Hacker News with Generative AI: Names

Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more (plover.com)
English has a pattern of common patronymic names. For example, "John Peters" and "John Peterson" are someone whose father was named "Peter". ("Peters" should be understood as "Peter's".) Similarly we have John Williams and John Williamson, John Roberts and John Robertson, John Richards and John Richardson, John James and John Jameson, John Johns and John Johnson, and so on.
Google Maps Will Rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US (theguardian.com)
Google has confirmed it will rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US, after an executive order from Donald Trump.
Show HN: I made a tool that generates your Chinese name based on your name (chname.dev)
Elon Musk changes his name to Kekius Maximus on X (bbc.com)
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has sparked speculation after changing his name on his social media platform X to "Kekius Maximus".
How to Pronounce Chinese Names a Little Better (jacko.io)
Mainland China uses the pinyin system to write Mandarin words and names with English letters.
A Bad Year for Catherines (techdirt.com)
Say That Again
Boy named after Star Wars character denied passport due t copyright infringement (nzherald.co.nz)
Fukuppy (wikipedia.org)
Fukuppy (フクッピー, fukuppī, pronounced [ɸɯ̥kɯꜜppiː]) was the short-lived English name of a mascot of the Japanese company Fukushima Industries.
6-year-old denied passport because she's named after 'Game of Thrones' character (nypost.com)
New study finds people alter their appearance to suit their names (phys.org)
New study finds people alter their appearance to suit their names (phys.org)
Increase (Given Name) (wikipedia.org)
The cosine distance between Shawn and Sean (webiphany.com)
U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades (record.umich.edu)