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What is the most universal name? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ofc Mohammed is the most common name but thats a name common within the muslim community. I have noticed the name Sarah in every country, regardless of race or religion. Or it might be an abrahamic religion thing but thats most of the world atleast.

I suspect other Abrahamic names might make the cut.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know the answer, but at least this gives us some way to actually count this:

check which languages encompass 90% (or more) of the native speakers of Earth
check the most names that fit 90% (or more) of the native speakers of each language
sum up names across languages that you deemed to be "the same", like John and Yuhanna

There'll be a tiny bit of error there, but given that you're focusing only on the most common name, I guess that it's fine.

I wonder if there's some previous research on that. Digging further yielded nothing for me. (You got me curious, too.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah that sounds like a very reasonable approach. Ofc I'm not gonna do it lol.