Editorial policy

Evidence before assertion

We separate dictionary meanings, named-person evidence, public-record forms and official birth counts. Source gaps are retained rather than filled with invented meanings. Spelling matches do not establish anyone’s ethnicity, religion, identity or personal name history.

A reference, not an official decision

The tools support exploration. They do not certify registration, determine identity, or predict a child’s traits. Synthetic audio is labelled as a generated reading and can differ from a family’s pronunciation. Open-data layers retain their own attribution and licenses.