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Re: Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively's kids

by New_Chloë (New_Chloe)

7/23/2024, 7:19 PM

I did some snooping, and found out that Blake's grandma was a Willie and her great grandma was a Mattie. But Blake's mother is Elaine, and Blake is also a family surname. Sounds like maybe they are trying to create a tradition out of coincidence.

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- RoxStar

7/24/2024, 7:20 AM

Or justifying James on a girl to themselves. Which, if you feel you have to do that, maybe you ought to rethink it entirely? lol
I'd never consider Mattie a unisex name. I've known a ton of Matthews, but none of them went by Mattie; they were all Matt.
Even Willie was popular on girls back a hundred or eighty years ago.

- Rainya +2

7/23/2024, 8:24 PM

Did Mattie start as a guy’s name?

- New_Chloë (New_Chloe)

7/24/2024, 5:16 AM

Mattie used to be a common short form for Matilda but it was also a nickname for Matthew. I'm not sure which was more common, especially in the 1800s.

- Anneza

7/24/2024, 4:30 AM

I know a Matthew who was known as Mattie as a child.

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