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It’s weird to think that people are still naming kids Ashley. The name is so 80s. Wdyt?
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I like Ashley. I think it deserves a comeback as a masculine name.
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Yes. I'd use it as a middle name to be in the safe side though. I'd call him Ash for short.
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Many of the girls born the last 20 years in the USA named Ashley have had Hispanic or Asian (especially Vietnamese) parents. Immigrants aren't assimiliated enough into the culture to use names popular with the general public, and tend to give their children names of adult Americans they know, so kids of immigrants often end up with names that sound a generation or two "too old" to other Americans.
This message was edited 9/1/2022, 2:44 PM
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I have wondered for years about this.
We have a huge Hispanic community/population in my area, a lot of my family are married to Hispanics.
Almost every young woman/teenage girl has names of like… my mom or grandmother’s generation.
20’s-ish old Nancy, Wanda, Betsy… teenage Linda, Martha, Hilda… and then you have a random Peace, Holy (yes, really, I met her in the store, a teenager) Precious, and Love mixed in there.
I’ve really wondered for a long time why they pick such… old and grandmotherly names. It completely makes sense now.
We have a huge Hispanic community/population in my area, a lot of my family are married to Hispanics.
Almost every young woman/teenage girl has names of like… my mom or grandmother’s generation.
20’s-ish old Nancy, Wanda, Betsy… teenage Linda, Martha, Hilda… and then you have a random Peace, Holy (yes, really, I met her in the store, a teenager) Precious, and Love mixed in there.
I’ve really wondered for a long time why they pick such… old and grandmotherly names. It completely makes sense now.
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Thank you for sharing. I didn't know that.
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Not weird, some names are long lived, just not very imaginative.
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It's pretty, but not very fun. I don't know why I always think of a high school bully when I hear it. I probably saw it on TV once and now it's ingrained in my memory. Ashlyn might be made up, but it sounds friendlier.
This message was edited 8/31/2022, 9:20 PM
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I agree
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No weirder than people naming their kids Ella today, when it's such a 1910s name, or Brooklyn, which wasn't a name at all till recently.
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