Name update #113
A large batch of new names has been added to the site. This update includes...- suggestions by the users of these message boards. Over 40 people nominated up to 500 names each! Clearly I could not get to them all, but the bulk of the new additions are from these suggestions.
- substantial corrections and additions to the Germanic names, plus better spellings for the Germanic name elements, more citations, and some proto forms.
- substantial corrections to the Old Persian namesDetails:https://www.behindthename.com/update/113 (given names)
https://surnames.behindthename.com/update/113 (surnames)
https://places.behindthename.com/update/113 (place names)

This message was edited 12/8/2022, 1:50 AM

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Long-time lurker here, just made an account to say what an update this is! Really appreciate your efforts.One small error that caught my eye were the six Germanic names beginning with Segi- and Welja-; it is believed that Early Proto-Germanic short E, when followed by I or J in the next syllable, would become I in Late Proto-Germanic, yielding the usually-reconstructed Sigi- and Wilja- spellings.It's a bit of a nitpick, but I've been doing quite a lot of reading on Proto-Germanic lately and my name's William, so Welja-/Wiljahelmaz was the first place my eyes went! XDEdit: Forgive me if this is the wrong place to mention this! I'm still very new here.

This message was edited 2/25/2023, 12:20 AM

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Thank you, I saw the corrections you submitted and will look into the best spellings of these proto-names for the next update.
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Thank you for updating German names. :]
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Thank you for the update!!!

This message was edited 1/1/2023, 11:21 AM

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So cool!
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Cool! Thanks for the update!
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WOW! I'm very impressed! Thank you!
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You're the best! :)thanks!!!
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So cool, thank you!
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I can’t filter names by meaning anymore when including ancestral names… really missing the option. Am I the only one with this issue? Could it have anything to do with the update? Thanks for your hard work and adding all those lovely names though!
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It was indeed broken when I updated. It should be working again now. Thanks for letting me know.And thank you everyone else too for the kind words!
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Thank you for getting it working again! And thank you for this amazing website!
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Thank you for your dedication & tireless work.
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Thank you so much. This is been my favorite site since forever! I'm glad to see you keep improving it.
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hooray! this is great !!!
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Thanks for all the hard work Mike! Appreciate greatly! Keep up the good work.
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Thats a lot of names you've add for this huge Update. I'm very impressed for your hard and long work Mike.Thank you so much, that you've adding lots of Japanese names for this Update. It's nice too see some popular Edo/Meiji/Taisho/Showa-period names and Male names with -o endings on this new Update. I'm looking forward to the new added names.Stay heathly and don't stress yourself! :)
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I've been waiting for this for so long! Thank you so much, Mike! ^^
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Impressive update! Thank you for your hard work
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Love this website
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Thank you so much. I've been eagerly awaiting a new name-update post for a while. I already see there's a good batch of new names to go through, and I look forward to it. So, yay! :)
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Thank you for the update, Mike! I look forward to look through these names.
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Thank you for adding: Adler, Finnick (honestly didn't think that one would make the cut) Irek,
Aaralyn (super happy about that one.) Adaiah, Elara, Maera, & Naya. (Yes, finally!) 🙂 Also Toshirō

This message was edited 12/8/2022, 5:09 AM

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Wooo! We got Amphelise!
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oh this is a wonderful update, thank you!
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Thank you! Much appreciated; you've earned a Christmas break (which no doubt you won't take, but you deserve it anyway)!
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I hope you will add the pronunciation of Cajetan
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Wow, you worked so hard Mike! I appreciate this update, I've been looking forward for this update for quite a long time, lol.
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You accidentally linked the wrong updated names. But anyway, I'm honoured that Mardochaios is on the main name database. Thank you very much for all the work you do, Mike.
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Fixed, thanks for the heads up!
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