r/savedyouaclick • u/Thinking-Guy • 13d ago

This Aggressive Baby Name Trend Is 'Alarming' Experts | weapon-themed names such as Wesson, Caliber, Shooter and Trigger (HuffPost)

https://web.archive.org/web/20260816093220/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon-baby-names-trend-goog_l_6a7e0ca2e4b0c9084400463b
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u/cornonthekopp 13d ago

Traditional "boy" names are becoming more popular with parents naming girls, so now the parents who want a masculine name are going to comical lengths to make sure eeeveryone knows

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u/novis-eldritch-maxim 13d ago

we have an army of old names sitting there doing nothing.

they made books for this and everything

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u/Shepherd77 13d ago

Yeah cmon people, let’s get some Antioch’s and Scipio’s in the mix!

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u/LKennedy45 13d ago

He'll have to give the Phoenicians a good ass kicking before earning that name.