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Yes but they might be naming their kids Henry and Leo because they went through all their family names and those sounded most appealing to them. It doesn’t mean they just picked Henry because they love trendy names and are using the family name thing as a ruse.

It just seems like you are assuming people are blindly following trends and lying about their intentions and name inspiration, but I think it’s more likely people are looking for names that appeal to them and the trends naturally emerge from that.[/quote]

Exactly. It's not unusual to look to the family tree for names or other inspiration. The people who want something "fresh" pick a name that's been out of fashion but they like for whatever reason. Others hear that, meet a cute toddler with the name, and pick it too. And over time the fresh name picked by people who want an unusual name becomes the popular name. Then the people who want a fresh name look for something else and so the cycle goes.[/quote]

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