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Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by friendlyHornet »

Hamuko wrote: post #55
EdwardDiego wrote: post #40

Interesting to see Prince, Princess and Queen on there. In NZ, you're not allowed to use a title as a first name. No Prince, no calling your kid Sir, or Dame or Lady, and no calling your kid Justice. But as it's only real titles, you go right ahead with Khaleesi.

In Finland, the authorities probably would strike down a good chunk of this list down due to the naming laws. There was actually a case where the authorities rejected the name "Lucifer" for a person due to its negative affiliations with Satan. It was taken to administrative court and Lucifer won.

Hail Lucifer! \m/

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by EdwardDiego »

recuter wrote: post #58
EdwardDiego wrote: post #40

Interesting to see Prince, Princess and Queen on there. In NZ, you're not allowed to use a title as a first name. No Prince, no calling your kid Sir, or Dame or Lady, and no calling your kid Justice. But as it's only real titles, you go right ahead with Khaleesi.

Lese-majeste in kiwi land in the year of our lord 2023. Most peculiar. Can I at least name my tui lady and my hamster justice?

It's more about preventing confidence scams ;)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/124107862/no-wa...

And I'm hoping your tūī is only staying with you as you rehabilitate it after an injury :)

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

Hamuko wrote: post #55
EdwardDiego wrote: post #40

Interesting to see Prince, Princess and Queen on there. In NZ, you're not allowed to use a title as a first name. No Prince, no calling your kid Sir, or Dame or Lady, and no calling your kid Justice. But as it's only real titles, you go right ahead with Khaleesi.

In Finland, the authorities probably would strike down a good chunk of this list down due to the naming laws. There was actually a case where the authorities rejected the name "Lucifer" for a person due to its negative affiliations with Satan. It was taken to administrative court and Lucifer won.

I feel sorry for the guy whose name was Jihad, but when he moved to Sweden (seeking asylum I think?) his name got misspelled on the paperwork as Jehad. He wasn't allowed to fix it later because “it might cause suffering to the person bearing the name”.

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by recuter »

EdwardDiego wrote: post #62
recuter wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lese-majeste in kiwi land in the year of our lord 2023. Most peculiar. Can I at least name my tui lady and my hamster justice?

It's more about preventing confidence scams ;) https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/124107862/no-wa... And I'm hoping your tūī is only staying with you as you rehabilitate it after an injury :)

Interesting article but they do offer up some rather nonsensical "logic".

  “We’ll look at family history,” Montgomery said. “If someone else in the family has had a similar name that’s a key one. If their grandfather was called Prince before this law came into effect we’ll look at that and say, ‘Yes, that seems reasonable.’”

  The rule against offensive names – in the past, names like Anal and Satan have been refused in New Zealand – was to protect children. Overly long names or those that include non-letter symbols can create administrative headaches and be difficult to pronounce.

 The ban on titles and rank was about the risk those names could be used for fraudulent purposes or to mislead the public, Montgomery said.
Seems rather like bureaucracy gone mad.

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by aaron695 »

EdwardDiego wrote: post #40

Interesting to see Prince, Princess and Queen on there. In NZ, you're not allowed to use a title as a first name. No Prince, no calling your kid Sir, or Dame or Lady, and no calling your kid Justice. But as it's only real titles, you go right ahead with Khaleesi.

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Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by Beltalowda »

jjtheblunt wrote: post #39
Turing_Machine wrote: post #15

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If your parents named you that, you should be allowed to sue them when you turn 18.

i think you could, at age 18, just change your name to Jack.

Unfortunately some countries don't allow you to change your name :-/ But in the US, yeah, it's fairly easy.

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by musasabi »

runlevel1 wrote: post #23

Funny how many names I'd assumed were common are, evidently, not popular at all anymore. For instance, I would have guessed Melissa (#372) and Brittany (#934) would have been at least in the top 100. They were probably just popular around my birth year and therefore I've been exposed to them a lot amongst my cohort.

The SSA doesn't group different spellings of the same name so it can cause unexpected results. Example: Sofia vs Sophia, or the numerous spellings of Ashley.

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by silisili »

shagie wrote: post #60
silisili wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! There used to even be a site that would predict your age by your first name, with scary (to the user) accuracy. Funny how names trend... edit: This might have been it, trying to find it within edit window https://randalolson.com/name-age-calculator/

One of the neat visulizations of the baby names is a "Bubbled" one from a number of years ago. Girls: https://youtu.be/qVh2Qw5KSFg Boys: https://youtu.be/WQv99sEPDsw The thing about this is that it shows that its not some other name becoming dominant, but rather that names are becoming more distinct - fewer children born with a certain given name each year. For example, 1997 (the last year of Michael being the most c…

I really like that namerology link. It's fun to put in names of aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc and see how accurate it is. Almost all of my aunts and uncles spiked in the 50s (Rich, Mark, Donna, to name a few), which is when they were born.
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