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[Facts] Rhyme trends?
(Not sure if this goes here, but it doesn't really make sense for Ops)Besides the Larry/Gary/Jerry/etc. trend in the 40's and 50's and the Aiden/Brayden/Hayden/etc. trend now, what other rhyming trends have there been?
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Within the past decade or so: Maya/Kaya/Anaya/Amaya/AlayahHailey/Bailey/Kaylee/JayleeKayla/Jayla/Layla/AylaRiley/Brylee/KylieAaliyah/Maliyah (Malia)/Aniyah/Taliyah/Kaliyah etc. Lyla/Myla/Kyla/Skyla/NylaNot exactly rhyming, but: Kinsley/Kensley/Paisley/Presley/Tinsley/Ainsley Boy's names ending with -iah: Josiah, Messiah, Jesiah or -kai: Kai, Makai, MalakaiZane/Kane/LaneUpcoming: Nora/Cora/Flora/Aurora

This message was edited 12/1/2020, 7:03 AM

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In my accent/dialect, Jerry doesn't rhyme with Gary and Larry
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-lyn seems to be pretty common.originally found in Evelyn, Madalyn, Carolyn, Marilyn, Rosalyn, Jacquelyn, Gwendolyn, etc.
currently popular: Kaitlyn/Caitlyn, Adelyn, Ashlyn, Brooklyn, Jocelyn
added to existing names to form new ones: Jessalyn, Jaslyn, Kailyn, Oaklyn, Rylyn, Amberlyn...See here: https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/pattern/*lyn-son is also common for both sexes; in female names, it's inspired by Alison (the only of few of that isn't a patronymic surname).female: Alison, Madison, Addison, Emerson,
male: Jason, Nelson, Mason, Jackson, Grayson, Jameson, Harrison, Hudson, Tyson-bel / -belle / -bella
originally from Isabella, Amabel, Arabella, Annabella, Mirabella, Sybella, Mehitabel, Orabella
eventually used to create new names: Christabel, Dulcibel, Claribel, Rosabel, Trixibelle, Florabel

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This message was edited 11/30/2020, 11:27 AM

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I guess there's... Jay, Ray, May, Day?, Tay?
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