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Question of the Week:Has your taste in names changed over time?

Question of the Week: What were your favorite names when you were younger?  Are they very different from what you like now?

Inspired by a long-running thread on our message boards, with berries discussing what  their favorite names were as teenagers, this question is basically about if and how your taste in names has changed/evolved over time.

Have your older faves held up or do you find them miles away from your taste today–and maybe  a little embarrassing?

Were your younger choices influenced by books you were reading or music or movies or TV shows?

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Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at InstagramTwitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.

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