medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:00:26 -0500
Elena Ivanova <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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> Maybe this has something to do with the ancient Roman tradition of
>giving daughters (at least one of) their father's name?
>
> Elena Ivanova
>
Or your own tradition as you are Elena "daughter of Ivan".
yrs, tom ault
>
> | On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:25:58 -0600
> | Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> | medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>culture
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> | > Consider how few female French names are NOT the feminized form
>of a male
> | > name. Or was it just the military aspect of Eustace that struck
>you as
> | > inappropriate for a woman? Think of all the women named Paule,
>Claude,
> | > Edmonde, Gilberte and on and on... Or am I not "getting" your
> | > question/observation?
> | > MG
> | > p.s. Also consider all the men named Jean-Marie...
> |
> | Dear Marjorie,
> | It never occurred to me that feminized masculine names were a
>widespread
> | phenomenon. I suppose I just thought it odd that someone would
>want to name
> | their daughter after a military saint. But thinking about it in
>these terms, there is
> | also Georgia, Theodora, and probably others. Even if widespread,
>though, I *still*
> | think is an odd thing to do!
> | Cheers,
> | Jim Bugslag
> | At the risk of offending somebody or other on the list, I have to
>say that "Edwina"
> | really takes the cake, in this respect!
> |
> |
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