Message: "Are names like Jean Carlos allowed?"

[Facts] Are names like Jean Carlos allowed?

by I like old names

8/21/2021, 8:08 AM

I posted a similar question a month ago - https://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/5283936.

I thought I'd try again to see if anyone would respond because, to me, at least, the rules for compound names are a bit unclear. I earlier thought that the reason names that I submitted, like Maria Concepcion and Maria Josefa, were deleted, but not María Celia or Isabel María, was because they didn't have diacritics. But a month ago, I submitted the name "María Victoria," and it got deleted, and I just encountered the name "Jean Carlos" here. I still think that the reason "Inmaculada Concepción" and "María de Los Dolores" are still on the site is that they gain additional meaning aside from being compound names.

So, I want to know, why are names like María Victoria and Juan Gabriel deleted, but Isabel María and Jean Carlos aren't?

#compounds #JeanCarlos

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- Rachel Shaina (Evil)

8/22/2021, 9:12 PM

Here's the rule as it's written on the submissions help page:

QuoteCompound names
Compound names are two names that are combined to make a single name, such as Mary Sue. Compound names are typically NOT allowed in the database. The reason for this is that there are too many potential combinations and their presence bloats the collection without adding significant value, since the two component names may be looked up separately.

An exception is when the component names are written together without a space or a hyphen, and therefore might not be easily recognizable as a compound.

Compound names are typically written with a space or a hyphen separating the two parts. However, just because a name has a space or a hyphen does not necessarily mean it is a compound. For example, dithematic Korean names are typically written with a hyphen, and these are not considered compound names for the purposes of these guidelines.

Jean Carlos and Isabel María should probably not be there (though Isabel María i could maybe see leaving due to the link to Isamar? I don't know. I'm deleting Jean Carlos though).

[FWIW, sometimes things just get missed! There's only so many people editing and those people only have so much time to dedicate to it.]

ETA: after reviewing a thread about this on the admin board, i'm going to delete Isabel María too. This one may have been missed because the submitter was an editor who was able to 3 star the name.

This message was edited 8/22/2021, 9:19 PM

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