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Help[Opinions] As in the bird, maybe.
in reply to a message by tursiopschic
I can see naming a girl Merlin after the hawk, although it's too associated with the wizard to be seen as a feminine name.
You'd have better luck with a variant like Merline, Merlina, or even Merlynne (Merlyn still looks masculine to me though).
You'd have better luck with a variant like Merline, Merlina, or even Merlynne (Merlyn still looks masculine to me though).
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I also thought of the bird but the wizard association is stronger for me. Bird names are usually unisex to me, but usually leaning slightly more one way. Peregrine, Eagle, Jay, Crow, Cardinal, Falcon, and Hawk don't seem unisex to me, they are very masculine. Merlin, Kestrel, Heron, Sparrow, Raven, and Halcyon all seem unisex to me but they lean towards masculine. Lark, Wren, Dove, Swan, Parakeet, Nightingale, Starling, and Chickadee are unisex but I lean towards feminine with them, though those last four are more nn's to me than names. So most birds names seem more masculine to me.
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This message was edited 3/21/2013, 4:43 PM
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