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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.
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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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