When the press declared that the world was filling up with Barbie, no one expected it to be quite literal, but apparently it would be setting a trend, one so big that the new generation of babies would be carrying a very particular pair of names. Barbie’ and ‘Ken’ are becoming the most popular names for newborns in the United States.
Apparently people really embraced the arrival of a movie like Barbie, since it seems that now, more than ever, there would be a trend in the United States to name their children with those very particular names, all in honor of the movie that arrived a few months ago starring the beautiful Margot Robbie.
Experts in trauma and psychology have opined on what is happening in the records departments, and have considered that giving your children these names is not at all advisable, since over the years this will obviously cause the little ones to be targets of ridicule. On the other hand, this increase in the interest in registering children with the names of the main characters of the movie has been considered as a cultural impact of the great success of the film.
According to the entertainment media ‘Nameberry’ which specializes in deciphering the meanings of names, has stated that interest has increased by 603% since the first trailer of the film was released, this due to the demand for searches that has suffered the site, who pleased all the fans and gave the meaning of ‘Barbie’, this being a nickname for Barbara, which refers to ‘Foreign Woman’.
On the other hand, on the side of ‘Ken’, this has increased by 300% with the release of the film. Ken is short for Kenneth, which already ranks 113th on ‘Nameberry’s‘ list of most searched male names. Kenneth means “born of fire, beautiful,” according to the same site.
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