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Re: Originally feminine names that are unisex or masculine now?

by Pelops (blaaarg)

12/21/2020, 3:55 PM

I know Emmett is derived from Emma, which is unusual for surnames. I believe Evelyn was a surname derived from a female name, which was briefly fashionable as a male name.

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- Anneza +1

12/21/2020, 10:55 PM

Nelson = son of Nell! And she, presumably, would have been officially Eleanor, Helen or Ellen.

- Pelops (blaaarg)

12/22/2020, 9:48 AM

Oh that's fun! BTN lists it as son of Neil, though. Wonder how much variation there is...

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