[Facts] Re: Names invented by poets/playwrights/authors
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Dorian seems to be the only male name
Interesting that all the others are female. Some of them are really popular too, but Dorian is not. I belive parents are more conservative when it comes to sons, so new names are not so readily accepted.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Interesting that all the others are female. Some of them are really popular too, but Dorian is not. I belive parents are more conservative when it comes to sons, so new names are not so readily accepted.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
It should, logically, take off round about now, what with the vogue for geographical names ... I've only ever met one Dorian (who had brothers named Ashley and Mark), but there's a Dorianne here in South Africa who used to be on morning TV as a continuity person. I suspect it was probably Dorothy-Anne rather than feminised Dorian.