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The name was so popular in Italy it ended up becoming a “slur” (though personally the only time I’ve ever heard someone called Guido is when that was their name). I wonder if that will ever happen with other languages and their common names, I’m Russian so I immediately think of “Sergey” as one of our ultra common names.


It's not a slur exactly, but in the United States, "Ivan" is a common name used to refer (usually dismissively) to Russians.


I've heard the same thing happen with Mohammed




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