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What are name trends you wish would come back?
For me, it's the -een/-ene trend. Names like Marlene, Darlene, Jolene, Charlene, and Kathleen are all so lovely!

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I like -een names! I stubbornly believe that they will make a reappearance. Probably not as successfully as in their heyday. But something! There's something scrappy and quirky-charming about many -een names that I think parents will be into eventually. Maybe when the Isabellas and Olivias grow up they'll find these names refreshing. And their mothers will think they are nuts. That's the natural order.
I can imagine getting sick of my own name if I were an Isabella or Olivia. I would go by a nickname like Izzy or Liv.
To be honest, the trends that I like still seem to be going. Such as nature names, place names and surnames. The trend that you named, I don't care for.