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HelpCarlisle on a girl?
*sigh*
DH's cousin & wife have a DD near our youngest's age. I forget her fn (something slightly "out there"), but her mn is Carlisle, named after her recently deceased paternal great-grandfather, whose mn was also Carlisle. I totally get the honoring thing and have no problem w/it, but I find Carlisle so masculine! Why not Carlie or Carlise / Carlisa, or Carlyn? I guess I'm so bothered b/c I feel like there are so many great masculine names being appropriated for girls.
Anyway, what's your take on it?
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DH's cousin & wife have a DD near our youngest's age. I forget her fn (something slightly "out there"), but her mn is Carlisle, named after her recently deceased paternal great-grandfather, whose mn was also Carlisle. I totally get the honoring thing and have no problem w/it, but I find Carlisle so masculine! Why not Carlie or Carlise / Carlisa, or Carlyn? I guess I'm so bothered b/c I feel like there are so many great masculine names being appropriated for girls.
Anyway, what's your take on it?
(edited to include hyperlinks)
This message was edited 3/13/2008, 7:17 AM
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