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HelpRe: Artemis?
in reply to a message by Antique_Cherub (nsi)
I think non-namenerds would assume it was a male name, but other than that it's nice. Too myth-y for me, but not a bad, unusable name.
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Someone said to me on another board it was a male name. Why are people making this connection, because it ends in -is?
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also, and this is maybe lame, but on Sailor Moon the cat character Atemis was male as well.
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Because of Artemis Fowl, I think. Eoin Colfer wrote a series of books about Artemis Fowl, "teenage mastermind", who was very much male.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_%28series%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_%28series%29
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Sad that a recent book overrides thousands of years of history. But I guess it could work on a man as well.
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Heh, I remember picking up that book in sixth grade and being so disappointed the protagonist wasn't female. I was pretty miffed and it killed my interest, so I returned it. (This was during my brief "I only want to read books with strong female leads" phase).
Though I now like books with protagonists of either gender, Artemis as a gender-bending name still grinds my gears.
Though I now like books with protagonists of either gender, Artemis as a gender-bending name still grinds my gears.
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That's why I've always thought of this more as a male name than female.
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