2,614 Chinese characters used in given names and nationwide frequency.

Usage

data(givenname)

A data frame with 25 variables:

character: character used in given names (in Chinese)
pinyin: pinyin (pronunciation)
bihua: number of strokes in a character
n.male: total counts in male
n.female: total counts in female
name.gender: difference in proportions of a character used by male vs. female
n.1930_1959, n.1960_1969, n.1970_1979, n.1980_1989, n.1990_1999, n.2000_2008: total counts in a birth cohort
ppm.1930_1959, ppm.1960_1969, ppm.1970_1979, ppm.1980_1989, ppm.1990_1999, ppm.2000_2008: proportion (parts per million) in a birth cohort
name.ppm: average ppm (parts per million) across all cohorts
name.uniqueness: name-character uniqueness (in naming practices)
corpus.ppm: proportion (parts per million) in contemporary Chinese corpus
corpus.uniqueness: character-corpus uniqueness (in contemporary Chinese corpus)
name.valence: name valence (positivity of character meaning) (based on subjective ratings from 16 raters, ICC = 0.921)
name.warmth: name warmth/morality (based on subjective ratings from 10 raters, ICC = 0.774)
name.competence: name competence/assertiveness (based on subjective ratings from 10 raters, ICC = 0.712)