Name Predictions: These will be the ‘en vogue’ baby names in the year 2100
updated the 16 January 2017 à 10:47A neural network set up by a student from Brown University determines the top baby names of the future.
What to name your newborn child might just be one of the biggest parenting dilemmas you’ll encounter early on as a parent. Some names might seem too stuffy or dated, while others remind you of someone you are not particularly fond of (we all have them). Well, here’s a solution: you can now let artificial intelligence decide that for you.
A Neural Network that Determines Future Baby Names?
Introducing Nate Parrott: a coder and student at Brown University, who devised a way to predict baby names of the future. Without getting too much into the science of it, Parrott trained a neural network (a computer that mimics the human brain and nervous system) to learn 7,500 of the most common American baby names and to give each name a numerical representation called an ’embedding’. With the baby names now represented as numbers, Parrott is able to manipulate them by either adding or subtracting – even multiplying – them to create futuristic sounding names.
While popular baby names today include Bryan, Isabelle or Michelle, the baby name landscape in 2100 looks slightly different, according to Parrott’s neural network. For one, how does Aaaort sound for your bouncing baby boy? Or perhaps Cerreleaa for your cherub-faced little girl? Or frankly, why even bother with vowels when you can have a name like Hhrsrrrrrr? We have to say though – in a world where celebrity babies are being named after directional bearings, fruits, and other truly bizarre permutations of names, anything’s in the realm of possibility these days. If you want a baby name that’s truly ahead of the curve, take inspiration from Parrott’s list of 20 futuristic baby names below!
Presenting… The 20 Baby Names of the Future:
- Pruliaa
- Miiirilid
- Herree
- Chitoi
- Deredrd
- Aaaort
- Nitnis
- Aloora
- Cerreleaa
- Chhzzu
- Aradey
- Rarear
- Jnnn
- Mannie
- Seeleere
- Auntt
- Tstilit
- Lorra
- Hhrsrrrrrr
- Seina
Of course, it takes more than arithmetics and algorithms to determine why and how names go in and out of style. Still, even we have to (albeit begrudgingly) admit that Lorra doesn’t sound too bad. What do you make of the names?
Sarah Khan
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