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in reply to a message by Daividh
"Can anyone on the board think of examples of obviously female-origin names that have shifted to predominantly male usage?"
Baxter and Webster , for two.
-- Nanaea
Baxter and Webster , for two.
-- Nanaea
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Didn't Morgan start out as a female name?
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I believe that the Welsh name Morgan started out as a masculine name, despite Geoffrey of Monmouth's popularizing it as a feminine name in the Arthurian tales.
And, of course, the name Morgan has been in the lead as a feminine name in the U.S. -- from the 1980s up until the present.
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=morgan&gender=both&srpf=p
-- Nanaea
And, of course, the name Morgan has been in the lead as a feminine name in the U.S. -- from the 1980s up until the present.
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=morgan&gender=both&srpf=p
-- Nanaea
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"Douglas"
http://www.scot-irishpets.50megs.com/scottishnames.htm
"Though it was originally a girl's name, by the 19th century Douglas
was used for boys."
http://scottishculture.about.com/library/blnames_de.htm
"Douglas was unknown as a forename until the 16th century - when it was used as much as a girl's name as for a boy."
-- Nanaea
http://www.scot-irishpets.50megs.com/scottishnames.htm
"Though it was originally a girl's name, by the 19th century Douglas
was used for boys."
http://scottishculture.about.com/library/blnames_de.htm
"Douglas was unknown as a forename until the 16th century - when it was used as much as a girl's name as for a boy."
-- Nanaea
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