Name Hardness Rating
Name hardness rating
This is a rating based on how hard or soft the sounds in the name are.
Rankings
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
Add up all the sounds in a name, and divide by the number of sounds in the name.
Examples:
Noah
N(3)+O(1)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67
Emma
Short E(1)+M(3)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67
Patrick
P(10)+Short A(2)+T(8)+R(4)+Short I(1)+K(8) = 35/6 = 5.83
Michael =
M(3)+I(1)+K(8)+uh sound(1)+L(2) = 15/5 = 3
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 is a rating based on how hard or soft the sounds in the name are.
Rankings
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
Add up all the sounds in a name, and divide by the number of sounds in the name.
Examples:
Noah
N(3)+O(1)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67
Emma
Short E(1)+M(3)+"uh" sound(1) = 5/3 = 1.67
Patrick
P(10)+Short A(2)+T(8)+R(4)+Short I(1)+K(8) = 35/6 = 5.83
Michael =
M(3)+I(1)+K(8)+uh sound(1)+L(2) = 15/5 = 3
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
Replies
Alice =
Short A(2) + L(2) + I(1) + S(3) = 8/4 = 2
Karuli =
K(8) + short A(2) + R(4) + U(1) + L(2) + I(1) = 18/6 = 3
Christopher =
Hard C(8) + R(4) + I(1) + S(3) + T(8) + O(1) + F(3) + E(1) + R(4) = 33/9 = 3.67
Peter =
P(8) + E(1) + T(8) + E(1) + R(4) = 22/5 = 4.4
Short A(2) + L(2) + I(1) + S(3) = 8/4 = 2
Karuli =
K(8) + short A(2) + R(4) + U(1) + L(2) + I(1) = 18/6 = 3
Christopher =
Hard C(8) + R(4) + I(1) + S(3) + T(8) + O(1) + F(3) + E(1) + R(4) = 33/9 = 3.67
Peter =
P(8) + E(1) + T(8) + E(1) + R(4) = 22/5 = 4.4
Pandora = Hard Name (4.1)
P(10) + short A(2) + N(3) + D(8?) + O(1) + R(4) + uh (1)
Demelza = Average Name (2.7)
D(8?) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + L(2) + Z(3?) + uh (1)
Marigold = Hard Name (3.8)
M(3) + short A(2) + R(4) + I(1) + G(10) + O(1) + L(2) + D (8?)
Lyra = Soft Name (2.3)
L(2) + Y(2) + R(4) + uh (1)
Georgiana = Average Name (2.6)
G(6) + E(1) + O(1) + R(4) + G(6) + I(1) + A(1) + N(3) + uh (1)
Caspian = Hard Name (3.7)
C(8) + A(2) + S(3) + P(8) + I(1) + uh (1) + N(3)
Phoenix = Average Name (3.2)
Ph(3) + OE (1) + N(3) + I(1) + X(8)
Ptolemy = Average Name (2.8)
Pt(8) + O(1) + L(2) + E(1) + M(3) + Y(2)
Horatio = Soft Name (2.3)
H(4) + O(1) + R(4) + A(1) + TI(3) + O(1)
Nikolai = Average Name (2.7)
N(3) + I(1) + K(8) + O(1) + L(2) + AI(1)
P(10) + short A(2) + N(3) + D(8?) + O(1) + R(4) + uh (1)
Demelza = Average Name (2.7)
D(8?) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) + L(2) + Z(3?) + uh (1)
Marigold = Hard Name (3.8)
M(3) + short A(2) + R(4) + I(1) + G(10) + O(1) + L(2) + D (8?)
Lyra = Soft Name (2.3)
L(2) + Y(2) + R(4) + uh (1)
Georgiana = Average Name (2.6)
G(6) + E(1) + O(1) + R(4) + G(6) + I(1) + A(1) + N(3) + uh (1)
Caspian = Hard Name (3.7)
C(8) + A(2) + S(3) + P(8) + I(1) + uh (1) + N(3)
Phoenix = Average Name (3.2)
Ph(3) + OE (1) + N(3) + I(1) + X(8)
Ptolemy = Average Name (2.8)
Pt(8) + O(1) + L(2) + E(1) + M(3) + Y(2)
Horatio = Soft Name (2.3)
H(4) + O(1) + R(4) + A(1) + TI(3) + O(1)
Nikolai = Average Name (2.7)
N(3) + I(1) + K(8) + O(1) + L(2) + AI(1)
This message was edited 2/5/2016, 1:55 PM
Oh my gosh! How mathematical and great!
Dashiell
D(pretty close to T, so 8) + a(2) + Sh(3) + schwa(1) + L(2) / 5 = 3.2
Ivy
I(1) + v(4) + ee(1) / 3 = 2
Mallory
M(3) + a(2) + L(2) + schwa(1) + R(4) + ee(1) / 6 = 2.1666...
and my name, Maria
M(3) + schwa(1) + R(4) + ee(1) + schwa(1) / 5 = 2
So neat!
Dashiell
D(pretty close to T, so 8) + a(2) + Sh(3) + schwa(1) + L(2) / 5 = 3.2
Ivy
I(1) + v(4) + ee(1) / 3 = 2
Mallory
M(3) + a(2) + L(2) + schwa(1) + R(4) + ee(1) / 6 = 2.1666...
and my name, Maria
M(3) + schwa(1) + R(4) + ee(1) + schwa(1) / 5 = 2
So neat!
Nt
This message was edited 6/29/2016, 12:03 PM