Hidden Rule

Baby Name Games
892

[name_m]Dmitri[/name_m] is not valid

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: Anya[name_f][/name_f], Anja
[name_f][/name_f]Not valid: Beatrice[name_f][/name_f], Amity[name_f][/name_f], Nancy[name_f][/name_f], William[name_f][/name_f], Anneliese[name_f][/name_f], Beau[name_f][/name_f], Amy[name_f][/name_f], Hartleigh[name_f][/name_f], George[name_f][/name_f], Anatole[name_f][/name_f], Hannah[name_f][/name_f], Anastasia[name_f][/name_f], Yara[name_f][/name_f], Kitty[name_f][/name_f], Annie[name_f][/name_f], [name_m]Dmitri[/name_m]

893

[name_f]Tania[/name_f]?

[name_f][/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]

if [name_f]Anya[/name_f] and [name_f]Anja[/name_f] are valid, maybe [name_f]Tania[/name_f]?

[name_f][/name_f]
894

Yes, [name_f]Tania[/name_f] is valid!

[name_f][/name_f]

I will give a hint that the rule is not related to name origins [name_f][/name_f]- it just happens that names of certain origins are more likely to fit the rule.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: Anya[name_f][/name_f], [name_f]Anja[/name_f], [name_f]Tania[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]Not valid: Beatrice[name_f][/name_f], Amity[name_f][/name_f], Nancy[name_f][/name_f], William[name_f][/name_f], Anneliese[name_f][/name_f], Beau[name_f][/name_f], Amy[name_f][/name_f], Hartleigh[name_f][/name_f], George[name_f][/name_f], Anatole[name_f][/name_f], Hannah[name_f][/name_f], Anastasia[name_f][/name_f], Yara[name_f][/name_f], Kitty[name_f][/name_f], Annie[name_f][/name_f], Dmitri

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895

[name_f]Ronja[/name_f]?

896

[name_f]Ronja[/name_f] is not valid. But for a hint, similar name [name_m]Ron[/name_m] is.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: Anya[name_f][/name_f], Anja[name_f][/name_f], Tania[name_f][/name_f], [name_m]Ron[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Not valid: Beatrice[name_f][/name_f], Amity[name_f][/name_f], Nancy[name_f][/name_f], William[name_f][/name_f], Anneliese[name_f][/name_f], Beau[name_f][/name_f], Amy[name_f][/name_f], Hartleigh[name_f][/name_f], George[name_f][/name_f], Anatole[name_f][/name_f], Hannah[name_f][/name_f], Anastasia[name_f][/name_f], Yara[name_f][/name_f], Kitty[name_f][/name_f], Annie[name_f][/name_f], Dmitri

897

Does it have to do with them being nicknames?

[name_f][/name_f]

If not, how about [name_f]Aoife[/name_f]?

898
[name_f][/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]

Yes, but it’s slightly more specific than just nicknames!

[name_f][/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f]

That said, [name_f]Aoife[/name_f] is not valid.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: Anya[name_f][/name_f], Anja[name_f][/name_f], Tania[name_f][/name_f], Ron
[name_f][/name_f]Not valid: Beatrice[name_f][/name_f], Amity[name_f][/name_f], Nancy[name_f][/name_f], William[name_f][/name_f], Anneliese[name_f][/name_f], Beau[name_f][/name_f], Amy[name_f][/name_f], Hartleigh[name_f][/name_f], George[name_f][/name_f], Anatole[name_f][/name_f], Hannah[name_f][/name_f], Anastasia[name_f][/name_f], Yara[name_f][/name_f], Kitty[name_f][/name_f], Annie[name_f][/name_f], Dmitri[name_f][/name_f], [name_f]Aoife[/name_f]

899

Nicknames that don’t end in an “ee”-sound?

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900

Yes, you got it! Diminutives that don’t end in the ee sound.

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901

Great! [name_m]New[/name_m] rule ready to go!

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902

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]?

903

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] is not valid.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: [name_f][/name_f]-
[name_f][/name_f]Invalid: [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]

904

[name_f]Mar[/name_f]?

905

[name_m]Damian[/name_m]?

906

[name_m]Damian[/name_m] is valid, [name_f]Mar[/name_f] is not.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: [name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Invalid: [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Mar[/name_f]

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907

[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]?

908

[name_f]Heather[/name_f]?

909

[name_f]Gigi[/name_f]?

910

[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]?

911

[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_f]Gigi[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] are all invalid.

[name_f][/name_f]

Valid: Damian
[name_f][/name_f]Invalid: Phoebe[name_f][/name_f], Mar[name_f][/name_f], [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_f]Gigi[/name_f], [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]