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Tuesday 22 January 2019

Linguistic Archaeology: Roman Names


Here is a bunch of Roman names...

Length of name
Sex    3        %     4        %      5       %      6       %      7       %     8        %     9       %    10     %
M       0/25  0%  1/25  4%    5/25 20% 8/25 32% 7/25 28% 3/25 12% 0/25 0% 0/25 0%
F        1/25  4%   5/25 20%  4/25 16% 3/25 12% 5/25 20% 4/25 16% 2/25 8% 1/25 4%



Popularity of use
Vowels
Sex   A        %       E         %        I          %         O         %       U         %
M     13/25 52%  7/25   28%   11/25 44%    5/25   20%   20/25 80%
F       22/25 88% 11/25 44%   13/25 52%    8/25   32%   6/25   24%

Consonants
Sex B        %       C       %        D        %       F        %        G        %
M    1/25  4%     3/25 12%   2/25  8%     1/25 4%       0/25  0%
F     1/25  4%     6/25  24%  5/25  20%   2/25 8%       0/25  0%

Sex  H       %      J         %       K        %       L        %         M        %
M     0/25 0%    2/25   8%    0/25   0%    8/25  32%     6/25  24%
F      2/25 8%    2/25   8%    0/25   0%    9/25  36%     2/25   8%

Sex  N         %      P         %      Q         %       R        %         S          %
M     12/25 48% 5/25   20%  1/25   4%     8/25  32%    16/25  64%
F       11/25 44% 2/25   8%    0/25   0%    10/25 40%    6/25    24%

Sex  T          %      V         %       W        %       X         %        Y          %    Z       %
M     6/25   24% 4/25   16%   0/25   0%    1/25    4%     0/25    0%   0/25  0%
F      4/25   16% 7/25    28%   0/25   0%   1/25    4%     0/25     0%   0/25 0%



Name name occurance by Popularity
Female names
88% {A}
52% {I, a} Ai
44% {N, e, i, a} Anna, Anne
40% {R, n, e, i, a}
36% {L, r, n, e, i, a}
32% {O, l, r, n, e, i, a} Nona,
28% {V, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Lavinia,
24% {U, c, s, v, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Sean, Connor, Aurora, Venus, Silvia, Salacia,
20% {D, u, c, s, v, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Cardea, Larunda, Concordia, Diana, Dido,
16% {T, u, c, s, v, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Victoria, Vesta, Lucretia,
8% {F, h, j, m, p, t, u, c, s, v, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Proserpina, Maia, Juventas, Hersilia, Flora, Felicitas, Juno, Rhea, Minerva,
4% {B, x, f, h, j, m, p, t, u, c, s, v, o, l, r, n, e, i, a} Bellona, Pax,

Male names
80% {U}
64% {S, u} Su (PIE: Swine)
52% {A, s, u}
48% {N, a, s, u} Anna, Ansu (PIE: Demon(An: old woman/Ancestor, Su: Swine))
44% {I, n, a, s, u}
32% {L, r, i, n, a, s, u} Aries,
28% {E, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Sean, Aeneas,
24% {M, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Amulius, Saturn, Remus, Tatius, Summanus, Mars, Italus,
20% {O, p, m, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Otar, Romulus, Pluto, Numitor, Neptune,
16% {V, o, p, m, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Silvius, Silvanus,
12% {C, v, o, p, m, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Connor, Consus, Vulcan,
8% {D, j, c, v, o, p, m, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Janus, Jupiter, Evander, Cupid,
4% {F, b, q, x, d, j, c, v, o, p, m, t, e, l, r, i, n, a, s, u} Alexander, Quirinus, Pollux, Liber, Faunus



So these are roman gods names and the popularity of these gods based on alphabet is at an all time 32% amongst men and women. We can see that Sean would be a common and popular (28%) male god name just by random chance. That it wasnt is determined by other factors. Julius Caesar is by comparison 8%. Is it any wonder he got stabbed by his fellows? Maximus by comparison scores 4%... and you wonder why Russel Crowe's character got poisoned at the end. For the love of god, name your Son Susan... and let him be popular with the masses at 48%. Its fascinating that 'P', which is exclusivly a male only letter amongst Australian Aboriginal names, is shared by Women and men amongst Romans.
You might wonder who Su and Ai were... in Sumerian Apsu is a being who begat the earth and heavens... only *Su remains to begat the core of the Roman Male Language. The other looks like Gaia the greek goddess of earth from whom we get *Ai* or *ia. The origin of Roman is suddenly a Sumerian-Greek marriage between the earth mother and the waters from deep within the earth (personified by springs and aquifers).

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