"Linda? That's my aunt's name!" I probably wasn't even out of my teens before I'd lost count of the number of times a cute boy said this to me. "You have an old name because you had old parents," my ...

I'm a Gen X woman with a name beloved by baby boomers, but often misunderstood by my peers. Today the name Linda is often associated with a frumpy archetype, as seen in TV shows and memes. The unique ...