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Help[Opinions] Very nice!
in reply to a message by shantastic
Personally I prefer the frillier Viviana or Viviane for a girl, but Vivienne's quite nice too. Vivien's nms--perhaps because it resembles Vivian so much--but it's OK for someone else's daughter.
And Vivian's 100% male to me too, not the least of which is because it was originally so. You're right about its resemblance to Adrian, Dorian, and even Darian. And I'll also put it that both Oscar Wilde and Frances Hodgson Burnett had sons named Vivian (or Vivyan / Vyvyan, in Wilde's case); it was somewhat common for young boys of their era.
Miranda
And Vivian's 100% male to me too, not the least of which is because it was originally so. You're right about its resemblance to Adrian, Dorian, and even Darian. And I'll also put it that both Oscar Wilde and Frances Hodgson Burnett had sons named Vivian (or Vivyan / Vyvyan, in Wilde's case); it was somewhat common for young boys of their era.
Miranda
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