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I don't understand the new fascination with "Jay-" names. I work in an NICU (neonatal intensive care) so I see a lot of newborn babies. And lately there have been a ton of girls named Jayla and Jaylin/Jaelynn, etc. and boys named Jalen/Jaylon, etc. and Jayden/Jaden, etc. (most are African-American, not that that matters). We've even had twin girls named Jayla and Jaylin, and I heard about triplets somewhere that were Jayla, Jaylin and Jayden. YIKES! Jayla (and all the others) just look made up to me, insubstantial and will be out of style in a few months, if they were ever "in" at all.

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BTW, why the attraction to names with the word "jail" in it?? And Jayla sounds like someone with an accent saying "jailer". :b