I’m seeing this so many times… Like Aiden, Caiden, Braiden, Jaiden, Paiden…

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      4 months ago

      Never heard of this, what are some examples? Maybe caitlin? Just looked that up, it’s an Irish name.

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        I don’t think there’s any history, it was just popular in the midwest in the 2000s

        Caitlyn, Kaylin, Ashlin, Jaylin, Roselin, Jaquelin, Shaelin. Same with adding “leigh”

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          But those are just names that already existed? I thought you meant like taking a name like Simon and making it Simonlin or Adam to Adamlin

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          The English name suffix -in comes from the french name suffix -inne which is a feminine modifier. Eg. Jacques is a masculine name, Jacqueline is a feminine name.

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        You take a common name and add “lin” or any variation of that sound at the end.

        The only example I have at the top of my head is Jessica-Lyn because I knew one person with that name in the past, but you get the gist.