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If you had to name b/g twins based on a masculine name and its feminized version (e.g. Henry & Henriette), what would you name them?
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Charlotte and Charles
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Peter & Petra
Nathanieil & Natalia
Eli & Ellie
Gabriel & Gabrielle
Leo & Lea
Julian & Juliet
Nathanieil & Natalia
Eli & Ellie
Gabriel & Gabrielle
Leo & Lea
Julian & Juliet
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Philip and Philippa, because Phil and Pippa are sufficiently different from each other and certainly nice enough for daily use.
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I love the Astro-logical reference to Sir Philip Sidney; and though he wore dresses, he would not be considered a gender bender, as all fashionable diplomatic Elizabethan gentleman wore dresses while formally serving their queen, dressing for a hot date, or perhaps even when they just wanted to feel pretty!
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Thomas & Tamsin
Henry & Harriet close second.
edit: Peter & Petra third place.
Henry & Harriet close second.
edit: Peter & Petra third place.
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Alexander and Alexandrina
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Thomas & Tamsin.
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Nice :) Forgot about those two!
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Fun & Interesting post
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Charles & Caroline "Charley and Callie"
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I don't know it was be hard decision.
I like:
Ales and Alexie (=Aleš is Czech and Slovene nickname for Alexandros)
Bedrich and Frederika (= Bedrich is a Czech version of Frederik)
Dragomir and Drahomíra
Theodor and Dorothea
Emilian and Emilie
Felix and Zita (=Zita is short form of Felizitas)
Finn and Fiona
Hynek and Henrieta (=Hynek is a Czech form of Henry)
Ivo and Ivona
Jaromil and Jarmila
Maxim and Maxie
Nikola and Niké
Miloslav and Miloslava
Oldrich and Oldřiška
Oto and Odeta
Radovan and Radana
Svatoslav and Svatava
Vácslav and Vendula
Wilem and Wilma
Vlastislav and Vlasta
Vladan and Vladana
Zdenek and Zdenka
Zdeshek and Zdeslava
Zoran and Zora
Zlatko and Zlata
I like:
Ales and Alexie (=Aleš is Czech and Slovene nickname for Alexandros)
Bedrich and Frederika (= Bedrich is a Czech version of Frederik)
Dragomir and Drahomíra
Theodor and Dorothea
Emilian and Emilie
Felix and Zita (=Zita is short form of Felizitas)
Finn and Fiona
Hynek and Henrieta (=Hynek is a Czech form of Henry)
Ivo and Ivona
Jaromil and Jarmila
Maxim and Maxie
Nikola and Niké
Miloslav and Miloslava
Oldrich and Oldřiška
Oto and Odeta
Radovan and Radana
Svatoslav and Svatava
Vácslav and Vendula
Wilem and Wilma
Vlastislav and Vlasta
Vladan and Vladana
Zdenek and Zdenka
Zdeshek and Zdeslava
Zoran and Zora
Zlatko and Zlata
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Good question. I'll go with...Wilhelm and Wilhelmina. I'd call him Will and her Mina. It works.
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John & Johanna
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Morgan and Morgan. lol nah, that's cruel!
Adrian / Adriana
Julian / Juliana
Oliver / Olivia
Erik / Erika
Harry / Harriet
Taylor / Tayla
Kyle / Kyla or Kylie
Brian / Briana
Louis / Louisa
Lucas / Lucy
Johnny / Jackie
James / Jamie
Stephen / Stephanie
Alban / Albany (I've seen Albany used as a name before)
btw, I agree with one of the other comments--I'd NEVER do this to my children! lol
Adrian / Adriana
Julian / Juliana
Oliver / Olivia
Erik / Erika
Harry / Harriet
Taylor / Tayla
Kyle / Kyla or Kylie
Brian / Briana
Louis / Louisa
Lucas / Lucy
Johnny / Jackie
James / Jamie
Stephen / Stephanie
Alban / Albany (I've seen Albany used as a name before)
btw, I agree with one of the other comments--I'd NEVER do this to my children! lol
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Jackson and Jean?
Oh no, Shawn and Jean.
Oh no, Shawn and Jean.
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If it would be, you could use Pierrette;I know a few women so named.
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Donato and Donatella, and I'd honor my grandfather in the process.
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wrong spot
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For this exercise, I offer possibilities with options & twists upon & among common use--more, upon and among popular thought - i.e if Henry is the root of both Henry & Henriette, and that at least some males were named Susan sixty or more years prior, and no male data registers for Suzanne, why cannot Susan be the masculine version for his twin sister Suzanne - especially under such a creative & fun rubric?
Susan & Suzanne / Suzanna (Susanna)
Carol / Caroline & Carolina
Julius / Julie (Jules) & Juliette / Julia / Julianna (Jules)
Nicole / Nicola (Nick / Nikki) & Nicolette / Nicoletta (Nick / Nikki)
Gretchen & Gretta
Gwendolyn / Guinevere (Wendy) & Jennifer / Jen (Jenny)
Andrew / Andy / Annie (Drew / Drue) & Drusilla (Drew / Drue) / Andie / Annie
--for the immediately above suggestion, I considered the Raggedy Anne and Andy toys or stories, then considered Aniken & Ani.
Susan & Suzanne / Suzanna (Susanna)
Carol / Caroline & Carolina
Julius / Julie (Jules) & Juliette / Julia / Julianna (Jules)
Nicole / Nicola (Nick / Nikki) & Nicolette / Nicoletta (Nick / Nikki)
Gretchen & Gretta
Gwendolyn / Guinevere (Wendy) & Jennifer / Jen (Jenny)
Andrew / Andy / Annie (Drew / Drue) & Drusilla (Drew / Drue) / Andie / Annie
--for the immediately above suggestion, I considered the Raggedy Anne and Andy toys or stories, then considered Aniken & Ani.
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Where have you seen Susan as a male name?
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My guess is that people get confused (reasonably so) when a female baby's name got mistakenly entered in the male column. These do sometimes show up as daft little bumps in the statistics.
There was one case of a man who grew up to be Lord Anne Somebody 'because' Queen Anne was his godmother, though it seems ludicrously snobbish. But in the absence outside Narnia of a Queen Susan, I'm betting on the transcription error.
There was one case of a man who grew up to be Lord Anne Somebody 'because' Queen Anne was his godmother, though it seems ludicrously snobbish. But in the absence outside Narnia of a Queen Susan, I'm betting on the transcription error.
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I suspect that's it too, but I didn't want to leap to conclusions! :)
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In the United Sates between the nineteen-twenties and late nineteen-sixties, names that were extremely popular among females (generally among the top ten most popular names) began to be assigned to males. My own name is another example, as is the name, Linda - among quite a few other names; I however was born shortly after this tend slowed. The name Susan is assigned to an equal percentage of females in recent years as it was assigned to males (between the nineteen-forties and the nineteen-sixties).
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It's generally accepted that names like Susan, Barbra and Linda were not actually being given to boys, but that some of the Susan etc records are mis-coded as male. You only see it at times when the name was very popular because that's when it generated enough mis-coded records to show up on the charts.
I'd be interested to be proven wrong, but I've yet to hear of a single man with a feminine name from that time period.
I'd be interested to be proven wrong, but I've yet to hear of a single man with a feminine name from that time period.
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It is not my endeavor to "prove you wrong", or anyone else for that matter - but I am a male Barbra. The trend I reference occurred in the US, yet I only know of this through Name Data, which I've only recently thought to review. I also happened to find a post from a lady on "Baby Names Hub" within the last few months under the name Barbara (Negative Comments) who states "When I was a young woman and was in hospital to born my first daughter I met a man with the name Barbara. He was a husband to one of women who lied with me. I neve supposed that my name is unisex before that."
I believe the poster claims to be Polish but living in the UK, so location or country of birth for the Husband named Barbara could potentially be anywhere.
Mistakes will always occur, though occasionally, but will generally be exceptions. I will state that even as a male Barbra, I've never met another male Barbara (at any spelling) or with a name that so emphatically "implies female", though I think 'Linda' and 'Susan' "imply female" more strongly or better than my own.
I believe the poster claims to be Polish but living in the UK, so location or country of birth for the Husband named Barbara could potentially be anywhere.
Mistakes will always occur, though occasionally, but will generally be exceptions. I will state that even as a male Barbra, I've never met another male Barbara (at any spelling) or with a name that so emphatically "implies female", though I think 'Linda' and 'Susan' "imply female" more strongly or better than my own.
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I was named after an aunt who departed before my birth. I did receive some teasing but, really not so much. I love my name. No one forgets me and I feel as though it is definitely more a blessing than a curse, though at times in life I did not always feel this way about it; yet I've never detested it for prolonged periods of time.
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Yeah, I'm sure these things happen, but I'd be interested to hear of any examples other than you.
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I would as well; I hoped that I'd learn experiences from other males with "girl names", which is part of the reason I joined this site: I then learned more from static data that there are quite a few males so named. I would "open up more easily" if other males were posting similarly.
There is another post from another "male Barbara" I think on the page that I referenced the other quotation. t seems the poster is a child - and I do not feel right about taking his words out of the place he intended them: I feel badly enough to have done this with the words I posted from the referenced lady in my former message.
I had more teasing & problems from adult males (Teachers/Instructors) or at least with males that were sometimes significantly older than from school class mates. Most women really seemed to enjoy my name, especially when I was young; however, women of all ages seem to enjoy it once again now that I am into my forties.
There is another post from another "male Barbara" I think on the page that I referenced the other quotation. t seems the poster is a child - and I do not feel right about taking his words out of the place he intended them: I feel badly enough to have done this with the words I posted from the referenced lady in my former message.
I had more teasing & problems from adult males (Teachers/Instructors) or at least with males that were sometimes significantly older than from school class mates. Most women really seemed to enjoy my name, especially when I was young; however, women of all ages seem to enjoy it once again now that I am into my forties.
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Wow, this is something I'd never do so it's hard for me to even think this way. I really like several of these names (individually, of course), however, as tempted as I am to use Leo and Leonie because I adore them, I think I'd go with Gabriel (Gabe) and Gabriella (Ella) so at least the nns they would go by sound different.
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Dorothy and Theodore. I'm allowing it; they mean the same thing, it's just that the syllables are reversed.
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I enjoy this assimilation!
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I wasn't confused. Dorothea comes from Dorotheo and Theodore comes from Theodoros. They're the same parts just reversed. So, Dorothea counts as a feminine form of Theodore, imo. If it makes you feel better, insert Theodora, but they have the same root. Just as I would consider Samantha to be a feminine form of Samuel, even if it isn't a direct feminine form.
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It's not, but the units that make up the name come from exactly the same place/meaning, so I can see where they're coming from.
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I think he/she was confused lol
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No, I wasn't confused. Dorothea comes from Dorotheo and Theodore comes from Theodoros. They're the same parts just reversed. So, Dorothea counts as a feminine form of Theodore, imo. If it makes you feel better, insert Theodora, but they have the same root. Just as I would consider Samantha to be a feminine form of Samuel, even if it isn't a direct feminine form.
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I'm confused. :) Another poster used the same example!
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Hard! I would try to find names as different-sounding as possible, I think...
(John) Ion and Shawn - I would be very wicked and use Shawn for the girl. I like the sound of these two together. And if anyone said that Ion is a strange choice then I could say I'm honouring my brother.
(Peter) Penko and Petra - It's cute, right? I admit they sound like the names of two turtles, but ah well...
(James) Iago and Jaye - Now THEY are cool! Yes? I'd choose these two. If I was forced to.
(John) Ion and Shawn - I would be very wicked and use Shawn for the girl. I like the sound of these two together. And if anyone said that Ion is a strange choice then I could say I'm honouring my brother.
(Peter) Penko and Petra - It's cute, right? I admit they sound like the names of two turtles, but ah well...
(James) Iago and Jaye - Now THEY are cool! Yes? I'd choose these two. If I was forced to.
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I'd probably go with Eugene and Eugenia. Though they're very similar, I still like them the best. Other options are:
Augustine and Augusta
Johannes and Johanna
Jacob and Jacobina
Cornelius and Cornelia
Augustine and Augusta
Johannes and Johanna
Jacob and Jacobina
Cornelius and Cornelia
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For me, it would be a toss up between these, because of all of the ones I seem to like these are the most different sounding (for example, I liked August/Augusta but don't think I would actually use them because they are just too close).
Maxim/Maximiliana
Zephyr/Zephyrina
Maxim/Maximiliana
Zephyr/Zephyrina
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