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in reply to a message by AnastasiaE
Yes, I suppose it could be a factor. Though I'm more inclined to say that in French and Italian traditional feminine names never end in "el", so you need to add the "e" or the "a" to feminize the spelling (like in Gabriel/Gabrielle, Michel/Michelle/Michèle, Raffaelle/Raffaella).
Did people come to associate "beauty" with the name? Very likely (the same way Agnes was associated with "angus", lamb). But St Elizabeth was a popular saint, not to mention all of the Queens and Princesses with the name, so I'm not sure of how much of an impact it had on its popularity - and I doubt it was coined specifically with that association in mind.
~ isla, sophie, embla, zephyra, vida, clementine, swanhilda, calliope, magnhild, salomé ~
~ rémi, archer, louis, aurelian, pollux, lucan, storm, henry, nicodemus, maximilian ~
Did people come to associate "beauty" with the name? Very likely (the same way Agnes was associated with "angus", lamb). But St Elizabeth was a popular saint, not to mention all of the Queens and Princesses with the name, so I'm not sure of how much of an impact it had on its popularity - and I doubt it was coined specifically with that association in mind.
~ isla, sophie, embla, zephyra, vida, clementine, swanhilda, calliope, magnhild, salomé ~
~ rémi, archer, louis, aurelian, pollux, lucan, storm, henry, nicodemus, maximilian ~
This message was edited 10/4/2012, 6:39 PM
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