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Lennox for girls

by elbowin

4/10/2015, 9:19 AM

Revisiting the SSA statistics, I noticed a steep rise in the use of Lennox as a given name for girls in the USA in the last few years.

Is there a simple explanation for this phenomenon (like a pop-cultural reference)?

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- Sabertooth +2

4/11/2015, 1:44 AM

It is a brand name of furnaces here. That wouldn't necessarily make it popular, but advertising may well have put the name out where it might be considered.

I always thought Claxon (based on another brand name) could work as a boy's name. We went in a different direction, though.

- SugarPlumFairy +1

4/15/2015, 1:12 AM

Google tells me that there is a female character named Lennox on the show Melissa and Joey. Maybe that's the source of inspiration.
And maybe some girls are being named after Annie Lennox.

- elbowin

4/15/2015, 1:33 AM

Thanks, SugarPlumFairy, the TV show is exactly up to the date when the rise occurs.

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