Re: name changes
in reply to a message by Daividh
"Douglas"
http://www.scot-irishpets.50megs.com/scottishnames.htm
"Though it was originally a girl's name, by the 19th century Douglas
was used for boys."
http://scottishculture.about.com/library/blnames_de.htm
"Douglas was unknown as a forename until the 16th century - when it was used as much as a girl's name as for a boy."
-- Nanaea
http://www.scot-irishpets.50megs.com/scottishnames.htm
"Though it was originally a girl's name, by the 19th century Douglas
was used for boys."
http://scottishculture.about.com/library/blnames_de.htm
"Douglas was unknown as a forename until the 16th century - when it was used as much as a girl's name as for a boy."
-- Nanaea
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Where did the name Bremner come from
I was born in aberdeen 1942. My father William Bruce was born in 1905
I was born in aberdeen 1942. My father William Bruce was born in 1905
Kewl! Didn't know that one! And in my own backyard, too, so to speak...
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