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in reply to a message by Nanaea
Granted, these denoted female practitioners of occupations, but I doubt they were used as female FIRST names. I was lookin for names more in "A Boy Named Sue " vein.
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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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