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Different language families. It is/was feminine in the Latin world, and masculine, related to germanic Arne, in some pockets of Western Europe [Frisia, Scotland
by pacala 7y ago
Different language families. It is/was feminine in the Latin world, and masculine, related to germanic Arne, in some pockets of Western Europe [Frisia, Scotland, France].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne
- senderista 7y agoInteresting that the one Scottish and one English entry in that list were both named after Queen Anne. Was it generally acceptable to name boys after well-known women, or only after female royalty?
- Gunax 7y agoI was thinking the same thing wrt to Jean (french) vs English Jean. Or Ariel (Hebrew).
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