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in reply to a message by Ylva
No problem in South Africa ... lots of names in indigenous languages are totally unisex, and I once knew a woman (Afrikaans, of European descent) named Andries Gerhardus Philippus (after her somewhat tyrannical grandfather, who'd announced that the next baby born in the family was going to have his name).
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Why not the feminine forms?
Not fair, at least she could have been named Andrea Philippa (don't know if there is a female form of Gerhardus).
I certainly would not have been happy if all my names had been clearly male.
Not fair, at least she could have been named Andrea Philippa (don't know if there is a female form of Gerhardus).
I certainly would not have been happy if all my names had been clearly male.
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Gerharda, or Gerardien. Grandpapa was a very egotistical man, and only an exact match would satisfy him.
I found out about her in a ladies' dress shop where I worked as a student; it baffled me that a man should come in every few days and buy nylon stockings! (I was in the accounts department.) Finally I asked, and got the explanation.
I found out about her in a ladies' dress shop where I worked as a student; it baffled me that a man should come in every few days and buy nylon stockings! (I was in the accounts department.) Finally I asked, and got the explanation.
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I would have changed my name after his death
Or even sooner. No need to be respectful to such an egotistical grandfather!
Gerharda and Gerardien are new names to me.
Or even sooner. No need to be respectful to such an egotistical grandfather!
Gerharda and Gerardien are new names to me.
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