Random thought for the day

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Random thought - we consider names like Ever, London, the Aidens (J, Br, C, etc) to be kind of a new phenomenia...I just realized going through our client list that it isn't just toddlers! We have an Ever, a London, and multiple examples of the Aidens. Mind you, they are under the age of 18, but it pushes back my assumption of timing/use by a decade. Of course, I also had a 65 year old graduate school professor named Kevin and a great great grandmother named Stephanie, which I consider to be "80's" names so maybe my perception is just off.

*Edit* I know the names have been around (mostly) forever; I was referring to perceptions which can "date" some names.

Comments

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

That doesn't make it not a trend now. A name like Emily has always been fairly popular, it's just a lot more popular now.

[djador.livejournal.com]

exactly. It's not like the names didn't exist before, they're just super, super popular now.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Most of the names have been used before, and Aidan was a popular name in Ireland for centuries before Carrie's boyfriend on Sex and the City made it the trend it is today. There are Aidans (and even Bradens, Cadens, etc.) who are older, but the names were much more uncommon until just recently.

London doesn't surprise me; geographic names are a new trend, but they've been used forever, and it's not surprising that someone named their child that. They're just really overused now.