medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> > Consider how few female French names are NOT the feminized form of a
male
> > name.
> Dear Marjorie,
> It never occurred to me that feminized masculine names were a widespread
> phenomenon.
Funny how our assumptions are different. I have always assumed that all
Christian names could exist in both a masculine and a feminine form so that
any child could be named after any saint; and that it was just that some
forms were not (commonly) used.
NB -OT - I once knew a girl called "Peta". (fem. of Peter)
Brenda,
Who regards St Brendan the Navigator as her name-saint.
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