Why do different languages each have their own version of the same names?

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Why is Joseph not Joseph everywhere? When did he become Giuseppe? Who decided that Guillaume should be William? When hearing a new name, why does a culture make its own version of it instead of letting every name stay at its root?

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Most common names are biblical so 2000 years ago when they were first used they were all the same an all in Latin. Over time each county’s language evolved from laying this the different pronunciations of the same name

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