One Day, You'll Have An Old Person Name #linguistics #language #babynames #etymology #names

[Baronnax]

Can't wait for an entire legion of 70 year olds named Kaitlynne and Mikaylah.

[ananas_anna]

I can’t wait til every nursing home is full of Kadens and Braydens and Aidens and Zaydens.

[DTLamia]

It's a viscous cycle of: trendy -> cringy -> nostalgia

And then there's these names that are in trend since forever

[jjuniper]

That's one of the perks of having a unique name, it can't get old because not enough people have that name.

[jwanbesande]

That one part in the Dropout show Game Changer where Zac Oyama laments the fact that in like 40 years, he'll be an old person named Zac

[VGRepairguy]

We’re about to have a bunch of Pokemon villains walking around

[Lewis]

Ain’t nobody naming their kid Karen now

[Maxime_K-G]

I used to think people would change their name to an adult name once they reached a certain age.

[vivipiresinacio]

Meanwhile Latin cultures’ most popular name for thousands of years:
Girl name - Maria
Boy bame - Joseph

[dannymartial]

Grandpa Aiden, with the gray broccoli hair 😂

[davidgalindez]

We should bring the good old classics like Agamemnon back 😂

[King_Waluigi]

Archie and Cyrus are Pokemon villains..

[FabbrizioPlays]

There is a paradoxical exception. If you have a name that's "timeless", such as a name from the bible or some such, people in the past who have those names will feel strangely modern, because they're evergreen and thus don't feel out of place in the present day.

[Hiljaa_]

Challenge: name your kid, or pet ancient names from the middle ages like Gretchen

[manganesegoblin]

Gotta name my children Aggripina, Artaxerxes and Nebuchadnezzar

[emilyjohn]

What’s really interesting is the few names that seem to be impervious to this effect. Names like “Alex” or “John” have been very common names for decades and yet don’t seem to ever stop being used

[piratecat]

Tiffany has made it through the Medieval Era surprisingly

[moussaadem]

Arabs naming everyone Muhammad without it feeling old

[akindofchaos]

Archie? And Cyrus? Are we sure their parents aren't just pokemon fans?

[anivijudi]

Gertrude. Gertrude can't possibly make a comeback.