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Ok, the -ine ending is feminine-sounding, but there are some other male names, like Constantine and Augustine, that are also male. It's the anglicization of the Latin -inus. Cymbeline is a male character, full stop. For me, this is like wanting to use Hamlet or Lear on a girl.
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Cymbeline for a girl?  ·  Ailis  ·  4/29/2009, 9:37 AM
I asked this very same thing a long time ago.  ·  Schezar  ·  4/29/2009, 11:10 PM
No  ·  Chaka  ·  4/29/2009, 12:30 PM
Re: Cymbeline for a girl?  ·  Gia  ·  4/29/2009, 11:58 AM
No (m)  ·  Murasaki  ·  4/29/2009, 9:54 AM
Ditto. nt  ·  Kate  ·  4/29/2009, 10:36 AM