[Facts] Is there a feminine form .......
Is there a feminine form of the name Douglas ? ...... thanks.
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Brimful of Asha
According to the OED, Douglas used to be a proprieraty name for an axe in the US a couple of years back. According to the same source, the word axe itself made it to the English language via the Old Teutonic "Asha" which itself is related to the Sanskrit "Aksha" and the Greek "axis".
So *Asha*, one could argue in a convoluted manner, could be a female version of Douglas :)
According to the OED, Douglas used to be a proprieraty name for an axe in the US a couple of years back. According to the same source, the word axe itself made it to the English language via the Old Teutonic "Asha" which itself is related to the Sanskrit "Aksha" and the Greek "axis".
So *Asha*, one could argue in a convoluted manner, could be a female version of Douglas :)
I don't feel like doing the e-mail thank, W.S., but if you chance to wander back this way again, maybe this will help.
I checked out the (very cool) website Daividh mentioned this evening:
www.roisindubh.tripod.com
And found the possibility of "Duvessa" (original Irish form: "Dubheasa") for you. It has a meaning kinda close to the meaning of "Douglas " ("blue-black"), and it's original Irish form is kinda close to that of Douglas/Dubhglas.
Oh, and Duvessa/Dubheasea means "dark lady of the waterfall".
-- Nanaea
I checked out the (very cool) website Daividh mentioned this evening:
www.roisindubh.tripod.com
And found the possibility of "Duvessa" (original Irish form: "Dubheasa") for you. It has a meaning kinda close to the meaning of "Douglas " ("blue-black"), and it's original Irish form is kinda close to that of Douglas/Dubhglas.
Oh, and Duvessa/Dubheasea means "dark lady of the waterfall".
-- Nanaea
Correction: Re: Is there a feminine form .......
There's no "www" in front of roisindubh.tripod.com Made that mistake many times myself! : )
There's no "www" in front of roisindubh.tripod.com Made that mistake many times myself! : )
Ah lets give her a break. When the poor thing grew up they didnt let her play with the other animals.
But hey, I think I may have figured out her first name. Owyda?
THAT explains...
....why I swooped down on her like a buzzard on a gutwagon.
Instinctive reaction. :)
-- Nanaea
....why I swooped down on her like a buzzard on a gutwagon.
Instinctive reaction. :)
-- Nanaea