Given names in 1948: Korean naming after liberation
Given names shows why a name survives in 1948 under “Korean naming after liberation.” The figure beside that is 1948. Do not write a baby-name score as if it were a statute. Separate the name you register from the name you call. Many children in a parish answered to the same few given names, then distinguished by bynames.
Is a given name always the first name? No. In much of East Asia the family name is written first. “Given” means bestowed, not left-to-right order. Where can I see how common a given name is? SSA (U.S. from 1880), ONS (England and Wales) and Statistics Korea publish counts. Always keep the year on the citation.
They can be used as signals. Bertrand and Mullainathan showed U.S. employers treating forenames as racial cues on otherwise identical résumés. In Chinese practice a shared character marks a sibling or cousin cohort. Korean 돌림자 is a related kin design — description, not fortune-telling.
Yes. Iceland’s committee, German Namensrecht and Japan’s kanji lists all constrain what may be filed. Usually yes — additional given names. Some systems treat them as optional; others expect several. Did Mary really dominate U.S. girls’ lists? In SSA historical files, Mary was the most frequent U.S. girls’ name for much of 1880–1961 — a dated band, not a live #1 claim.
Say Given names with 1948, “Korean naming after liberation,” and 1948. Luck-stars are not those three.1948
Figures to keep
- Year of the rule
- 1948
- Figure on the name
- 1948
- Topic
- Given names
- Line in the record
- Korean naming after liberation
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