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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try to picture your daughter as 26 and looking for a professional job or for a promotion. The names you list, in general, sound like an elderly spinster aunt (not that there’s anything wrong with that), not a bright professional. Please stop trying top pick fussy, outdated, weird names - pick something that is easy to spell and pronounce and won’t have your child bullied/made fun of in elementary school. Is there  a family name you like? Someone who helped you in your life you’d like to honor with a namesake? Step away from whatever thought pattern you’ve been working in and pick a name a woman could be proud to have, not embarrassed. [/quote]

No one in 26 years is going to think "that sounds like my elderly, spinster aunt" because no one born between the years 1990 and 2010 (which is who will be doing the hiring) will have an aunt named Harriet or Henrietta (or Etta or Retta or whatever nn they might use). That's why these names are becoming popular again. You know what's going to sound like "elderly aunt" in 2046? Jessica, Stephanie, Sarah. Because those will be the names of people's actual elderly aunts then. Are you starting to get it?

There are very few truly timeless names. Most are cyclical. We're entering a cycle of names that were last popular in the 1920s and 30s. Get used to it.
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Lol. I'm sitting here thinking about what will be "elderly" aunt names for my kids, who were born in 1999 and 2004. Their great aunts are Jill, Joyce, Donna, Susan, and Serena.[/quote]

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