Whats in a name?
Kid's names are evolving. I really noticed this while perusing my son's school phonebook, but also while browsing friends with kids MySpace pages, attending my son's soccer games, and talking about kids with coworkers. Names like Mary and Joe aren't common anymore...people are naming their kids with, I'm guessing, "unique" names nowadays.
One trend I've noticed is using last names as first names...Carter, Cooper and Beck are all names of friends' kids. Words you wouldn't associate with a persons name...Boston, Blaze, and Aspen...all names of kids in my son's school or of coworkers.
Then there are the names that are "normal", but with unique spelling....Alecc, Typhany, Isiaha, Ryann. And last, names that are just ... in my opinion, weird...Brittley, Jazlynn, Khara, and Gage.
Many of these kids have parents that are the same age as me, but when choosing my son's name, we steered clear of anything trendy sounding and chose a traditional, boring name. I'm really curious why people name their kids with non-traditional (in an American sense) names. Uniqueness? Boredom with traditional names? I just try to picture a man named Blaze as a grandfather and I can't. Enlighten me.
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