# What authority assigns the "short" names of the Emoji?

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> [@elijah](#):
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> but what authority assigns those names?

The Unicode Technical Report process. UTR #51 is coordinated by Mark Davis at Google and Peter Edberg at Apple. Details on how to provide feedback is in the “Status” paragraph of the UTR:

> **[UTS #51: Unicode Emoji](http://unicode.org/reports/tr51/)**

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