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Subject: Re: Male name Anne
Author: Anneza   (Authenticated as Anneza)
Date: August 10, 2010 at 12:23:48 AM
Reply to: Male name Anne by lac
In eighteenth-century England there was a Lord Anne Someone (can't recall his ln) whose godmother was Queen Anne; he was given her name as a mark of respect and, probably, to impress everybody else who didn't have a regular, royal queen as their godmother ...

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