NAME STYLE

You may want to visit this blog post which explains the system in detail.
Or just read this short guide:

Sound and Style
Elaborate – names with three or more syllables and ending in a vowel sound.
Substantial – names with three or more syllables and ending in a consonant sound.
Tailored – names with one or two syllables and ending in a consonant sound.
Light – names with one or two syllables and ending in a vowel sound.

Past Popularity
Antique – names that peaked in the 1880s and the 1910s.
Vintage – names that peaked in the 1920s to 1960s
Retro – names that peaked in the 1970s to the 1990s.
Modern – names that peaked or have started peaking after 2000.

Quirky – names that have never entered the US popularity charts.

Current Popularity
Popular – names above 150 in the current UK popularity chart.
Fashionable – names between 150 and 450 in the current UK popularity chart.
Familiar – names below 450 in the UK popularity chart.

Unusual – names not currently in the top 1000 names in the UK.

Elaborate Antique
Substantial Antique
Light Antique
Tailored Antique

Elaborate Vintage
Substantial Vintage
Light Vintage
Tailored Vintage

Elaborate Retro
Substantial Retro
Light Retro
Tailored Retro

Elaborate Modern
Substantial Modern
Light Modern
Tailored Modern


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