What does "these things are in the ether" mean?
The context of the sentence is
My own daughters' names are Freya, a more popular name across the pond than in the US, and Calla, which last trended as a baby name in 1880. Although the week Freya was born we learned of two other baby Freyas in our Brooklyn neighborhood. And a former colleague also had a little girl named Calla. So these things are in the ether somehow.
Thank you.
Best Answer
Something that's in the ether is still unclear, undecided or unexplained. It's not clear what "those things" specifically refers to..I haven't read the whole article.