But clusters of consonant sounds are bad. The -n ending is also good, as in Kaitlyn and Mason. Even parents with different name sensibilities are influenced by the same underlying name fashions: Vowels, especially long vowels, are good-think Owen and Ava. Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard, explains why in The Washington Post: "We may like the idea of distinctive names, but our tastes are as alike as they ever were. Ībout a week ago, The Atlantic Wire covered Paul Schmidtberger's classic rant about "unique" baby names like "Madicyn." Now, would-by Madicyn and Bryttney parents should brace themselves for another blow: not only are they, as Schmidtberger writes, "impos cryptic, incoherent or foolish spellings on their own children society as a whole," but those names aren't even all that different and special! This article is from the archive of our partner. About the author (2005) Baby Name Wizard Laura Wattenberg takes a unique research-driven, analytical approach to understanding names and style.
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