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I def. agree with the word names. I think we'll also start seeing a lot of names such as Kai or Noa which work in multiple languages, given globalization/multiculturalism. I think another user also mentioned trendy names coming from different languages, which also makes sense to me, but then again, people have been a bit more concerned about stuff like cultural appropriation these days, so I think that that could go either way. I think it's also likely we'll see a lot of pop culture names as well, given the rise of mass media.
Probably more names will start being considered unisex as well - right now, we have a lot of names that moved from masculine to feminine (Evelyn, Courtney, etc.) - maybe we'll start seeing names like Alecto and Hayley on baby boys? (Though that might just be wishful thinking on my part.)
I'm really curious about the future of 'meaningless' names like Zayden or Paeden - I think we might see more in the future, but I have no clue what they'd look like.

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