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I'm seeing this so many times.. Like Aiden, Caiden, Braiden, Jaiden, Paiden..

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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 71 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There's a well-studied phenomenon called "social diffusion". People of higher socioeconomic status seek out novel, unique, or fashionable baby names and start using them. These names gradually get picked up by families of lower socioeconomic status. Eventually the names become mainstream, and then finally decline in popularity.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 140 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Social diffusion is an explanation of how information spreads, not just names.

My understanding is that unique names and neologism have long been a feature of African-American culture where North American Caucasians followed a family naming tradition. I think what has happened is some celebrities have moved towards a unique name scheme. But it feels like a mainstreaming of AA culture more than anything.

The impetus has been there in Europe. Many nations have/had very restrictive rules about names. They'd only have rules against it if people were trying to do it. I had Swiss friends who were very excited that their daughter was born in Canada so they could name her "Sora" which wasn't in the approved name list in Switzerland.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 67 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Karen haircut makes that picture

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a Super Saiyan Karen!

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

she's got over 9000 posts on Facebook!

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I would feel bad for Zayden, except that in an alternate timeline where his father was named Brad, Zayden would have been ~~banned~~ named Hunter. So it could be worse. I would rather be Zayden than Hunter.

[–] azulavoir@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I work with two guys named Hunter and they're very cool

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Most Hunters I've met are pretty cool. Can't say the same about Drew's, Brock's, or Clayton's, but I feel like those are becoming more uncommon as I get older.

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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Jesus Christ on a motorbike, that picture just SCREAMS "upper middle class 2008 suburban white family".

I bet they have a large wooden deck out back, an above-ground pool, and a trampoline with one of those safety net cages.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 58 points 3 months ago

Here are my two sons Aiden and Abettin.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unique names and spellings became popular in the US during the 70s as part of the Black Power movement. The politically conscious black parents didn't want to name their children European names, for some reason. The problem is that these black parents had no cultural link to Africa because that had been stolen from them.

Fist came Arab names. I presume this has to do with the NOI and the black celebrities who converted to it. Some of these names are still popular like Omar and Jamal. Of course Black Americans have no more connection to Islam than they do to Christianity, So black parents just started making new names for their children.

American popular culture tends to incubate in the black community and slowly drift into white culture. So it has gone with the unique baby names.

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[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Aiden is tradition Gaelic and it means "fire". Caiden is also Gaelic meaning "battle" Braiden is Gaelic meaning "salmon" Jayden is Hebrew for "God will judge" Hayden is old English meaning "hedged valley"

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to see your source for those. I don't know Gaelic so I can't fact check those ones, but I do know a bit of Hebrew, and names that mean 'God X' usually end in el, not en. Also, Hebrew doesn't have an English J sound, it has the IPA J sound though, or English Y sound. The Hebrew word for judge is 'shofet'.

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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ashleigh, Raileigh, Kaileigh

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] pigup@lemmy.world 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago
[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

You forgot the best one, Okayden.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Paiden? That's a weird one. Payme on the other hand, now that's a good name.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I knew someone with that name. Or at least I assume that was her name because she kept repeating it, like a Pokémon. Incidentally, she was a sex worker.

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[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 3 months ago

What's with your name, buzz?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago

Ah, a lesser known Daft Punk song.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Those are the names given to the children of all the teenagers I knew who got pregnant in my high school, so they always just remind me of teen pregnancy.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago (8 children)

It's the male version of adding -lin to the end of a name.

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[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I feel all wrong now because you decided not to list the first three in alphabetic order.

[–] JackiesFridge@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It's been around for a while. Over a decade ago Target ran a cheeky back to school advert featuring a slow pan across school cubbies with lunch pails all labelled with variant spellings of "Braiden". I thought it was hilarious.

[–] recapitated@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Like all the other sounds that come out of your face, what could be up with it?

[–] meyotch 6 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile, in Utah, a pair of new parents are becoming really charmed by the idea of ‘Brexit’ as a name for their next child.

This has all happened before and it will all happen again.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Everyone who played Mass Effect is sad about what happened to Kaiden Alenko and wants to bring him back.

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