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Yes, that could be it. I think ADT is right about multi-culturalism being an illusion. I really do believe, although I'd love to be set right, that on many levels globalization means that things are becoming more generic on a large scale instead of more diverse on a large scale. As a namenerd it makes me sad and slightly discouraged. I remember one interview that Oprah had with Maya Angelou. She (Maya Angelou) said that she knew that people in her neighborhood were starting to care more about where they lived because they were putting flower boxes on their window. That's sort of how I feel now, only without the flower boxes. I find it hard to believe that the world really is becoming global if people don't make the effort to go both ways. And I'm rambling.

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Anyways, I do think we get some of the British naming trends, but I would say that it's on a very small scale. I've read before that in naming trends we're about 10 years behind England. So maybe in 10 years Hector or Elsie / Maisie type names will become more common here.