buzz86us@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agowhat is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squarewhat is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?buzz86us@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’s the male version of adding -lin to the end of a name.
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoNever heard of this, what are some examples? Maybe caitlin? Just looked that up, it’s an Irish name.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI don’t think there’s any history, it was just popular in the midwest in the 2000s Caitlyn, Kaylin, Ashlin, Jaylin, Roselin, Jaquelin, Shaelin. Same with adding “leigh”
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe English name suffix -in comes from the french name suffix -inne which is a feminine modifier. Eg. Jacques is a masculine name, Jacqueline is a feminine name.
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoBut those are just names that already existed? I thought you meant like taking a name like Simon and making it Simonlin or Adam to Adamlin
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoGracelyn, Emmalyn, Cathlyn, Jessalyn.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoYou take a common name and add “lin” or any variation of that sound at the end. The only example I have at the top of my head is Jessica-Lyn because I knew one person with that name in the past, but you get the gist.
It’s the male version of adding -lin to the end of a name.
Never heard of this, what are some examples? Maybe caitlin? Just looked that up, it’s an Irish name.
collin
I don’t think there’s any history, it was just popular in the midwest in the 2000s
Caitlyn, Kaylin, Ashlin, Jaylin, Roselin, Jaquelin, Shaelin. Same with adding “leigh”
The English name suffix -in comes from the french name suffix -inne which is a feminine modifier. Eg. Jacques is a masculine name, Jacqueline is a feminine name.
But those are just names that already existed? I thought you meant like taking a name like Simon and making it Simonlin or Adam to Adamlin
Gracelyn, Emmalyn, Cathlyn, Jessalyn.
You take a common name and add “lin” or any variation of that sound at the end.
The only example I have at the top of my head is Jessica-Lyn because I knew one person with that name in the past, but you get the gist.