“In American culture, individualism is so strong. What I hear most often from parents is we want to find a name which is different, but not too different,” Dr. Cleveland Evans shared on Vox’s Podcast “Explain It to Me” “A lot of people are picking names which are unusual to them because they don’t know anybody their own age or their parents’ age with the name.”
Dr. Cleveland Evans appeared on an episode of the Vox podcast Explain it to Me where he discussed naming traditions and trends in the United States. He shared, “Just like there is no such thing as the perfect parent or the perfect child, there’s no such thing as the perfect name. There are lots of different names that would work equally well for your child and you shouldn’t think that you have ruined their life by giving them the wrong name.”
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