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I E V A D S
introduction

The latvian names databank houses a compilation of unique names and associated calendar dates [namedays] gleaned from Latvian Nameday Calendars published between 1958 and 1989. Presently the databank includes 1153 unique names.

[137 names have two namedays; 2 names have 3 namedays]

Namedays are weaved from a history of religious traditions, ethnical folklore, and cultural geographies of changing times.

Latvian names are gender specific.

female
ending
# of
names
 
male
ending
# of
names
-a
519
-s
474
-e
138
-\s*
9
 
 
-o
12
 
 
-i
1
*Diacritical letters are distinguished by preceding the letter with a "\"

This databank includes
657 female and 496 male names.

Names link patterns of change to adopted customs, demographic trends, and social diversities.

The letter "A" is the most popular first letter for names.
 
Names do not begin with the letters
\C \K \L \O or \R     (\C  \K  \L  \O  \R)
 
The longest name has 11 letters.
 
The shortest names have 3 letters.
 
Nine of the 12 apostles have namedays.
 

This databank is a work in progress whose initiative addresses educational issues in language, culture and tradition on an international scale.

Names are persons, places, and things.
They are letters and sounds.
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