I worked in a bookstore a couple years ago, I heard parents calling enough of these to last a lifetime.
As for random words, or dictionary word names as I like to call them, there is a very fine line for me. Only a modest handful pass the test. I will admit that I actually do like Cherry quite a bit, though! It may seem a bit juvenile, like Candy, but I'm kind of drawn to names that invoke sugar or sweetness. They feel very 90's summer or high school nostalgic. I tend to think of the movie Clueless and its fashion vibe whenever I hear names like these. It may have something to do with my oldest cousin who is named Candy. She's a late Gen-Xer who I thought was the coolest person ever while growing up.
I think this article may be onto something. Items, dictionary, or random words are likely a sure bet.
I also see place/location names as maybe gaining a foothold again. There was a mini-surge in the 90's and early 2000's it seemed (Savannah, Paris, Sydney, Chelsea, Austin etc.), and there seems to be another one on the rise (London, Brooklyn, Cairo, Vienna, India etc.).
As for random words, or dictionary word names as I like to call them, there is a very fine line for me. Only a modest handful pass the test. I will admit that I actually do like Cherry quite a bit, though! It may seem a bit juvenile, like Candy, but I'm kind of drawn to names that invoke sugar or sweetness. They feel very 90's summer or high school nostalgic. I tend to think of the movie Clueless and its fashion vibe whenever I hear names like these. It may have something to do with my oldest cousin who is named Candy. She's a late Gen-Xer who I thought was the coolest person ever while growing up.
I think this article may be onto something. Items, dictionary, or random words are likely a sure bet.
I also see place/location names as maybe gaining a foothold again. There was a mini-surge in the 90's and early 2000's it seemed (Savannah, Paris, Sydney, Chelsea, Austin etc.), and there seems to be another one on the rise (London, Brooklyn, Cairo, Vienna, India etc.).
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It seems like the place names are a bit more nuanced than the “big city” names of the 90s or 2000’s. Sometimes I wonder if a family has special ties to a place when they name their child after a location. With so many people able to live wherever they choose because of the onset of remote work, it could make sense we would see an increase in that trend.