Naming in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 09/12/2018

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Naming in the United States


00:00:27 1 Naming laws
00:01:53 1.1 Names with accents and/or non-English letters
00:03:43 1.1.1 Situation in other countries
00:04:54 1.1.1.1 Transcription of names
00:05:42 1.2 Names with symbols and capital letters in the middle
00:06:38 2 African-American names
00:08:50 3 Surname names
00:10:10 4 Names inspired by popular culture
00:12:58 5 Religion
00:13:49 6 Gender
00:15:17 7 Other factors
00:17:46 8 Trends
00:20:22 9 See also



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The United States has very few laws governing given names. This freedom has given rise to a wide variety of names and naming trends. Naming traditions play a role in the cohesion and communication within American cultures. Cultural diversity in the U.S. has led to great variations in names and naming traditions and names have been used to express creativity, personality, cultural identity, and values.