Interesting theory on why names come in and go out of fashion – it's tied to generational rebellion.
The names of your own generation sound too ordinary, your parents' too
boring, your grandparents' too old. But by the time you make it back to
your great-grandparents' names, things start to perk up. You've never
known a young Vivian or Julius, so those names sound fresh to you.
boring, your grandparents' too old. But by the time you make it back to
your great-grandparents' names, things start to perk up. You've never
known a young Vivian or Julius, so those names sound fresh to you.
My only question is how to explain the recent trend of really weird/unique baby names when, according to the theory, names from the 1900's should just be coming back into fashion instead?
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