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From: "Lyn Whelan" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Speaking of names
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:02:49 +1300
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Came across something in the newspaper today. Not only did the interchange
of male and female names as we consider them now, happen back with our
ancestors but a combination of male and female crops up in modern times.
Apparently Richard Gere is Richard Tiffany Gere - Tiffany seems to be a
popular christian name for many females these days. (but may also be a
family name for him - who knows).


----- Original Message -----
From: "Trena" <>
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Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Speaking of names


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ray Hennessy"
> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 2:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Speaking of names
>
>
>> Having [boringly] said all that, later texts do seem to
>> use "Christian" as a mainly female name in Scotland,
>> not a mis-representation of "Christine" which would
>> not look the same, even in Secretary Hand, having
>> quite distinctive terminal letters.
>
> We have a case in one of our earlier families which had a daughter named
> Christian, and another named Christina. Both were alive at the same time
> (married & had children). Judging by what subsquent did, I've no doubt
> Christina was called Ina and perhaps Christian was called Christy or even
> Kirsty. We find in more modern times, a few named Christina/Christine
> were
> nick-named Kirsty, though Ina dominates the majority with the name. We
> also
> have the odd male or two named Christian.
>
> Toni ~ Ontario
>
>
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