Picking the right baby name isn’t child’s play — and for one consultant there are many monikers that give her the “ick.” Colleen Slagen, a baby naming expert and mom-of-three, boldly dished on the naming conventions she finds cringy in a recent TikTok video that has drummed up debate online. To start, she decried sibling … Read more
What’s old is new again. Names once considered antiquated now have a shiny new allure, and one baby name expert predicts that some of the trendiest monikers next year will be old-fashioned favorites, such as Maple or Poppy. “Think Goldie, Birdie, Elsie, and Nelly,” Laura Wattenberg, the founder of Namerology, told Today. “It’s that throwback sound, … Read more
Mainstream baby names are child’s play for an elite sect of influencers who are instead opting for nontraditional monikers for their infants. On TikTok, expecting mothers have taken to sharing potential baby names or the ones they loved but decided not to use, divulging their unique ideas to their vast online audience — despite some … Read more
We’ve got bad news for Ashleys and Amandas. The once-popular baby monikers of the ’90s and early aughts are now considered “old people names.” TikToker Amber Cimiotti caused shock when she recently revealed that her young daughter believes millennial-era names like Ashley, Amber and Amanda are “basically the new Margaret or Barbara.” Cimiotti said her … Read more
Feeling old yet, Gen Z? Gen Z may have brutishly booted millennials off of the top of the social food chain — a peak from which the domineering generation dictates everything from acceptable workplace emoji use to how wannabe fashionistas should wear their socks. But the tyrannical trendsetters now join their icreasingly irrelevant elders as … Read more