buzz86us@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 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 · 4 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoNever heard of this, what are some examples? Maybe caitlin? Just looked that up, it’s an Irish name.
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-up1·4 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-up1·4 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-up1·4 months agoGracelyn, Emmalyn, Cathlyn, Jessalyn.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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.
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.