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by sampleinajar 2422 days ago
I wonder if you ignored spelling what the results would be? ex: kodi, codi, cody, etc. all grouped together.
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Not sure how helpful that data would be, considering you'd get groupings like Aaron/Erin, which are very gender-aligned names.
I know more males called Erin than females. It's a common Irish first name that has nothing to do with the name Aaron, it literally means Ireland.
The article is about the United States.
If you ignore spelling you also deal with heteronyms (same spelling, different pronunciation).

All the men I know named "Jan" pronounce it in the Germanic way (roughly Yahn), and the women I know pronounce it with a soft g.