Talk:Kobryn

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It has been proposed in this section that Kobryn be renamed and moved to KobrinKobrin. A bot will list this discussion on the requested moves current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Kobryn → KobrinKobrin – Most common use in English language. We usually stick to native names for relatively obscure plaes, but larger ones, with established usage in English must use English names. E.g.,. Ngram prefers 'Kobrin' by a wide margin. --Altenmann >talk 17:58, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

• Comment. It may be the common name, but looking at Ngrams, a lot of the results are not about the town (for example Kobrin is also a surname). Mellk (talk) 18:46, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
  • And Kobryn is also a surname, maybe even more frequent. Not to say that Kobryń is the Polish spelling. So still Kobrin is up. --Altenmann >talk 19:13, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

    That is true. Mellk (talk) 20:20, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. Both names are commonly used, but I have found no evidence that Kobrin is more common than Kobryn. This ngram shows that "town of Kobryn" is more common in recent years than "town of Kobrin". Google Maps uses Kobryn. On the other hand, Kobrin search results are boosted by frequent appearance of historian Rebecca Kobrin in recent years. FromCzech (talk) 13:36, 19 March 2026 (UTC)