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  2. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).

  3. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    Social name suffixes are far more frequently applied to men than to women. [5] A child with a name that varies from a parent's name in middle name only may also be informally known as Jr. (e.g. Francis Wayne Sinatra, son of Francis Albert Sinatra), and his father may be known informally as Sr. (e.g., Paul John Teutul and his son, Paul Michael ...

  4. Jayden - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, it was the 35th most popular name given to boys in Canada. [6] The name's and variants' sudden rise in U.S. usage comes from many places: J names have been historically liked by Americans, and the popularity of two-syllable names ending in n has increased, as has the frequency of distinctive names. [7]

  5. These baby names will be trendy in 2025, an expert predicts - AOL

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    In 2025, popular baby names will include old-fashioned nicknames and Hawaiian-inspired names for boys and girls, expert Laura Wattenberg says.

  6. BabyCenter releases the most popular baby names for ... - AOL

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    The top seven names for boys in 2024 were exactly the same as last year, while the bottom three shifted with Ezra rising a spot to No. 8, Asher rising two spots to No. 9, Leo falling two spots to ...

  7. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë). Since the names are found most commonly in Malsi e Madhe (North) and Labëri (South ...

  8. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...

  9. Shawn (given name) - Wikipedia

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    The name Shawn was widely used by the 1940s for children born in the United States. Along with spelling variants Sean and Shaun, the name was among the top 1,000 names for American boys by 1950 and, with all spellings combined, was a top 10 name for American boys in 1971. The popularity of actor Sean Connery increased use of