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Nice idea but I question the correctness of the data. Looking at Arabic-English names, I see Damian, Daniel and Tobias! These are definitely not Arabic names,
by meitham 3y ago
Nice idea but I question the correctness of the data. Looking at Arabic-English names, I see Damian, Daniel and Tobias! These are definitely not Arabic names, but there has been a recent trend among Arabs living in Europe to take on European names, but that pretty much extends to every other English name! It doesn’t mean these have now become valid Arabic names.
- zymhan 3y agoI also checked for Arabic-English names, and my name is almost identical in both languages, but it's not on the list either. It's a cool concept, but I think it's needs more humans reviewing the data.
- tokai 3y agoDaniel and Tobias are semitic names popularized in europe by christianity. Damian is a greek name used in the Levant for thousands of years. They are at least as valid as Arabic names as English names, if not even more.
- meitham 3y agoArabic isn’t the only Semitic language, you also have Hebrew and Aramaic, and many extinct languages such as Akkadian. Not every Semitic name can be considered valid in Arabic, Nebuchadnezzar is an example.
- beAbU 3y agoDaniel is literally a book in the christian bible. The very same Daniel features in a few islam writings as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_in_Islam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_in_Islam
- meitham 3y agoIslam and Arabic largely overlap but not every Islamic name is valid in Arabic. Given Daniel has a shrine in Iran it might be a valid name in Farsi. There’re biblical names in Arabic but they sound very different in Arabic than in Europe, largely as European used the Hebrew version. Abraham in Arabic is Ibrahim, Moses is Musa, Jesus is I’sa…
- yosito 3y agoYeah, I tried English and Hungarian. Hungarian names traditionally come from a very short list, and are quite unique spellings. Almost 90% of the results were English names only and definitely not Hungarian. The remaining 10% might be considered Hungarian names, like Adam or Peter but in Hungarian spelling should be Ádám or Péter.
- Miiko 3y agoYeah, looking at English-Russian names for boys, there is no way for names like Brody and Orell being Russian!
- kubanczyk 3y agoWell, at least Brody and Orel (single l) are not meaningless in Russian.
- freddie_mercury 3y agoIt is also wrong for English-Vietnamese. There's really no way for Charlotte or Adele or Hunter to be Vietnamese.