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That… is certainly an interesting approach. Did you look for particular characteristics? My wife and I had a son this year, and took care to give him a name th
by Freak_NL 7y ago
That… is certainly an interesting approach. Did you look for particular characteristics?
My wife and I had a son this year, and took care to give him a name that would work well in any situation. He has two given names (we do too), so he has a backup name in case the first one doesn't suit him later on (my wife uses her second name, because her parents figured it suited her better after a year).
We didn't use any technology beyond the publicly availalbe Dutch database for given names in use, but we did look for a pair of names that would look good on a resume as well as work well in daily conversation. They are old names that should hold up well regardless of what is en vogue at the moment.
I hope he likes them.
- kaybe 7y agoHere's an interesting visualisation for names and ages: https://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html https://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html
- JetSetWilly 7y agoMainly was interesting to consider if a candidate name was popular in the past and not now, or in steep decline or steep ascent. Old fashioned names are fine but I didn't want to choose a name that had just been popular 10 years ago and curse child with a faintly aunty-ish name for rest of her life, and didn't want to choose a name that might be about to become hugely popular either. At the same time didn't want a "unique flower" kind of name. A name with 10-50 children being named that each year and not wildly ascending or descending was in the sweet spot.