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

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**Created:** [June 4, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665 "2015-06-04T23:49:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-authority-assigns-the-short-names-of-the-emoji/29665/9 "2015-06-05T04:10:51Z")

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From which I take it the “authority” is Apple or came through Apple. That is if everyone is using the same names from the same ultimate source.

It’s not the answer I was hoping to find, but if that’s it, I’ll have to accept it.

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