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[Facts] Re: Names
by LiaMaria (LMS)
9/17/2016, 1:40 AM
in reply to a message by elbowin
But this also takes into account the variations in spelling and there just seem to be way more variations for females than males. If you count the names and all its variations, I don't think the difference would be that vast between the genders.
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- elbowin
9/19/2016, 2:08 AM
Unfortunately, it is an very tedious task to come up at numbers with spelling variants normalised. My gut feeling tells me, that spelling normalisation will not change the overall picture, that there are more names for girls than for boys.--elbowin
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- Sabertooth   +1
9/18/2016, 12:16 AM
Would there be a distinction between variants vs. derivatives?TOMAS is a variant of THOMAS , but TOM would be a derivative.
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- LiaMaria (LMS)
9/19/2016, 1:11 AM
Yes, I would say there is a distinction between a variation in spelling and a 'related' name.
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