Names
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Top 1000 US first names over time INTERACTIVE: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager
surname geographical distribution INTERACTIVE: http://www.worldnames.publicprofiler.org
Dolphins using names: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060508_dolphins.html
Mental Floss VIDEO: things you didn’t know had names: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJQyj8dSCg
US ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child:
http://www.unicefusa.org/campaigns/public-policy-advocacy/the-convention-on-the-rights.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_ratification_of_the_Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child
Freakonomics “How Much Does Your Name Matter?”: http://freakonomics.com/2013/04/08/how-much-does-your-name-matter-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/
Story of two children named “Winner” and “Loser”: http://www.sahio.com/the-story-of-two-brothers-named-winner-and-loser/
auto-antonyms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
Most common surnames: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames
LONGEST NAME: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe+585,_Senior
Adolf Hitler Campbell: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/adolf-hitler-campbell-custody-battle-nazi-names-new-jersey_n_1561046.html
endonym vs. exonym: http://mentalfloss.com/article/30810/why-are-there-different-names-same-country
name laws:
http://nation.time.com/2013/08/12/from-messiah-to-hitler-what-you-can-and-cannot-name-your-child/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/25034/8-countries-fascinating-baby-naming-laws
Dads_Secret tweet: https://twitter.com/Dads_Secret/status/340242560503128064
Legally mononymous people: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legally_mononymous_people
Name-letter Effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name%E2%80%93letter_effect
Quirkology: http://www.quirkology.com/UK/
Quirology on names: http://www.quirkology.com/UK/Experiment_surname.shtml
US State denonyms: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-7.pdf
New Zealand name laws: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/02/new-zealand-reveals-a-list-of-banned-baby-names-4real-was-one-of-them/
“hierarchy of disagreement”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Graham_(computer_programmer)
@SuperPerry1000
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
The US refusing to ratify that article is wild. Imagine denying something so basic to human identity because it stopped you from killing people.
@cakesandconverse
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
did michael just foreshadow colleen hoover and colleen ballinger??
@YourAashique
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
"What's in the name!" – Shakespeare.
@PieroPuntel.
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
7:24
@Alexander_Snow
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
0:02 “He who is like God” in Hebrew.
MICHAEL IS GOD!
@AlbertSantisteve-Davies
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
can you create a language called jordanrjulian please
@Jetway-Yefan
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
2:17 add Kanye to that list
@OllieOrt
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
I’m from NJ and I’m half Jewish
@ilovedurians02
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
amazing
@tibongbarako
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
the philippines have some of the most notorious ppl for naming their kids. saw a kid named Twix Abcde 2 weeks ago.
@lubomirkubasdQw4w9WgXcQ
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
3:35 what if the numbers are said in their word format?
@victorpoopaa23
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
6:00 name starts with V and I am very succesful 🤑
@vicenzovinatu5863
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
wait till bro find out how elon musk called his son
@MrAwesomeone
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
6:40 that's because male friends will give you endless amounts of shit if your initials are something like BJ (trust me) whereas i don't think women would care
@MrAwesomeone
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Oversight is my favorite autoacronym: "the lack of proper oversight was a tremendous oversight"
@randomnonsense6333
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
2:08 The first 26 names of his are in alphabetical order
@jared_deraj
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
I remember watching this when it came out 10 years ago. The example for how "off" can have opposite meanings is something I never forgot
@flofloflofloflor
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Number 16: BUS SHELTER (burger king foot lettuce voice)
@GokcenGencer
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Humans give each other names. Or do they?
@HimalayaAhuja
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Impractical jokers 🤣🤣 LMAO
@flicker124
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Key takeaway from this video:
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation and as such, could never directly produce the 4000 Newtons of force per square centimetre required to break bones." – Michael Stevens
@superpandagamer2297
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
"oh come hear my little sex fruit"
@F.M.D.Blumenschreck
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Hey Vsauce. Flo here.
I simply had to translate and tell the Story of the surname of Adolph Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger, because someone simply had to do it.
It´s not regular german language, but something, quite similar, we call "simple german language". For example, when elderly people with migration background have to learn german for daily business , but the "absolut correct" Kraut-pronouncing is to complicaded. And this is mixed up with… some… I think… "old german language", maybe dialects(?).
I apologize, my english writing skills are not the best, but I had to try it (Sometimes I had to interpret for a better sentence structure…. and it will still be Wortsalat HAHAHA!!!)
So, here comes the story, it starts after the 26th name "Zeus":
Wol(v/)f(es)….Wulfs! (of) stone mace/club, ("Schlegel" is not a weapon but a tool like a Mortar and "Pestel")
House(s) (on the) mountain(s),
A village of the elders,
The villagers were meticulous shepherds, which very well teated their sheep, and carefuly protect them from attacks from their (prey)greedy predator enemies,
which appeared 12.000 years before the first earth-Human started a Starship, as his Origin of Might,
Its long Journey (to) between the stars (Star-like space), in search of the star, which has habitable planets orbit around it, and where the new-race, that has understand humanity, can reproduce,
And can enjoy the joy of Life, a lifetime long, and calmness/Peaceful, without any fear of attacks from other intelligent creatures/beings, from there between the star-like space ( , Senior).
Boa ey! This wasn´t as easy as i expected!!! This dashes were a little bit out of place (no front! ^^ HAHAHA), so I had to read the unrefined name again, again and again, it took 3 1/2 hours XDXDXD
I hope you like it! <3
I love you Vsauce!
Hiermit bleibt mir nicht mehr viel zu sagen außer, dass ihr alle die Besten seid, ich hoffe ihr erfreut euch bester Gesundheit und habt ein wundervoll fröhliches Leben!!!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Flo
@cottoncandyairbender
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
China, Tornado, Hurricane, and Drink water. All real names I’ve seen. Stupid parent
@lavenderphoebe
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Imagine spelling your last name as Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffvoralternwarengewissenhaftschaferswessen – i’m not typing all that.
@Gojo_pokemon
October 20, 2024 at 9:24 pm
Vsauce just makes questions that no one would do but Vsauce would thanks Vsauce