Baby-naming experts are alarmed by a recent uptick in names related to weapons, such as Shooter and Caliber.
“There is a small but noticeable trend of parents using weapons-inspired ― and, more broadly, aggressive ― names for their sons,” Sophie Kihm, the editor-in-chief at the website Nameberry, told HuffPost in an interview. “Many of these names first appeared on the baby name charts in the 2000s, including Wesson, Caliber, Shooter, and Trigger.”
