According to Laura Wattenberg, founder of Namerology, parents are usually looking for a certain style when they choose a one-syllable name. For example, “There are cool cowboy-inspired names like Cole ...
If you’re from the north, you usually stress the second syllable. If you’re from the south, you stress the first. We have a kind of north-south divide where we stress our words: GUItar, INsurance is ...