Posted on 06/23/2015 10:11:08 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Last years most popular baby names were Benjamin and Emma, but this year the top boy and girl names could actually be the same.
2015 is looking like the year of the gender-neutral baby names, according to a midyear report by BabyCenter.com.
Currently, names like Amari, Karter, Phoenix, Quinn and Reese have been making the largest leaps in popularity.
As usual, baby names are reflecting a larger cultural shift, says BabyCenters Global Editor in Chief Linda Murray. Millennials are an open-minded and accepting group, and they dont want their children to feel pressured to conform to stereotypes that might be restrictive. Just as companies have started making more neutral kids clothes, and taking boy and girl labels off toys, an increasing number of parents are choosing unisex names.
This probably isnt a big surprise. Earlier this year, Oxford English Dictionary was considering adding the gender-neutral pronoun Mx. Boston City Hall recently built a gender-neutral bathroom. And all the Caitlyn Jenner news has opened up a discussion about gender identity.
This trend is trickling down to kids as well. Not only in baby names, but in childrens toys and clothes, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Yes, that's why we named our boys Nebuchadnezzer and Onesiphorus.
Somebody beat you to “Nebuchadnezzer” but Onesiphorus is one you don’t hear very often :-)
My idea of a “Biblical” name:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3303285/posts?page=20#20
My husband said no to Aine for our daughter, mostly because no one would ever be able to pronounce it correctly. I think that was just an excuse because the Irish name he agreed to isn’t much easier for people to pronounce.
Love, love, love the name Aine.
The parent’s of a former classmate were Luverne and Shirley.
I agree, but the fools are running things now.
I know a difficult person on FB whose name is Aine. She is always called Anal. Be glad your daughter was not named Aine.
Ha! Hadn’t thought of that one.
A woman in my Bio class named her kid “Dynasty”.
I like Germany’s law: http://mentalfloss.com/article/25034/8-countries-fascinating-baby-naming-laws
Big thumps up.
I’d like to ‘thumb’ myself for that typo. ;D
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