Transition probabilities (shown as percentages) between successive letters in the names of girls born in 2021 in the USA [OC]coodgee33 t1_j6aft3z wrote
Q to u transition is strong.
myrianthe t1_j6bd1x9 wrote
Yup. U is the most common letter to come after Q in general, not just in names. Because interestingly there isn't really another vowel nor letter that works after Q (Qa Qe Qi Qo Qr Ql?)
Some of the more popular Q names include Quinn, Quincy, Queen/Queenie, and Quintessa.
Bored470 t1_j6cixw1 wrote
In school we learned Q is married to U
MrLagzy t1_j6cmypw wrote
Only words i can think of that doesn't have U after Q is Qatar or Qaeda.
Maybe more common in Arab languages?
myrianthe t1_j6cq469 wrote
Interesting! I haven’t thought of that.
Latin had the same Qu thing, so perhaps it’s only common among the Latinate languages.
MrLagzy t1_j6crlvl wrote
When it comes to English, Danish (I'm Danish) or Spanish i don't think there's any words originating from these languages where Q isn't followed by a U.
I tried googling Q words and all words i found where it wasn't followed by a U, was Arab surnames, Arab or asian words. Qi for an example. Albanian currency is called Qintar.
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