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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 5 · observations: 8

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Language information

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Dictionary contexts

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Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Not specified	Male	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:7ddaba3d-74da-5df1-87c1-47278b38d9e1", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:733713cd-3a7c-5dc4-998a-4631cae1fcdf", "form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:d01efb93-385b-5892-abf8-c3df8160bdc0", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:616f6a2c-4ac5-5520-b692-e994c801e451", "form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

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Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 5

From	To	Type	Evidence
Dev	Dav	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:1871232d-6ca0-5fb7-862a-de6c9ca5fae6", "from_form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:0e363242-e641-5a95-bf68-906d81a7d07a", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:da632ea1-89b6-5e78-9f49-885a74265091" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Dev	Devin	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:7b441010-7e65-5d58-842b-d110f46cd96b", "from_form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:096876f2-7aa9-51eb-a587-54574a600a71", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:f7717227-6450-55c9-a785-f11346688752" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Dev	Devon	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:8187bed5-9697-5b31-973f-7902ffd68e97", "from_form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:e6872252-36bd-52c9-a7de-ac851f2c2fca", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:1caa6e7b-f30b-534a-a184-931e7d6946ab" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Dev	Dever	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:5595dc41-cfad-57d1-ad5f-144bf9b989c7", "from_form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:72d1cb67-e7d3-537b-b76e-4b4a3b7f1abc", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:a737d315-638e-57a8-a4d2-4e92dd5e6b04" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Dev	Dew	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:3a322200-f89a-51d0-8921-cb90ad1c15ae", "from_form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:bbb23348-23db-5016-8a4a-0bf4ca37dfff", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:34c06e39-91a5-5658-bf8e-47a883a40993" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 8

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Male	Not available	126
Germany	2023	Male	Not available	2
England and Wales	2025	Male	Not available	33
Cologne	2010	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2015	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2017	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2020	Male	2	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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    {
        "country": "US",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 126,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            2168530
        ],
        "source_ref": "US",
        "year": 2025
    },
    {
        "country": "DE",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "deterministic_sum_of_source_counts",
        "published_count": 2,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            150096
        ],
        "source_ref": "DE",
        "year": 2023
    },
    {
        "country": "GB",
        "geography": "England and Wales",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "population_scope_ref": "boys-2025.xlsx:Notes!A6:B6",
        "published_count": 33,
        "published_rank": 934,
        "rank_quality": "consistent_with_published_counts",
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            20217
        ],
        "source_ref": "GB",
        "year": 2025
    },
    {
        "aggregation_allowed": false,
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:616f6a2c-4ac5-5520-b692-e994c801e451",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": null,
        "published_count": 1,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "resolved_text": "Dev",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            2482
        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:c7807990-d9a5-53d1-b7da-6f65b560dc75",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "m",
        "source_text": "Dev",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2010
    },
    {
        "aggregation_allowed": false,
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:7bcfd9c3-dac0-55d3-bf6b-0957ffdde241",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": null,
        "published_count": 2,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "resolved_text": "Dev",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            26935
        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:5d3c4bb7-0cf7-5408-92f3-30808f0a5c10",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "m",
        "source_text": "Dev",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2015
    },
    {
        "aggregation_allowed": false,
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:cfe816c1-62d0-50a1-9d09-badcb418c3e2",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": null,
        "published_count": 1,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "resolved_text": "Dev",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            41570
        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:d1420c63-071b-549c-9ad5-828f95253088",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "m",
        "source_text": "Dev",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2017
    },
    {
        "aggregation_allowed": false,
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:4d29a3a3-9dcc-5250-9afb-30cb0e9f1b85",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": null,
        "published_count": 1,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "resolved_text": "Dev",
        "scope_note": "position_absent_repeated_keys_not_aggregated",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            48615
        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:25dfea9b-afa8-5a46-b650-095f180d41e8",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN_HISTORY",
        "source_reported_sex": "m",
        "source_text": "Dev",
        "text_method": "NFC",
        "unit": "published_name_count_position_unspecified",
        "year": 2018
    },
    {
        "country": "DE",
        "evidence_id": "ev:15b5de51-2ce0-5e58-b159-e7ab0db2d7f5",
        "geography": "Köln",
        "global_name_gender_inferred": false,
        "method": "source_reported",
        "name_position": 2,
        "published_count": 1,
        "published_rank": null,
        "reported_sex": "male",
        "scope_note": "source_description_position_conflict",
        "source_csv_rows": [
            12784
        ],
        "source_observation_id": "obs:7c33a684-46f6-55d7-a09f-7694badf83b0",
        "source_ref": "DE_KOELN",
        "source_reported_sex": "m",
        "unit": "published_name_occurrences_at_position",
        "year": 2020
    }
]

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Source classification

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Provenance of the record «Dev»

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Relationship «Dev → Dav»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Dev → Devin»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Dev → Devon»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Dev → Dever»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Dev → Dew»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2017 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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{
    "field_evidence": [
        {
            "characters": " -‐‑–'’",
            "evidence_id": "ev:63dfc80e-0d07-573c-a70f-5b07562a74f0",
            "field": "contains_name_separator",
            "form_id": "frm:ec9c1044-c438-5ae0-b0ef-34b05afb23a6",
            "method": "deterministic",
            "not_compound_classification": true,
            "rule": "character-presence-001",
            "value": false
        }
    ],
    "compound_claims": []
}

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