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Its simply we like names to be on their original/traditional genderOnce again.Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter.I didn't pull Pleasant-for-a-boy out of my ass.Array
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You are continuously referring to this man with the word Pleasant as a name. Has it occurred to you or anyone that perhaps his parents enjoyed random words? This does not automatically make it a legit name. Let's take Nevaeh for example. Pleasant is not even listed on this site. What is this to say of its legitimacy?
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Actually Pleasant is a surname as well as a word and at one time it was very common for children to be given their mothers maiden name or other family surnames as middle names or even as first names.
Many of the names were use today started out as surnames.
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You are continuously referring to this man with the word Pleasant as a name. Has it occurred to you or anyone that perhaps his parents enjoyed random words?LN: Carter
DH: Robert
DW: Mollie BaysDS: Alvin Pleasant (Pleasant or A.P.)
DS: Jim
DS/DD: Ezra "Eck", Virgie
DS: Grant
DD: Ettaleen
DS: Ermine
DD: SylviaI'm going to say no, his parents weren't all out on random words, based on his family. BTW, I enjoy the way you refer to him as "this man," as though he's some random footnote in a genealogy. "This man" changed the face of popular music forever.And Nevaeh is now a name, whether you like it or not. I don't like it, but that fact doesn't mean it isn't "real". Besides that, quite a few legitimate names aren't listed on this site. Is Galatea no longer a name? (We'd better inform Pygmalion.) How about Hanorah? (All those 19th century Irishwomen just had dumbasses for parents.) Lisetta? (That's one of my ancestors, right there.) Bendicht? (And another one.) Langston? (Mr. Hughes would likely be disappointed if you told us his name was a lie.) So, sorry, that argument doesn't hold up. Please try again.Array
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