42 ms·
Perhaps in the 70s people also stuck to the general trend of female names ending with a vowel while make names typically ended with a consonant. Immigration fro
by Mountain_Skies 7y ago
Perhaps in the 70s people also stuck to the general trend of female names ending with a vowel while make names typically ended with a consonant. Immigration from cultures such as India where this isn't the trend might indeed be responsible for it waning.
- foogoloo 7y agoIn latin countries male names end in o, and girls names end in a.
- keerthiko 7y agoThis has absolutely been the trend in India. Majority of male names from my generation and my parents' generation end in consonants, and ending with a vowel was indicative of a feminine name. So I doubt Indian immigration at least impacted this trend in the direction suggested.