Name popularity
Why is Liberia the most James-populated country?
James is a very popular name in English-speaking populations. In the United States, James was one of the five most common given names for male babies for most of the 20th century. Its popularity has declined considerably over the past 30 years...
Irish Surnames
Gaois Linguistic Database of Irish-Language Surnames
Surnames of Irish-language origin in Ireland are characterised by the fact that they are usually used in their anglicised form, but use of the Irish-language form is commonplace and on the increase in recent years, and this resource is designed to help users not literate in the language who wish to use the Irish-language form of their name.
Spelling of Personal Names
The Government of Lithuania endorsed New Rules on the Spelling of Personal Names
The draft decree establishes the principal provisions under which names and surnames of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania shall be spelled in the Lithuanian characters in accordance with relevant laws, resolutions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, and other legal acts or recommendations on the spelling of personal names.
Multilingual Name resource
ParaNames: A Massively Multilingual Entity Name Corpus
The recently published preprint describes work in progress on ParaNames, a multilingual parallel name resource consisting of names for approximately 14 million entities. The included names span over 400 languages, and almost all entities are mapped to standardized entity types (PER/LOC/ORG). Using Wikidata as a source, the authors create the largest resource of this type to-date.
Ukrainian language
What is the correct way to transcribe the name of Ukraine's president?
Ukraine has been trying to make its mark on the world by explaining that it isn't Russian. Something that has been prominent in the last weeks is how English language media has also been adapting with the changing view of Ukraine with a key part of this being spelling.
Ethnic name pronounciation
Living with two names, just like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde …
The practice of adopting Anglo names among ethnic minorities and foreign individuals may be intended to smooth interactions with majority group members, but it may also have negative implications for minorities themselves.
Name (Mis)pronounciation
May the NAME be with you!
According to the New Oxford Dictionary of English, the word “name” means “a word by which a person is known, addressed or referred to” as well as “a reputation, especially a good one”. It means that a person’s name has a double function. Firstly, it is the most basic and most important means of ...
