Family Trends

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I've been thinking about names, and whether you can see unintentional trends in a group of family names. If I look at my immediate family, at first I notice nothing to suggest that our names are alike. Then of course I began to think. Ainsley and Tristan are Old English/Caledonian/Gaelic names. So is Shirley. My Uncle's name is Bradley, which solidifies the "----ley" name tradition in our family. On my father's side, you can kind of tell that he comes from quite a traditional English family. My mother is kind of the odd body; her names is quite French.

Myself: Ainsley Jade
Brother: Tristan Anthony
Sister: Teagan Ann

Mother: Suzanne Michelle
Father: Anthony (no middle name)

Maternal Grandparents: Shirley Ann and William Lawrence
Uncle: Bradley
Paternal Grandparents: George and Margaret (again with the no middle name thing)
Aunts: Susan and Ann

Can anyone else see unintentional trends in their family names? I don't mean of course assigning a traditional family name (such as in our case 'Ann') to your offspring. Rather, a strange use of alliteration or names from a certain area that you weren't at first aware of.