Hm...I don't know. I think terrible names are popular enough presently that when the generation being born right now is school-aged, a McKeinsleigh will probably need to use a last initial in class to not get her confused with the other one(s).
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Very much this. The people who make these kinds of posts forget that this is how names are invented and evolved.
People who complain about what can be termed “Tragedeigh” names seem to be fine with “Kayleigh” and “Ashleigh”, despite both being a later variation on “Kayley” and “Ashley”, with the former not becoming popular until the 80s - and because of a song, at that.
In general, people have a very hard time with the idea that language in general, and names specifically, evolve over time. Whatever was commonplace until they reach, say, their 30s is what’s “right”. Any variation after that is “wrong”. When, of course, it was just as mutable when they were young and before they were born, but they weren’t around for the latter and were equally mutable when they were themselves young.
There can often be an unpleasant class/race undertone to it as well.
Expect those examples you gave appeared due to mixing of standard phonetics of different languages. They where two normal things spelled correctly pushed together.
That's where the VAST majority of change in language and names comes from. Spellings, or sounds picked up from other languages due to mixed language or dialect households.
So even the new spelling is still normal by the standards of the environment it came from.
Many of the recent nonsense names are entirely abnormal in their origin. Having no root in language, dialect, religion, history or culture.
They are entirely bullshit made up nonsense. Which is NOT normal historically. Even naming after a video game character with a weird name is more normal than what's been happening.
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And their kids will have simplest, most common (now uncommon) names like George and Fred and Amy. It's the cycle of life.
Henry: Come on, Junior.
~~Indiana~~KWJ: Will you please stop calling me Junior?
Sallah: Please, what does this mean? Always with this.. Junior?
Henry: That's his name: Henry Jones, Junior.
~~Indiana~~KWJ: I like.. KitchenAid Whisky Jones.
Henry: We named the dog KITCHENAID WHISKY JONES.
On the other hand, my friend named their kid a super plain name, and I wasn't very impressed.
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I'm pretty proud of my son's name
It's not in the top 30 names for his birth year, but it's in the top 50, and it has a gender-neutral nickname
McKeinsleigh sounds like a 77 year old grandparent already IMHO.
Why do we have this idea that what 1-2 idiots named a baby is what they have to be called the rest of their lives?
"My name is Dave". Problem solved.
We assume that it's the first fifteen or so years, when you don't even have authority over your own name, are the worst.
Less common names and being unique sucks when you’re a kid trying to fit in.
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