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[Facts] Name update
by Mike C
1/22/2019, 11:24 AM
Some new names have been added to the site...https://www.behindthename.com/update/101
https://surnames.behindthename.com/update/101
https://places.behindthename.com/update/101Many of the "updated names" are due to IPA pronunciations being added.
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- Septapus (Buneary)
1/29/2019, 3:37 PM
Thanks for the update!I'm glad you finally listed the male name Jasmin as Bosnian instead of French. Honestly, I've never heard of any Frenchman with the name Jasmin.
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- Felie   +8
1/23/2019, 3:58 PM
Hi Mike C!Great! I'm always glad to see a new update! IPA pronounciations are the best way to make a name clear so..congrats!
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- Shaymin   +7
1/26/2019, 6:44 AM
Why was Jancis & German deleted?
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- Mike C   +6
1/26/2019, 1:02 PM
Jancis, if it exists, is very very rare.German (1) and German (2) were merged into a single entry.
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- Shaymin   +5
1/26/2019, 4:01 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jancis_RobinsonAlso the name of a major character in The Precious Bane by Mary Webb. It did experience minor use in England during the 1920s-40s due the book.

This message was edited 1/27/2019, 6:57 AM

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- Dorchadas (Lucille)   +4
1/27/2019, 1:22 AM
Add the name to the Submitted Names Database if you wish to preserve it in some way. It will never be added to the main database again, because proven existence alone is not enough. A name should also be sufficiently common, which Jancis does not appear to be.
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- Shaymin   +1
1/27/2019, 6:42 AM
And out of curiosity, what sources are used to prove it isn't common enough to be removed? SS website?
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- Dorchadas (Lucille)
1/27/2019, 11:03 AM
I would assume so, plus the amount of people with the name on social media, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. If a website with 2.27 billion active users like Facebook only has 5 people with first name X, you can rest assured that it's too rare for inclusion in the main database. Such names will only ever be fit for the Submitted Names Database, which is fine usually, since it's intended to be a supplement to the main database.
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- Shaymin   +1
1/27/2019, 6:41 AM
Just curious, but is this a new thing to just be deleting extremely rare names from the main database?
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- Dorchadas (Lucille)
1/27/2019, 10:56 AM
No, I don't think so. If you look at the update history, you will see that there have always been a few names removed with each update:https://www.behindthename.com/info/news
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- Sabertooth
1/22/2019, 5:47 PM
Thanks for doing that. I think that IPA is a good move.
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