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While this website seems great in theory, finding English-Hindi or English-Bangla names is a lost cause (especially masculine). I'm not sure how it "finds" the

While this website seems great in theory, finding English-Hindi or English-Bangla names is a lost cause (especially masculine). I'm not sure how it "finds" the results but the names appear to be of either language and not "common" to both.

petre 3y ago
It attempts to solve a naming problem using a dataset and algorithms, failing miserably. "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."
- constantly 3y ago
  The key is to use descriptive names. I’m naming my child conceived_january_22_on_a_snowy_day_after_too_much_wine.
- lucb1e 3y ago
  "using a dataset and algorithms" is a lot of fancy words for ctrl+f At least, I have no indication that it does more than just find which items in list A also occur in list B. This text on the results page also hints at that: "All of the suggested [language_A]-[language_B] names on this page are matched solely on their written form"
nicoburns 3y ago
You might at least be able to find a name that is easily pronounced in both languages. For example I have a friend called Pavit, which is not an english name. But is nevertheless easy for english people to say.
- OJFord 3y ago
  Not if they're reading it on their own though? I'm English but learning Hindi, so I know to pronounce it 'puh-vit' as it were, but 'naturally' (or however many years since I started learning ago) I would read/say it like पैवित almost, you know, short English 'a'.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  Wonder how many people first try “pave it”, since a vowel consonant vowel frequently means the first vowel is pronounced as the way the letter sounds.
  - thaumasiotes 3y ago
    The word is obviously foreign, so a lot of people wouldn't even consider applying that style of pronunciation. The standard way to pronounce "a" in foreign words is as in "father". But this one makes me curious; Hindi is like English in that a written "a" is often pronounced reduced. (Compare the traditional spelling suttee to the "reformed" spelling sati, which more closely reflects the Devanagari spelling, or the spelling of the English word "jungle" to the Hindi word of the same pronunciation, jangal.) So it's possible that a highly nativized pronunciation of "Pavit", if stressed on the second syllable, might be correct!

petre 3y ago

It attempts to solve a naming problem using a dataset and algorithms, failing miserably. "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."

constantly 3y ago
The key is to use descriptive names. I’m naming my child conceived_january_22_on_a_snowy_day_after_too_much_wine.
lucb1e 3y ago
"using a dataset and algorithms" is a lot of fancy words for ctrl+f At least, I have no indication that it does more than just find which items in list A also occur in list B. This text on the results page also hints at that: "All of the suggested [language_A]-[language_B] names on this page are matched solely on their written form"

nicoburns 3y ago

You might at least be able to find a name that is easily pronounced in both languages. For example I have a friend called Pavit, which is not an english name. But is nevertheless easy for english people to say.

OJFord 3y ago
Not if they're reading it on their own though? I'm English but learning Hindi, so I know to pronounce it 'puh-vit' as it were, but 'naturally' (or however many years since I started learning ago) I would read/say it like पैवित almost, you know, short English 'a'.
lotsofpulp 3y ago
Wonder how many people first try “pave it”, since a vowel consonant vowel frequently means the first vowel is pronounced as the way the letter sounds.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago
  The word is obviously foreign, so a lot of people wouldn't even consider applying that style of pronunciation. The standard way to pronounce "a" in foreign words is as in "father". But this one makes me curious; Hindi is like English in that a written "a" is often pronounced reduced. (Compare the traditional spelling suttee to the "reformed" spelling sati, which more closely reflects the Devanagari spelling, or the spelling of the English word "jungle" to the Hindi word of the same pronunciation, jangal.) So it's possible that a highly nativized pronunciation of "Pavit", if stressed on the second syllable, might be correct!