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anthony as a girls name?
while i am probably a few years away from having kids-if ever- i already know i want my first born to be named anthony. what does everyone think about anthony as a girls middle name? i graduated last year with a class of 230. probably 7-8 of the girls middle names were there mothers maiden names and since anthony is also a last name -although not mine-i think it would be just fine. would anthony be good for a girls middle name?
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Okay, I basically think that if you like that name then people will get used to it, just give the girl a "girlish" middle name.How about spelling it Anthonie or maybe just naming her Antonie ?:):):):)ANTOINETTE
ANTONELLA
ANTONIA
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If I met a girl with the middle name of "Anthony"......I would probably think she was Catholic, and that her parents gave her that saint's name as her special protector, or something. It's not that uncommon for girls to be given the names of male saints -- just as sometimes boys in France are named: "Jean-Marie".But if the only reason you want to name a girl "Anthony" is simply because you like the name... Well, I don't think that's a good enough reason for tagging a girl with what society generally perceives as being a boy's name.There are a zillion feminine variations of "Anthony" to choose from. I suggest you choose one of those for any future girl child.-- Nanaea
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Hm... listen to this.
I work at the human resources dept at school, and we have a person named Joe Anna Gonzalez. What do you think - is it a boy or a girl? (I can't tell you either).
So, unless you want your girl to encounter problems like this - yeah, name her Anthony.
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anthony as a girls name?Sounds like Joe Anna's parents were experimenting! Obviously got the idea from Joanne...Out of curiosity...is Joe Anna of hispanic descent?? I think Anthony is definitely a boy's name...Ever thought of Antonia? Spanish for Anthony (Antonio). Cheers! :-D
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The mystery Joe Anna was solvedOK, guys, here's the thing - Joe Anna is a guy (a rather "macho" one indeed :o). A note to Amy: Amy, Joe's (he goes by Joe only - what a surprise!) parents probably thought that there's nothing wrong with giving him a female middle name and he almost killed me out of anger that I got him into the computer as a girl. I am not saying this is right, but that's how society works: girls have girlish names. Period.
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Well, Joanna is not such an unusual name, and if they spelled it Joe Anna, so what. However...Anthony, as well as Michael and Christopher, which I've heard people naming or considering to name their girls (I know of two female Michael's), are so inherently boy's names, to name a girl that is just insensitive to the social problems she will encounter.Andrea
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