[jwarren]

This is a very tangible problem, and a very solvable one when the right considerations are applied. Good on you for bringing it up. Personal expression, especially at a level as simple as a name, shouldn't be limited by bad software design. Sadly, many designers (possibly including myself!) have native-English bias, and don't cater wholeheartedly to names and characters which are unusual in the US and UK.

Unusually, I do feel the need to disagree with the inference that this is evidence of a gender bias in the tech industry. While our industry clearly has a massive gender bias (towards men, obv) and I feel strongly that it's something that needs to be highlighted frequently, I don't think that false positives are beneficial. I think this is a gender-neutral problem, and I think the gender talk is confusing and distracting to the very real problem of Western-centric design and development.