Background

Early in prehistory, some descriptive names began to be used again and again until they formed a name pool for a particular culture. Parents would choose names from the pool of existing names rather than invent new ones for their children.

With the rise of Christianity, certain trends in naming practices manifested. Christians were encouraged to name their children after saints and martyrs of the church. These early Christian names can be found in many cultures today, in various forms. These were spread by early missionaries throughout the Mediterranean basin and Europe.

By the Middle Ages, the Christian influence on naming practices was pervasive. Each culture had its pool of names, which were a combination of native names and early Christian names that had been in the language long enough to be considered native. [ref]

Data:

Download: names_year.csv
Information: data.md

Readings:

• Python for Data Science (P4DS): Data Visualization
• P4DS: Graphics for Communication
• P4DS: Markdown
• P4DS: 5.2 Filter rows with .query()
• P4DS: Chapter 10 DataFrame

Optional References

• The query method

Grand Questions:

1. How does your name at your birth year compare to its use historically?
2. If you talked to someone named Brittany on the phone, what is your guess of their age? What ages would you not guess?
3. Mary, Martha, Peter, and Paul are all Christian names. From 1920 - 2000, compare the name usage of each of the four names.
4. Think of a unique name from a famous movie. Plot that name and see how increases line up with the movie release.

Deliverables:

Use this template to submit your Client Report. The template has three sections (for additional details please see the instructional template):

1. An “elevator pitch” that summarizes the entire case study.
2. Answers to the grand questions that include text, pictures, and tables.
3. An appendix that provides your commented code and justification for any programming that required you to choose an option.