Remember when people used to select such weird names as John, Robert, Richard, James, etc.? I feel for teachers today, what with all of the “cool” names....plus they fiddle around so that the spelling varies as well.
In my work at high schools, I rarely encounter names such as John, Robert, Richard, James, etc., although the other day, I ran across a couple of teenagers named John and Johnny. It seems that in just about every other class, there's a boy named Angel. The Kylos will start showing up on high school roll sheets in a few years.
Try reading off the attendance roll in a NYC school. Few of the names have less than 3 syllables. You never see Ann, Susan, Linda, Robert, James, etc. kind of names any more. You don’t see kids named for a relative much either. You have 10 syllable names from countries like Tibet, you have made up names like Quaneesha or La Dorian, and everything in between. They should also update the attendance sheet forms, because much of the time, half the kids’ names are severely truncated. You read off what you think is the kid’s name, and they raise their hand to tell you the other 5 syllables. It is no mystery to me why a lot of kids with long foreign names tell you, “Just call me Ryan (Jonny/Angie/Lisa/Ronny, etc.).”
All our children had plain old fashion names, their children do too, and now the Great Grands do too. Grand #7 will be Savannah Joyce she is a little over 1 lb now, but come Sept 1 hopefully a good 7 lbs.