Re: it's football season again ...
in reply to a message by RoxStar
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I was thinking it might be pronounced like Christen :) But, really, what about Christine is so feminine? There are a fair few -ine names that are used for males, so I don't really see it as an overly feminine suffix.
I'm sure this guy doesn't mind his name, and he almost likely didn't choose his career based on it as a way of compensating, like Rox suggested. What's there to compensate, anyway?
I'm sure this guy doesn't mind his name, and he almost likely didn't choose his career based on it as a way of compensating, like Rox suggested. What's there to compensate, anyway?
I guess no name is really inherently overtly feminine or masculine - it's society and current culture that puts that label on. Like Susan - that name doesn't even have any of the distinctive "this is for girls" elements in it: no elle, ella, ette, ina, etc. But you'd never see the name "Susan" and think "I wonder if that person is a boy or a girl". Christine is the same sort of name. At least, in my experience.