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HelpRe: just wondering
in reply to a message by blaaarg
Uhm if you had read my post you would know that I consider all word names unisex that don't have a distinctive feminine or masculine sound such as August, which doesn't sound particularly masculine or feminine to me. Same with March, November etc.
I was also talking about WORD names, not PLACE names.
August was named for an Augustus. So while I see Augustus as male I don't see August as strictly male. Alexandria (city) was named after an Alexander which is male but I guess you wouldn't use Alexandria on a boy?
So I don't see why August has to be male just because Augustus is. Yes it has been used on many boys historically but so have Christian and Julian been used on girls.
Carolina and Virginia aren't words as far as I know so the whole comparison is kind of silly. They also have distinctive feminine sounds.
I was also talking about WORD names, not PLACE names.
August was named for an Augustus. So while I see Augustus as male I don't see August as strictly male. Alexandria (city) was named after an Alexander which is male but I guess you wouldn't use Alexandria on a boy?
So I don't see why August has to be male just because Augustus is. Yes it has been used on many boys historically but so have Christian and Julian been used on girls.
Carolina and Virginia aren't words as far as I know so the whole comparison is kind of silly. They also have distinctive feminine sounds.
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