"A TikToker named Laura, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, noticed that parents in her borough, which is known for being a bit ahead of the cultural curve, have pivoted to giving their children traditional baby names. She believes this trend is a counter to another popular trend in baby names: "Trajedeighs" or giving children relatively common names with quirky, unconventional spellings such as Zackiri (Zacahry), Bittneigh (Brittany), or Ashleigh (Ashly)."
""We got my two-year-old daughter's class list, and it kind of made me laugh because, while in some parts of the country, people are naming their kids like Breighlynn and Braxleigh and Peightyn and whatever, I guess, in Brooklyn, we're going in the complete opposite direction," Laura shared in her video. Here are some of the names of kids in her daughter's class: Edith Oscar Arthur Nicholas Bonnie Owen Henry Ruby Lewis"
Baby names follow a cultural cycle of roughly 100 years, becoming popular, aging into "old people names," and later being revived by younger generations. In Brooklyn, parents are increasingly choosing traditional names, with preschool rosters showing names such as Edith, Oscar, Arthur, Nicholas, Bonnie, Owen, Henry, Ruby, and Lewis. That shift appears to respond to a separate trend of unconventional respellings of common names, nicknamed "Trajedeighs," exemplified by names like Zackiri, Bittneigh, and Ashleigh. Regional contrasts remain, with some areas favoring novel or nature-inspired names.
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