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[Opinions] Re: Quadruplets from the 1880's
Adaline looks like a compound: Ada meets Adeline.
Agatha is fine, then and now.
Agnis is a spelling error and not as nice as Agatha anyway; silly to put it in the same sibset.
Alawisha?! Can this be Eloisa in disguise? It looks as if it should sound like a stifled sneeze.
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Spellings were really not very standardized back then.
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Yeah, if you ever look at any old records, spellings like Agnis and Alawisha don't surprise you.
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Sorry, no idea why this posted twice.

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I think Alawisha must be a phonetical respelling of Aloysia (or Aloisia), a feminine form of Aloysius.

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I think you're right.And I kind of like it, lol.
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