Talk:Macron

RFD discussion: July 2018
It seems odd that the English definition be "a French surname". Suuuurely that means it's French, right? But I'm probably missing something. --Harmonicaplayer (talk) 19:31, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is used in English, therefore it is a term in English. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 20:09, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's not pretend that we have any coherent policy about when a name counts as English. DTLHS (talk) 16:05, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, "foreign" names are something of a grey area, not just in what language/L2 header to label them with but in when to consider something a name from Russian/Chinese/etc (Vladimir,...) vs a transliteration of a Russian/Chinese/etc name. One standard I've seen is whether English-speakers have given the name to people (who didn't have it before: so, fictional characters or babies). If we find records of people born in the UK/US/AUS/etc with this surname, that would be suggestive that it was used in English as a surname (of French-descended people). - -sche (discuss) 19:23, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * OK, speedy kept. I screwed up again. --Harmonicaplayer (talk) 20:33, 19 July 2018 (UTC)
 * There are very few UK birth/marriage/death registrations but those that exist all have English given names. SemperBlotto (talk) 19:28, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It's certainly useful as a translation hub, if nothing else. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 19:32, 20 July 2018 (UTC)