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jtommy14 • today at 6:37 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

I've noticed more girls are being named Parker these days. My 1yo son is named Parker. He's holding the line.


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nkrisc • today at 6:42 PM

The trend of surnames as given names is stranger to me than traditional gender reversal of names.

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UncleSlacky • today at 7:13 PM

He can't lose!

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nobody9999 • today at 7:43 PM

>I've noticed more girls are being named Parker these days. My 1yo son is named Parker. He's holding the line.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was related to the character[0] portrayed by Beth Riesgraf[2] on Leverage[1]

[0] https://leverage.fandom.com/wiki/Parker

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leverage_(American_TV_series)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Riesgraf