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Ran across an article that predicts naming trends for 2024. Some of these trends have already taken foot in recent years. What do you think? What would be your favorite name for each trend?
1. Names ending in "o" like Hugo, Cleo
2. Modern virtue names - Wisdom, Chosen, Psalm
3. Familiar but underused - Scott, Kelly, Eileen
4. Surnames as first names - Collins, Ellis, Murphy
5. Girl names being used for boys - Wren, Scout, Eden
6. Mix and Match nature names, names that begin with a nature word and then an ending such as "ley" or "lyn" is added - Wrenley, Oakly, Riverlyn
7. Celestial names - Nova, Celeste, Aurora
8. International imports
1. Names ending in "o" like Hugo, Cleo
2. Modern virtue names - Wisdom, Chosen, Psalm
3. Familiar but underused - Scott, Kelly, Eileen
4. Surnames as first names - Collins, Ellis, Murphy
5. Girl names being used for boys - Wren, Scout, Eden
6. Mix and Match nature names, names that begin with a nature word and then an ending such as "ley" or "lyn" is added - Wrenley, Oakly, Riverlyn
7. Celestial names - Nova, Celeste, Aurora
8. International imports
This message was edited 1/9/2024, 4:07 PM
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1. Names ending in O sounds like a great trend! I'm not big on Hugo but I love Arlo, Marlo and Cleo. I like Carlo.
2. I don't even like old virtue names that much, so modern ones have no difference for me. There is a talented actor with the name "Chozen" spelled with a Z. Psalm is not just a virtue, but a biblical reference. It's the worst one listed. I have a soft spot for Wisdom...I admit it. It's not just a virtue, but a skill that is rare but so, so necessary. I want to obtain more Wisdom, but I won't get it simply for naming my child that.
3. No offense, but I do not think that Kelly is underused (in the US) - at least not on women. I like the name Scott. That's the best one listed.
4. I love surnames as first names. Y'all can fight me on this one. They sound very official, serious and professional. However, I don't like ones ending in S because it makes it sound plural. I like Ellis the most, Murphy is second from the list.
5. YES! When girls names are used for boys, we can finally have some real unisex names, not just names that girls have overtaken from guys (Whitney, Courtney, Lindy, Hilary, Stacy, etc.) I like Eden the best. Beautiful and handsome. I wouldn't use it because it's biblical, though.
6. I really, really dislike names where a good word gets -ley or -lyn slapped at the end of it. But because River is a great name, and -lyn is better than -ley... Riverlyn is the best here.
7. Celestial names are cool. Celeste is the best one here.
8. Names from people's cultural heritages is totally acceptable. Names from other countries without any personal connection to those countries seems disrespectful. I love Japanese names but will never use them because I'm not Japanese. I would opt for English or African American names.... maybe some "common languages" like Spanish or Italian would be the exception - but they would most likely be names that are ALSO English.
2. I don't even like old virtue names that much, so modern ones have no difference for me. There is a talented actor with the name "Chozen" spelled with a Z. Psalm is not just a virtue, but a biblical reference. It's the worst one listed. I have a soft spot for Wisdom...I admit it. It's not just a virtue, but a skill that is rare but so, so necessary. I want to obtain more Wisdom, but I won't get it simply for naming my child that.
3. No offense, but I do not think that Kelly is underused (in the US) - at least not on women. I like the name Scott. That's the best one listed.
4. I love surnames as first names. Y'all can fight me on this one. They sound very official, serious and professional. However, I don't like ones ending in S because it makes it sound plural. I like Ellis the most, Murphy is second from the list.
5. YES! When girls names are used for boys, we can finally have some real unisex names, not just names that girls have overtaken from guys (Whitney, Courtney, Lindy, Hilary, Stacy, etc.) I like Eden the best. Beautiful and handsome. I wouldn't use it because it's biblical, though.
6. I really, really dislike names where a good word gets -ley or -lyn slapped at the end of it. But because River is a great name, and -lyn is better than -ley... Riverlyn is the best here.
7. Celestial names are cool. Celeste is the best one here.
8. Names from people's cultural heritages is totally acceptable. Names from other countries without any personal connection to those countries seems disrespectful. I love Japanese names but will never use them because I'm not Japanese. I would opt for English or African American names.... maybe some "common languages" like Spanish or Italian would be the exception - but they would most likely be names that are ALSO English.
1. Names ending in "o" like Hugo, Cleo
I do like Hugo.
2. Modern virtue names - Wisdom, Chosen, Psalm
I find these distasteful, and certainly wouldn't call them 'virtue' names.
3. Familiar but underused - Scott, Kelly, Eileen
I love Scott but not the other two. Familiar but underused sounds good.
4. Surnames as first names - Collins, Ellis, Murphy
Dislike.
5. Girl names being used for boys - Wren, Scout, Eden
I don't see anything female about Wren, Scout and Eden. Show me some boys named Charlotte, Matilda or Sophie, and I'll rejoice!
6. Mix and Match nature names, names that begin with a nature word and then an ending such as "ley" or "lyn" is added - Wrenley, Oakly, Riverlyn
I don't even like them without their ley-or-lyn ending; the endings make them much worse.
7. Celestial names - Nova, Celeste, Aurora
Don't like those. Stella is beautiful; Uranus is best avoided.
8. International imports
Cultural colonialism, anyone? Fine if there's a genuine, personal connection; otherwise not.
I do like Hugo.
2. Modern virtue names - Wisdom, Chosen, Psalm
I find these distasteful, and certainly wouldn't call them 'virtue' names.
3. Familiar but underused - Scott, Kelly, Eileen
I love Scott but not the other two. Familiar but underused sounds good.
4. Surnames as first names - Collins, Ellis, Murphy
Dislike.
5. Girl names being used for boys - Wren, Scout, Eden
I don't see anything female about Wren, Scout and Eden. Show me some boys named Charlotte, Matilda or Sophie, and I'll rejoice!
6. Mix and Match nature names, names that begin with a nature word and then an ending such as "ley" or "lyn" is added - Wrenley, Oakly, Riverlyn
I don't even like them without their ley-or-lyn ending; the endings make them much worse.
7. Celestial names - Nova, Celeste, Aurora
Don't like those. Stella is beautiful; Uranus is best avoided.
8. International imports
Cultural colonialism, anyone? Fine if there's a genuine, personal connection; otherwise not.
I think for sure #3, familiar but unused, is going to become a big thing.
I would love it if #5 came true! You just don't see girl names making the migration to boys very often. I think it could be really neat. I was watching an old movie the other day, and one of the male characters was named Holly, like it was no big deal. I thought it was fantastic. Formerly male names that have become female returning to use on boys would be fun. Vivian, Evelyn, Meredith, Garnet, stuff like that.
I would love it if #5 came true! You just don't see girl names making the migration to boys very often. I think it could be really neat. I was watching an old movie the other day, and one of the male characters was named Holly, like it was no big deal. I thought it was fantastic. Formerly male names that have become female returning to use on boys would be fun. Vivian, Evelyn, Meredith, Garnet, stuff like that.
My great-grandfather was named Holly!
1. Cleo is great for girls; I like Milo for boys.
2. Kind of hate all of them.
3. Scott is amazing. Kelly is also great.
4. I hate most of them, but I like Jameson.
5. Scout is okay, but overall don't care for the trend.
6. These are awful.
7. Best trend of them all, I adore every name.
8. Not sure what this means without examples.
2. Kind of hate all of them.
3. Scott is amazing. Kelly is also great.
4. I hate most of them, but I like Jameson.
5. Scout is okay, but overall don't care for the trend.
6. These are awful.
7. Best trend of them all, I adore every name.
8. Not sure what this means without examples.
The article doesn't give any examples. It just says parents are looking at their cultural heritage or popular names in other countries.
Oh, gotcha! Then I like that!
Eileen, which peaked in use in 1943 because of the film "My Sister Eileen" but had a previous peak in the 1920s, has already started to inch up in use in the USA. Howeverm in normal circumstances it would be way too soon for Scott and Kelly to come back as their previous peak was in the 1970s and it's almost unheard of for names really common for 50 year olds to come back for newborns. So I really think this article is wrong about them.
It also would be a big cultural shift for names definitely identified as female for a while to be used again for boys. Eden might be a rare exception because of its use as a male name in Israel affecting Jewish Americans.
It also would be a big cultural shift for names definitely identified as female for a while to be used again for boys. Eden might be a rare exception because of its use as a male name in Israel affecting Jewish Americans.