I think Akari and Kyomi are beautiful sister names, though Akari is actually from your boys list. I like Benson and Brewer for brothers, but I like Bennett and Brewster a bit better. Using the mother's maiden name as a first name for a child has brought many surnames onto the popular list. Bryer is a surname in my area.
I'm not a fan of unisex names, but they ARE very popular. Guess what sex my newest babies are: Taylor, Finley, Skyler, Rio, Kinsley...
The biggest change in naming babies that I see is that my 1925 era relatives were not called by their real names. Back then, there was no thought given to nicknames before birth. If the son was given the same name as the father, then the boy was called Chip (off the old block), Brick (a red head), Bunky or Skippy. Often, they just called the son by the middle name or Junior.
I think it's a huge improvement now to name a baby the name he'll be known by in school instead of shocking your 5 year old by registering him with a name he thought belonged only to his dad!
I also love that parents decide on a nickname that's actually related to the name on the birth certificate.
Why was Robert called Bobby instead of Robbie? Why was William called Billy? Why was Richard called Dickie? Edgar, called Ned? Now, we say Ed, Rob, Will or Liam, and Rich or Rick.
In doing some research into Akari, it was actually one of the most popular names for girls in Japan back in the 2010s, so Kyomi and Akari as sisters make sense :)
That's a good point about the nicknames — I guess the names were passed around the generations so much that different nicknames had to be used! If grandpa was William, and Dad was Billy, son might end up Chip, or Jr, or Liam, or Jude.
And thinking about some of my relatives, it was often a case of “his name was Claude but everyone called him Bill”.
I think Akari and Kyomi are beautiful sister names, though Akari is actually from your boys list. I like Benson and Brewer for brothers, but I like Bennett and Brewster a bit better. Using the mother's maiden name as a first name for a child has brought many surnames onto the popular list. Bryer is a surname in my area.
I'm not a fan of unisex names, but they ARE very popular. Guess what sex my newest babies are: Taylor, Finley, Skyler, Rio, Kinsley...
The biggest change in naming babies that I see is that my 1925 era relatives were not called by their real names. Back then, there was no thought given to nicknames before birth. If the son was given the same name as the father, then the boy was called Chip (off the old block), Brick (a red head), Bunky or Skippy. Often, they just called the son by the middle name or Junior.
I think it's a huge improvement now to name a baby the name he'll be known by in school instead of shocking your 5 year old by registering him with a name he thought belonged only to his dad!
I also love that parents decide on a nickname that's actually related to the name on the birth certificate.
Why was Robert called Bobby instead of Robbie? Why was William called Billy? Why was Richard called Dickie? Edgar, called Ned? Now, we say Ed, Rob, Will or Liam, and Rich or Rick.
In doing some research into Akari, it was actually one of the most popular names for girls in Japan back in the 2010s, so Kyomi and Akari as sisters make sense :)
That's a good point about the nicknames — I guess the names were passed around the generations so much that different nicknames had to be used! If grandpa was William, and Dad was Billy, son might end up Chip, or Jr, or Liam, or Jude.
And thinking about some of my relatives, it was often a case of “his name was Claude but everyone called him Bill”.
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