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Why don't given names vary more per region? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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like town names are very unique; you probably couldn't find the same 2 towns next to each other very often

but mark steve chris hannah claire laura etc are all very common across the anglosphere

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (11 children)

I live within 45 minutes of two towns named Troy and two towns named O’Fallon. There are probably more with same names but off the top of my head there are 2 pairs I could think of in 5 seconds of thought.

Names aren’t that unique, we refuse them a lot because we lean towards what is familiar

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

MO/IL? That sounds St. Louis adjacent lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yep St Louis

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