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“Tundra has a Playdate with Yucatán”: Situation With Kids' Names Reaches Breaking Point in Marin County

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Marin Lately Staff
Mar 18, 2025
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In Mill Valley moms group, there’s not just an Avalon, but a Sienna and a Tundra — as one tipster put it, "it's like a fucking Toyotathon" when they all get together. Meanwhile, children who might once have been named Brooklyn or London are now called Oslo or Rio; expect a correction if you don’t put the accent on the last syllable of Yucatán, 2. “We ac…

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