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magnesiumb t1_iswm9p8 wrote

Adalynn still gets me. Adamary? Adabelle? Adabella?

Is Ada supposed to be Ara, by chance? These all make more sense as Aralynn, Aramary (ok, not much more sense), Arabelle and Arabella?

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earnest_dad OP t1_isxvmrp wrote

Interesting question! (Similarly, I'm more familiar with "ara" prefixes; from my identification strategy, though, "Ara" isn't a common standalone name in the way "Ada" is).

As it turns out, this isn't a bug --

"Adalynn" has been in use (with n>5 instances) since 1996, and is really on the rise since ~1007. In 2017, there were 2.651 female sex babies given the name "Adalynn"

"Adamary" isn't used with the frequency that "Adalynn" is given, but we're seeing its use along a similar timeline -- the name first crossed the (n>5) threshold in 1998, and it has been used at least that many times every year since. While its usage is declining recently, in the early 2000s it was typically given ~40 times per year.

Similar stories with "Adabelle" and "Adabella", though the timelines are different. "Adabell" is a *much* older name -- it was given to a handful of female sex babies starting in the early 20th century -- we see n>5 uses quite frequently from 1900 - 1931, then it falls off the radar until 2006.

"Adabella" looks more like "Adamary" -- wasn't really in vogue (if you can even say that about a VERY rare name) until 2008.

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