I’m seeing this so many times… Like Aiden, Caiden, Braiden, Jaiden, Paiden…

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    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”

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      4 months ago

      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.

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      4 months ago

      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