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Name update #112
Another batch of names has been added to the database...https://www.behindthename.com/update/112 (given names)
https://surnames.behindthename.com/update/112 (surnames)
https://places.behindthename.com/update/112 (place names)This update includes:
- revisions and additions to the Igbo, Yoruba and Swahili names
- revisions and additions to Indigenous American names
- added names from the user-submitted database that occurred most often on user's personal names listsI was unable to verify the usage and meaning of these names so they were removed:
- Mchumba was listed as a Swahili name meaning "sweetheart"
- Sanaa(2) was listed as a Swahili name meaning "artwork"
- Saqui was listed as a Mapuche name meaning "favourite"
- Tendaji was listed as a Swahili name meaning "makes things happen"
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ty for adding the names.
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I'm really glad Patrocinia was added. I like the name :)
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OMG! Onyinyechi was added! I feel proud.
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Ohhh that's great! Thank you so much!
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For those curious, these were the user-submitted names found most often on users' PNLs, with the number of occurrences in brackets.Vesper (183)
Reverie (109)
Wilder (106)
Elora (100)
Onyx (100)
Snow (100)
Astoria (95)
Blue (89)
Salem (88)
Soren (87)
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Elora is added? Nice! (: Thank you!
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Hi !!!Great update !!!
A lot of work!
Thank you Mike C and this wonderful website. About these new names and their popularity among our PNLs... I have an half of them in mine. Lovely names.

This message was edited 4/6/2022, 3:01 PM

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Thanks! Also thank you and Frollein Gladys for cleaning up the submitted database after the fact.
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I want to thank you again for this update!

This message was edited 4/9/2022, 11:42 PM

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