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Reddest vs Bluest american baby names. Note these are NOT the most common names. Just the names with the biggest red-blue state prevalence divide. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (10 children)

They're riffing off of traditional masculine naming conventions. Gunner is associated with the traditional male role of aggressor (compare, Hunter, Victor, Dominic), and is also a job (compare, Carter, Taylor, Mason).

Honestly, I think it'll age better than Baylor or Kyson.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I mean... I get it. But in a country where mass shootings are the norm, calling your son gunner is... a bit out of touch?

    Baylor on the other hand is just plain horrible.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, a gunner is a job in the military. Not much different than naming your kid Gunars, which means warrior. Gunman would be more on the nose. I'm just saying, when I hear Gunner's mom yelling at him not to spill his soda in the car in the grocery store parking lot in 15 years, I'll be like, "yep, that's a normal name."

    Also, mass shootings arent the norm. They are extremely rare.

    But yes, naming your kid "gun" to "own the libs" is indeed cringe as fuck.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's a cultural thing. In some red areas guns are seen as a cultural signifier. It's straight up the same as naming a kid Christian or after a virtue or any other name that's on the nose religious, but with rural cultural values instead of just Christian ones.

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