Question

1. which detail from the text best explains how the meaning of names can change over time?

a. \what i love most about these baby names websites, and the message boards therein, is that theyre places of eternal optimism about the future.\ (paragraph 6)

b. \even psychologist carl yung illustrated the uncanny connection between ones name and ones beliefs when talking about fellow psychologists in 1952.\ (paragraph 7)

c. \the name \diamond\ rose in popularity throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, peaking in 1999 at the tail end of an opulent, boom-economy decade.\ (paragraph 10)

d. \for better or worse, ive ended up a pretty clear case of nomen est omen.\ (paragraph 13)

Explanation:

To determine which detail explains how the meaning of names can change over time, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Discusses optimism on baby names websites, not name meaning change.
• Option B: Focuses on the connection between names and beliefs, not change over time.
• Option C: Shows how the popularity (and by extension, cultural meaning) of the name "Diamond" changed over the 1980s - 1990s due to economic context, directly relating to name meaning change over time.
• Option D: Is about a personal experience with "nomen est omen" (name is destiny), not name meaning change over time.

Answer:

C. "The name "Diamond" rose in popularity throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, peaking in 1999 at the tail end of an opulent, boom - economy decade." (Paragraph 10)