buzz86ustoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·3 months agowhat is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?message-squarearrow-up193arrow-down114message-square68file-textfedilink
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squarewhat is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?buzz86ustoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world·3 months agomessage-square68file-textfedilink
minus-squarealcoholicornarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s the male version of adding -lin to the end of a name.
minus-squarechristophskiEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·3 months agoedit-23 months agolinkfedilinkNever heard of this, what are some examples? Maybe caitlin? Just looked that up, it’s an Irish name.
minus-squarealcoholicornarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agolinkfedilinkI 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-squarebionicjoeyarrow-up9arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkThe 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-squarechristophskiEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkBut 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-squarealcoholicornarrow-up1arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkGracelyn, Emmalyn, Cathlyn, Jessalyn.
minus-squareCroquettearrow-up3arrow-down0·3 months agolinkfedilinkYou 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.
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.
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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.