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With Chinese names, people will also avoid certain words because it could sound bad with the surname. And it can differ based on dialect. My birth (first) name is JadeSoaring although for the first weeks of my life I was Baby
I've been thinking that it should be a right, that at a certain age once you're supposed to reach mental and emotional maturity, each person should be allowed to change their names legally without significant consequences, because why should we be stuck with a name that someone else chose for the rest of our lives? I get it, our parents did their best, but in the end it is totally personal, it's deeply tied to us and it is a tag that we will have forever, I've heard many ridiculous names, like my real name, though I wouldn't say is ridiculous, I don't like it, I simply don't, some people have had a first impression of me as an odd person, simply because of my name so I always tell them my name is Diego. That's why I think we should be free to choose our own names, what do you guys think?
There is an implicit assumption throughout the video that all viewers were born and raised in the US… would be great if you could make your content a bit more inclusive for your worldwide viewers
when i was 7, my parents had two Troll dolls in the basement. real troll dolls, like 10" high, not those tiny ones that came later. i was TERRIFIED of those things. i'm not even kidding, i wouldn't do anything to "disturb" them, lest i catch their attention and they'd creep up the stairs late at night, when the house was dark and i was asleep and vulnerable....
In the early to middle 20th century Western countries, there were names that were given for both boy and girls. Examples include Clare, Evelyn, Marion and Dana.
It would be interesting to see a study done on chosen names, such in the case of transgender people who often change our given names for one that fits their true gender better. For example take the name I chose for myself, Tya pronounced Tie-uh, before transition as a shorthand or nickname of my given name I often went by Ty, some close friends and family still use it to this day but as I sought a more feminine name and found Tia pronounced Tea-uh, meaning princess or aunt, and sort of merged the -uh part of Tia with the nickname I was already using to reduce my personal discomfort Ty and, you get Tya. As far as I know it has no real cultural or historical meaning, but its unique and it just felt like it fit me, its not a terrible popular name but I was surprised to find I am not the only Tya ^_^
I remember reading that after the Civil War, a trend among freed slaves was to pick names from Classical, Roman Republic-era history. That's why you have a number of names like Julius, Hannibal, Cassius, Octavia, Marcus, Darius, etc, from that time period.
Friends living in Indiana ( US ) named their son Tony after a horse they owned - honest ! ( the son didn't mind & both kid 'n horse were very nice & much loved ) Also , my husband's family names their kids after their relatives so multiples of each name for numerous family members of varying ages - very confusing . 🤔 Finally asked my husband why no one had an " original " name or wanted a name that was not being shared , belonging to & being special for them alone . 🤨
I still don't get why you would name your kid after a game of thrones character. Yeah I'll name my kid after a character who gets raped and commits genocide
As my husband's hearing worsens, I try encourage him to learn some ASL. He completely rebels and mocks it by using spasmotic gesticulations and exaggerated faces. Makes me sick.
My dad was born in 1915 on a small ranch in west Texas. He used to call me Goat. I don't thinking I thought it was cute. It wasn't until many decades later that I saw how adorable baby goats were....guess that also ties into kid.
I've long noticed many girls born in the 90s have the name "Jasmine." I speculate this being attributed to the princess from Disney's "Aladdin." Speaking of princesses from films, my brother named his daughter "Jozlyn" after the "princess" from "A Knight's Tale."
When I had my daughter, her father and I gave a lot of thought to uniqueness and nicknames. We have a very common last name and would run into situations where it was an issue (he served with another person with the same first name, middle initial, and last name on his ship while in the Navy!) and I was one of a huge group of Jennifers, when it was common to have 2-4 of us in a classroom. We also wanted a name that wouldn't be routinely shortened, but was still common enough that most people would be able to spell and pronounce it. Finally, we also gave her a middle name with endless possibilities (Elizabeth) in case she hated her first name.
I'm surprised that this video suggests that American parents don't consider the meaning of names when bequeathing them. We most certainly DO consider the meaning. Not only that, but friends who are immigrants with unusual names tell me that after sharing their name with a new American acquaintance, the first question, invariably, is "What does your name MEAN?" I think meaning is very important in American naming practices.
This does apply JUST to the American culture (other than the brief nod to Chinese culture). Our relatives in Europe have all been named for grandparents & Saints - and they were named for grandparents and Saints - for the last two millennia. There are no "old" names there - and few "new" names.
This is great! I'd love to see a similar look at weird 19th century names. I have this ancestral family with given names like Epaphroditus, Archaelon, Achilles, and Erastus. Definitely not common names of the time, and the family wasn't Greek.
I wonder how this phenomenon plays out in different societies. Also, I read somewhere that a lot of the "ayden"/"eigh"-ification of new baby names (that is typically associated with younger white families) was tied to Mormonism, and that practice has leaked out of the Mormon Corridor into the rest of the United States. There's a 2012 thesis project that explores this! “'It’s Wraylynn - With A W:' Distinctive Mormon Naming Practices" by Jennifer R. Mansfield, Utah State University
I loved the video's information/subject, but your hand-waving was distracting. My parents wanted another boy, but when I came out a girl they still saddled me with Timme Jean. That lasted until I was 28 and legally changed it to Acacia.
I have an uncommon name. Not so uncommon that you've never heard of it before, but uncommon enough that it often gets confused for another name. I mean my grandmother never got my name right from the time I was born til the day she died (and I was in my mid 30's when she died). So I made a point of giving my kids very common names.
In the middle east names are very important They have a life and Spiritual destiny Here in the USA names are given out of random, whatever sounds cool or trendy without giving it much thought
It's strange to think that many people are influenced by popular names from people they know, because I have the opposite 😆 I didn't want to name my kid names from people I knew as that feels really weird to me (I even feel a bit weird when I know two people with the same name and have to differentiate them somehow lol). I also didn't want to make something up from scratch so that was tricky. My kid actually has a Game of Thrones/ASOIAF name but it is one from a minor character and generally I don't think people realise (it is also just a "normal" name if you spell it a bit differently) and just seem to think it's nice.
I would swear that when Musk's baby made the news, they were pronouncing the name as "Ex Ash Archangel." Now I'm seeing "Ex Ash Ay Twelve" AND "Ex Ay Eye Ay Twelve" because apparently the Æ is intended to represent AI somehow? And Musk and Grimes each pronounce it differently. That poor kid.
I'm pretty sure the name Karen is going to go extinct. Just sad because actual people named Karen that I've known in my life are/were some of the most incredible women I've ever met.
