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Kevinismus.

Kevinism, the social phenomenon that the working and uneducated classes tend to prefer foreign, especially English, given names, which has led to generally low prestige of these names in German-speaking Europe (in contrast to the usually high prestige of the English language)

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Meaning & usage

noun/kɛviˈnɪsmʊs/
  1. Kevinism, the social phenomenon that the working and uneducated classes tend to prefer foreign, especially English, given names, which has led to generally low prestige of these names in German-speaking Europe (in contrast to the usually high prestige of the English language)

    humorous · masculine · strong · uncountable · usually
  2. an instance of such naming

    countable · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Kevin + -ismus, the former being the prototypical example of such a name.

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