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Help[Facts] PSA: Not all names are in English
I'm sick and tired of comments on foreign name saying dumb stuff like "This name has the word poop in it, never name your child this" or "This is such a dumb spelling use the proper spelling instead". It annoys me so much! The world doesn't revolve around the US! Other languages exist! I feel so bad for foreign users of this website hearing people roast a name in their language just because it sounds like the N-word or something. "Niga" is a very common name in some countries but if you look at the comments a bunch of people just think everyone on Earth is American and cracks jokes about it saying "mY gRaNdPa LoVeS tHiS nAmE". Shut up, get educated, and don't hate on nice names.
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The majority of regular users on this website are from English-speaking countries, so that's probably why there tends to be a bias towards anglophone opinions. Obviously people from countries that speak other languages might have different opinions on names. The pervasiveness of the English language as an international language is also a reason for it, since English is spoken as a second language all over the world.
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https://www.behindthename.com/rating/bias.php - in ratings sections it has this "Name ratings are contributed by visitors to this website. Since this website is presented in only English, it is unsurprising that the majority of visitors are from English-speaking countries. Countries with many second-language English speakers are also well represented.
Comparing the ratings between names, it is possible to see that those from some categories (which may be languages or cultures) may be rated significantly higher or lower than average. Some of the negatively-rated categories are languages or cultures which are likely unfamiliar to the typical English-speaker. In other cases, negative ratings have been given to names associated with traditionally disadvantaged groups. This exposes an unfortunate linguistic, racial or socioeconomic bias to these ratings."
It is also true for comments.
Comparing the ratings between names, it is possible to see that those from some categories (which may be languages or cultures) may be rated significantly higher or lower than average. Some of the negatively-rated categories are languages or cultures which are likely unfamiliar to the typical English-speaker. In other cases, negative ratings have been given to names associated with traditionally disadvantaged groups. This exposes an unfortunate linguistic, racial or socioeconomic bias to these ratings."
It is also true for comments.
This message was edited 6/1/2025, 7:39 AM
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I checked many of the languages, and Japanese names tend to have among the highest ratings, while Javanese names have among the lowest. African-American names also have very low ratings.
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