I wonder if you ignored spelling what the results would be? ex: kodi, codi, cody, etc. all grouped together.
Not sure how helpful that data would be, considering you'd get groupings like Aaron/Erin, which are very gender-aligned names.
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#32I don't know whether it's a problem with my browser or the website, but the font rendering is really bad for this site.
Ubuntu Linux, I see the same on Chrome and Firefox. The heights are wonky. Specifically for d, r, and u, and w. Seems to work fine on other platforms.
The site is using a webfont "protection" technique that was mentioned in a comment here a couple months ago, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20708371. It's a terrible idea.
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#33I find the Krishna name interesting. Krishna is a male Hindu deity. However, it seems a lot of people were naming their girls Krishna. Now, it is a boy's name again. My speculation for the cause of this is that Hare Krishna became popular among certain US groups in the 1970's and a lot of them named their daughters Krishna. Then, in more recent times, there has been a lot more immigration from India into the US, and…
Final long a is a feminine noun in Sanskrit. Short a is usually a masculine in Sanskrit. There are some exceptions to this.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ubuntu Linux, I see the same on Chrome and Firefox. The heights are wonky. Specifically for d, r, and u, and w. Seems to work fine on other platforms.
The site is using a webfont "protection" technique that was mentioned in a comment here a couple months ago, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20708371 . It's a terrible idea.
Ah, this explains the other times I've seen this.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ubuntu Linux, I see the same on Chrome and Firefox. The heights are wonky. Specifically for d, r, and u, and w. Seems to work fine on other platforms.
The site is using a webfont "protection" technique that was mentioned in a comment here a couple months ago, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20708371 . It's a terrible idea.
That "DRM" doesn't seem any more secure than ROT13... can we trace this terrible idea back to its source? I can't believe more than one person would come up with it by themselves.
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#36As a Casey (last name), I've been intrigued by the transitions over time. It would be interesting to map this to major events. For example, the #2 name "Jackie" switched from a heavily boys name to a heavily girls name about 1/3 of the way through the data set which would be around 1960. Also in 1960, JFK was elected and his wife was "Jackie" Kennedy. She became First Lady and a fashion icon immediately.
Hi (distant) cousin. My paternal Grandma's maiden name was Casey, she named her son Casey, and I have the middle name of Casey. In 3 generations it had a spot in all 3 names and both genders.
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#37I find the Krishna name interesting. Krishna is a male Hindu deity. However, it seems a lot of people were naming their girls Krishna. Now, it is a boy's name again. My speculation for the cause of this is that Hare Krishna became popular among certain US groups in the 1970's and a lot of them named their daughters Krishna. Then, in more recent times, there has been a lot more immigration from India into the US, and…
Perhaps in the 70s people also stuck to the general trend of female names ending with a vowel while make names typically ended with a consonant. Immigration from cultures such as India where this isn't the trend might indeed be responsible for it waning.
In latin countries male names end in o, and girls names end in a.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan
I believe their objection is to spelling conventions, not so much the individual names themselves. Their examples were Ashtin and Tristyn, and if I had to guess I don't think they'd object as strongly or at all to Ashton or Tristan. But that's just my read of their comment.
I think this person would prefer the names like Tristan and Tristyn to all be grouped together under 1 Tristan instead of being separate because it is just an alternative spelling just to be different.
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#39I was just thinking about this the other night... my waitress's name was Leslie and I remember hearing that it had been predominantly a male name. Maybe that's not accurate, I didn't see it in the list. Regardless, it's interesting (but not surprising, really) to me that shifting masculine to feminine is way more common than vice versa. I wonder how universal that is across cultures.
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#40I was just thinking about this the other night... my waitress's name was Leslie and I remember hearing that it had been predominantly a male name. Maybe that's not accurate, I didn't see it in the list. Regardless, it's interesting (but not surprising, really) to me that shifting masculine to feminine is way more common than vice versa. I wonder how universal that is across cultures.
Oh yeah, Leslie Lamport!