Advanced search
Publication Cover
Names
A Journal of Onomastics
Volume 67, 2019 - Issue 3
Journal homepage
164
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

The Age of Aidans: Cognitive Underpinnings of a New Trend in English Boys’ Names

Lauren MacAulaySchool of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
View further author information
,
Daniel SiddiqiSchool of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaView further author information
&
Ida ToivonenSchool of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaView further author information
Pages 160-174 | Published online: 19 Nov 2018

Bibliography

  • Aronoff, M. 1976. Word formation in generative grammar. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • BabyCenter Reporter. 2016. Most Popular Baby Names of 2016. BabyCenter.
  • Daily Mail Reporter. 2014. How Jaden and Mason Took Over America! The Daily Mail. April 8, 2014.
  • Firth, J.R. 1930. Speech. London: E. Benn.
  • Garber, M. 2014. The Meteoric Rise in Boys’ Names Ending in “N”. The Atlantic. April 8, 2014.
  • Gelman, A. 2013. More Than One-Third of Boys’ Names End in “N”. The New York Times. January 28, 2013.
  • Gonzalez, R. 2014. America, Why Are You Naming All Your Boys Like This? I09, Gizmodo. April 9, 2014.
  • Hinton, L., J. Nichols, and J. Ohala. 2006. Sound Symbolism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Jakobson, R., and L.R. Waugh. 2011. The Sound Shape of Language. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
  • Köhler, W. 1929. Gestalt Psychology. New York: Liveright.
  • Lee, J. 2009. For Baby Names, Jayden Rises to the Top. New York Times. December 2, 2009.
  • Magnus, M. 2001. What’s in a Word? Studies in Phonosemantics. PhD Diss. Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
  • Marchand, H. 1969. The Categories and Types of Present-day English Word-formation: A Synchronic-diachronic Approach. Mu¨nchen: C.H. Beck Verlag.
  • Meyer, R. 2015. Why Do So Many Girls’ Names End in “A”? The Atlantic. August 28, 2016.
  • Milbrand, L. 2016. Ashley, Sydney, and 20 Other Girls’ Names That Used to be Boys’ Names. Parents. February 12, 2016.
  • Ohala, J.J., L. Hinton, and J. Nichols. 1997. Sound Symbolism. In Proc. 4th Seoul International Conference on Linguistics [SICOL] ed. Linguistic Society of Korea, 98?103, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Service Ontario. 2012. Ontario Top Baby Names. Government of Ontario. December 17, 2012. <https://www.ontario.ca/search/data-catalogue?sort=asc> (accessed April 19, 2018).
  • Sidhu, D.M., and P.M. Pexman. 2015. What’s in a name? Sound symbolism and gender in first names. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0126809. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0126809
  • Slater, A.S., and S. Feinman. 1985. Gender and the phonology of North American first names. Sex Roles 13, nos. 7–8: 429. doi:10.1007/BF00287953
  • Statistics Canada. 2008. Canadian Demographics at a Glance, Statistics Canada Catalogue number 91-003-XWE. <https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-003-x/2007001/4129908-eng.htm> (accessed April 19, 2018).
  • Taylor, D. 2014. Distribution of Last Letter in Newborn Boys' Names. Proofreader. April 7, 2014. <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/tllfBnVzgWs/U0GX6OhkcuI/AAAAAAAAKaU/tTi1QsZ3v7g/s1600/boyslast.gif> (accessed April 19, 2018).
  • The United States Social Security Administration. 2016. Baby names. November 1, 2016. <https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames> (accessed April 19, 2018).
  • Today's Parent Reporter. 2017. Top 100 Baby Names in Canada for 2016. Today’s Parent. January 23, 2017.
  • Wattenberg, L. 2005. The Age of Aidans. BabyNameWizard. May 12, 2005. <http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2005/5/the-age-of-aidans> (accessed April 19, 2018).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.