I think what you name a child does have an impact on their future and says a lot about the type of family they are born into. This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry said “If you name a child Geeves, you’re pretty much setting their future up” (or words to that effect).

I love gender neutral names – still having trouble picking one for our own baby tho

I wonder if Evelyn will ever make a comeback as a boy’s name. I know of the author Evelyn Waugh but no one else. It’s apparently a name for both genders!

When each of our children were born, we had a shortlist of names and chose when we saw them. We chose at least part of their names after loved ones in our family.

lol yeah, just gotta please your self and hope that the kid will be able to stand it!

Would be interesting to see the statistics from the study and the number of participants and the demographics of the study.

Definitely a the parents choice. There certainly is some unusual names in the world of celebrities

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  There are now interesting and unique names across the spectrum.

I think we just have to go with the times now. Its a parents decision what they name their children. Some names are a little questionable but I think i would rather have a ‘boys’ name than be called Apple or Princess or the like haha

yeah it is the new trend! celeb last names as first names also

I named my boy Jackson, I’ve heard it’s been one of the most popular boys names out. Except, When we chose our name we decided to go with the original spelling as we noticed a lot of other families going with the different spelling.. Jaxson, Jaxsen, Jax.. etc.

I think naming a child is a very personal choice… my husband and I have chosen a very unique name for our baby girl due in April…
Not going to reveal it just yet…

That University research surely look interesting!!

Lke jf