Father of an Ethan here. Before we named him (12 years ago) it was a relatively uncommon name, and then suddenly it was the #1 boys name. Kind of creepy, to be

Father of an Ethan here. Before we named him (12 years ago) it was a relatively uncommon name, and then suddenly it was the #1 boys name. Kind of creepy, to be plugged into the cultural pulse and not be aware of it. One thing that drew me to the name was that there was no obvious "cute" nickname form of it. Unlike my other favorite name, Lawrence, which gets turned into the distasteful (to me) Larry.