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Name hardness rating

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This is a rating based on how hard or soft the sounds in the name are.

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Rankings

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1 - All vowel sounds except listed below
2 - W, Y, L, short A(rat), short u(up)
3 - S, Sh, Zh as in measure, F, M, N
4 - V, H, TH(both types), R
6 - J, CH as in Church, TS
8 - K/Hard C, T, P, D
10 - Hard G, P, B
12 - German CH as in Bach
15 - Arabic Guttural sounds

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Add up all the sounds in a name, and divide by the number of sounds in the name.

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Examples:

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Noah
N(3)+O(1)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67

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Emma
Short E(1)+M(3)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67

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Patrick
P(10)+Short A(2)+T(8)+R(4)+Short I(1)+K(8) = 35/6 = 5.83

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Michael =
M(3)+I(1)+K(8)+uh sound(1)+L(2) = 15/5 = 3

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Very Soft Name 1.00
Soft Name 1.5-2.0
Average Name 3.0-3.5
Hard Name 4.0
Very Hard Name 5.5+

This message was edited 2/5/2016, 5:02 PM