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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...
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Aug. 2, 2022, 8:37 p.m.
Name pronunciation
Hard-To-Pronounce Names and Labor Market Effects
The new work presented by Qi Ge and Stephen Wu tests for the existence of labor market discrimination based on a previously unstudied characteristic: name fluency.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
July 11, 2022, 2:24 p.m.
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.
Dr Brian Ó Raghallaigh, Assistant professor at Dublin City University
June 19, 2022, 12:09 a.m.
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.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
June 9, 2022, 12:36 a.m.
Name Statistics
Top 1,000 First Names in Sweden
What are the most common male names in Sweden? In 2020, Lars was the most popular name, with roughly 83.4 thousand persons having the name.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
May 15, 2022, 10:04 p.m.
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.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
April 19, 2022, 6:25 p.m.
name pronunciation
Why does the pronunciation of students’ names matter?
In this video, I talk about why the pronunciation of people’s names matters, focusing on the example of students’ names in educational contexts.
Dr Jane Pilcher, Nottingham Trent University
April 1, 2022, 5:05 p.m.
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.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
March 25, 2022, 9:39 a.m.
Name (mis)pronunciation
Three ways of name-pronunciation
If you grew up with a hard-to-pronounce name, you may define the way the others approached your name. We can put them into one of three camps: fumble-bumblers, arrogant manglers, and calibrators.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
March 8, 2022, 9:30 p.m.
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.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Feb. 28, 2022, 9:19 p.m.
Name discrimination
Have you ever “whitened” your name?
The researchers found those who “whitened” their resumés were twice as likely to get call-backs for an interview, compared to those who left ethnic details intact.
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Feb. 13, 2022, 6:50 p.m.
Mondonomo Publishing
Announcing: The Handbook of Thai Names
The team at Mondonomo and I set out to investigate the staggering long list of Thai first names. First, we want to know when the two names are the same. Can we just look at how it is spelled in Thai script? Well, yes and no.
Attapol Rutherford | อรรถพล ธำรงรัตนฤทธิ์, Chulalongkorn University, Professor
Jan. 30, 2022, 2:05 p.m.
Chinese Names
A Study of Naming Practices in Hong Kong
The practice of using an English name is widespread among native Chinese speakers. Research about this topic has been done not only in Mainland China but also in Hong Kong and Singapore and with Chinese minorities elsewhere...
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Jan. 28, 2022, 12:37 p.m.
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 ...
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Jan. 5, 2022, 12:37 p.m.
asian names
Why is the name thing so triggering to all of us and especially to many Asians?
Some of them spent their entire adult life in the U.S. by a sort of American "nickname" because they hated dealing with the burden of correcting people each time they got their name wrong...
dr. Eugen Schochenmaier, Mondonomo, Chief Scientist
Dec. 27, 2021, 7:01 p.m.