Why are people naming their babies old frumpy names?

Actually, I have seen a few Agnes lately. I've noticed that a lot of people who immigrated to this country take old frumpy names. Like Bridgette and Beatrice. Or Alice. What I don't like though, is those names that sound like spoiled rich brat names. Like Madison. Madison is an okay name for a guinea pig, but for your kid? Umm... yeah.

Many people name their children after the grandparents, so if the grandmother was named Agnes, the child is named Agnes. Also where they came from determines the name. If you came from The Netherlands, you might name your son Klaas. Now if your family came from Ireland, you might name your child Brittany which is probably one of the cute names you like or if your grandmother was a flower child, you would name your daughter Summer. Would you have us name children, Bouncy or Sunflower? It's the parents who decide to name the child, and not the media or we would have name police come in and decide what we should call our kids. Those celebrities are showing a lot of sense. At least they're not in trouble with their parents for giving the children ridiculous sounding names.

I think that its the mother and father's choice on what they name their children, although it sounds like your saying that these aren't good names because they have history. If you name your child mildred its because you wanted them to be named that, just like if you wanted to name your child a radical name like Tryian or even Dartanian. The name is important, maybe its a good thing that old fashioned names are coming back.