CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images For years now, “old lady/man names” have been gaining popularity among parents-to-be. Many are rediscovering the charm of names that have fallen out of favor in recent decades and imbuing them with new life. Eleanor, Henry, Dorothy, Theodore, Louise, and Waylon have overtaken trendier names like Jayden and Kayla. But according...
DekiArt/E+/Getty Images When my mom was pregnant, she and my dad couldn’t seem to come to a consensus on what I should be named. My mom wanted Danielle or Grace while my dad was gunning hard for Sharon or Brenda. (It was the ’80s.) Fortunately, my great-grandma suggested “Jamie,” which she’d apparently heard on “one...
Kawee Srital-on/Moment/Getty Images Naming a whole human life is pressure. A person’s name is pretty permanent (unless they choose to change it later on), and there is just something about a person’s name that shapes who they are somehow. So, yeah, expectant parents tend to mull over this decision with care and consideration. But does...
Westend61/Westend61/Getty Images For some parents-to-be, finding just the right baby name can be a challenge. For others it’s easy: certain names just come to them as if by divine inspiration. The first time my husband suggested what ultimately became our daughter’s name, I knew that was the one. Redditor u/PollutionWild4637 (we’ll call her Wild) had...