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Why the name Unnamed, Unknown and Christop are submitted but deleted?
Name Unnamed, Unknown, Babyboy, Infant and Christop are exist in popularity chart. But why those names are submitted but deleted?
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About Christop:In 1989, the state of New York truncated all names over 8 characters because of a glitch. These include Alexander, Elizabeth or Katherine, among others.In this case, Christop should be Christopher.Further information:http://www.nancy.cc/2007/11/08/the-great-baby-name-glitch-of-1989-christop-alexandr-elizabet/

This message was edited 7/31/2021, 6:19 AM

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Wait, so, if the name shows up in any year besides 1989, it's still a legitimate name, right?

This message was edited 7/31/2021, 4:17 PM

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No, this is not enough. You should provide evidence that it is really used as a name.Databases contain errors of all kind: Spelling errors, wrong gender marks, confusion of given names and surnames, confusion of titles and given names, confusion of abbreviations and given names, to name a few. Compilations from different databases tend to amplify these errors. So databases have to be used with care.EDIT: Specific care has to be taken about US census data: Traditional censuses were taken by people writing down name they understood (listening comprehension and spelling error are possible) by hand and the names have to be transcribed from handwriting (more errors possible). A name only attested in US census data and nowhere else is probably an error.

This message was edited 12/29/2022, 3:40 AM

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Do criminal records count, in place of birth certificates?
https://www.publicpolicerecords.com/southcarolina/doc-prisoner/WILLIAM
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ThisThat's also why it's iffy to solely rely on the "Search Beyond the US Popularity" list.
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Thank you for the information.
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I don't know why you submitted and resubmitted Unnamed six times over the past week but it was deleted because it is not a name; it's a placeholder.
The same is true for Unknown, Babyboy and Infant.
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One more thing:Since this is an ongoing issue with some of your submissions: when you submit rare names, please provide sources.
As per the guidelines, "the burden of proof for rare names rests upon the person who submitted it. The editor should err on the side of deletion if he or she cannot find acceptable proof that the name is valid." (https://www.behindthename.com/submit/help.php#rare)
Even though you'd preferably add sources for every submission. Thank you.
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I apologize if this is useless. I'm unable to post links. You could look up:1. Christop McGlade
2. Christop Brooks-Booth
3. Christop Terry Bennett (1990-2019)
4. Christop-Jean Michel
5. Christop Mc Donald
6. Christop Crane
7. Christop Murphy
8. Christop L. Frye
9. Christop Goeke
10. Christop H.S. Pungaribaus
11. Christop Lange
12. Christop Bartels
13. Christop Leben
14.Christop Forster
15. Jean-Christop Barda
16. Christop Crew
17. Christop Pieh
18. Christop Bland
19. Christop Mügge
20. Christop Enzel
21. Éy Christop Glavaris (fictional)
22. Christop Johnson
23. Christop Ross
24. Christop Meister
25. Christop Hönnige Julia Gollub
26. Christop Johan-Freidrich con Gedichte Schiller
27. Christop Bassen
28. Christop Waltz Rust in 1953
29. Christop Reisner
30. Christop Richmonds
31. Christop Armstrong
32. Christop Tchago
33. Christop Sanridge
34. Johann Christop Arnold
35. Martin Christop Molina

This message was edited 9/13/2021, 5:08 PM

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When you can be sufficiently sure that just one of those is real, this is sufficient to add the name. Note that, e.g., #26 Christop Johan-Freidrich con Gedichte Schiller is containing a whole bunch of transcription and spelling errors: Gedichte isn't part of the name, and the full name of Friedrich Schiller is correctly Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (note the two n in Johann and the ie in Friedrich and the von).
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