Wednesday, October 25, 2006

seventeen others

Dylan,

Using just your first and last names, reportedly there are 17 other You's:


HowManyOfMe.com
LogoThere are:
18
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?


Dad

ps: I managed to skirt the age requirement question for you (13 years). That probably explains why it thinks "over 99.9% of people in the U.S. named 'Dylan' are male" while we've heard it's a hot new name for girls.

Speaking of names, an interesting bit of trivia we picked up while finding one for you, other than "grasshopper", has to do with boys names becoming girls names. The list of primarily feminine names that used to be primarily masculine includes Ashley, Beverly, Carol, Evelyn, Hillary, Jocelyn, Meredith, Nicole, Shirley, Shannon, and Vivian. The interesting bit here is that historically names only switch one way. There is no comparable list of boys-names-that-used-to-be-girls-names.

It remains to be seen whether our chosen spelling for You is on that same path. Either way, I expect that you'll be happy enough with who you are that it won't bother you anyhow.

Dad

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