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Re: Names
by elbowin
9/13/2016, 2:06 AM
in reply to a message by Rachel
At least in the USA, there are more feminine name forms than masculine name forms. From the latest available Social Security data, there are 18993 different names given to at least 5 baby girls in the USA in 2015 and only 13959 different names given to at least 5 baby boys.-- elbowin
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- LiaMaria (LMS)   +3
9/17/2016, 1:40 AM
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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