Male/Female names

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A lot of male names have female counterparts
simon/simone
stephen/stephanie
christopher/christine
charles/charlotte
alan/alana/alanis
Gerald/geraldine
david/davina

but what are the female equivalents of
Richard
Keith
Mark
Luke

and the male equivalents of
Ruth
Elizabeth
florence
Doris

(can you tell I had a most "interesting" drive in this morning, mind wandering all over the shop)
 
Take Florence off your list. The Masculine equivalent is Florent (sounds much better with a French accent). :-)
 
Mark ~ Marcia
Luke ~ Lucy
? Keith ~ Kitty/K/Catherine
 
According to Google (and Google never lies)...

The name Keith is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "woodland, forest". There isn't a feminine counterpart.
 
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
 
boogie man said:
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
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I know a woman who has 3 kids: Lacie, Diesel and River.

I also have a nephew called Levi
 
boogie man said:
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
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heard a worse one than that - admittedly quite a while back and the child is now , presumably an adult.

Mother , clearly irritated at child having disappeared in Supermarket let out a yell

"Cassandra - come here NOW "

Child appeared

He was clearly annoyed at having been called to heel.

Wonder if he has changed his name
 
boogie man said:
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
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Well, I know what "a big Diesel" means in Strine...
 
Girls names seem to be the worse, at a previous school my daughter had in her class, Angel, Willow, princess, Chasity (couldn't manage Chastity?) :D

And then lots of mis-spellings, putting y's for i's etc so things like Nykky, Alysen
 
There was a mother in the park on Sunday calling for her son Horatio to keep up.

Apparently there is a female equivalent to Keith, it's Keitha - not very common, and although they have other meaning probably close enough to Keira/Katie/etc that someone would choose one of those over the direct equivalent.
 
Byker28i said:
Girls names seem to be the worse, at a previous school my daughter had in her class, Angel, Willow, princess, Chasity (couldn't manage Chastity?) :D

And then lots of mis-spellings, putting y's for i's etc so things like Nykky, Alysen
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I'll see your daft girls' names, and raise you a few boys' names....

Kai (wtf?)
Kaden
Blane Or Blain
Jaxxon (parents should be taken out the back for that one).
And finally, heard outside a primary school this very morning.....FALSTAFF!! :eek:
 
Keith is the female equivalent, male is Keef, innit... :)

keith-richards.jpg
 
viv1969 said:
I'll see your daft girls' names, and raise you a few boys' names....

Kai (wtf?)
Kaden
Blane Or Blain
Jaxxon (parents should be taken out the back for that one).
And finally, heard outside a primary school this very morning.....FALSTAFF!! :eek:
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Falstaff?!?!?

Maybe its another one of those kids whos name is the same as where they were conceived (Brooklyn Beckham). There is a Falstaff Brewery in Derby...which would explain it :D
 
Brash - Brashette.
 
viv1969 said:
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And finally, heard outside a primary school this very morning.....FALSTAFF!! :eek:
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I went to schoold with a lad who's first names were James Faulkner Ledwedge....

you can imagine where much of our entertainment came from
 
boogie man said:
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
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that would be petrol ~ (petrel) :p
 
Nikon_Nick said:
Falstaff?!?!?

Maybe its another one of those kids whos name is the same as where they were conceived (Brooklyn Beckham). There is a Falstaff Brewery in Derby...which would explain it :D
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Or just someone who knows their Shakespeare or is a fan of Verdi..


I think it says something about this forum that the only awareness of Falstaff is of a brewery.. .. o_O
 
Alastair said:
I think it says something about this forum that the only awareness of Falstaff is of a brewery.. .. o_O
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To be fair it was only Nick that mentioned a brewery :D

It did seem the fashion, when my two were growing up, to find quite "outrageous names"
I blame the pop stars and sports stars :D
On reflection I blame David Bowie for naming his son Zowie back in the early '70's
(Before some one hits Google, I believe his name was actually Duncan (Zowie) Jones ;) )
 
Cobra said:
It did seem the fashion, when my two were growing up, to find quite "outrageous names"
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About a decade ago there was a fashion in Germany for Anglicised names which seems very odd when you bump into a German called Colin, although the pendulum has swung back on that one and more traditional names are now back in vogue.
 
Cobra said:
To be fair it was only Nick that mentioned a brewery :D

It did seem the fashion, when my two were growing up, to find quite "outrageous names"
I blame the pop stars and sports stars :D
On reflection I blame David Bowie for naming his son Zowie back in the early '70's
(Before some one hits Google, I believe his name was actually Duncan (Zowie) Jones ;) )
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:p
 
OldCarlos said:
Surely the female equivalent to Richard is ....Fanny. ;)
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Groan :p
OldCarlos said:
Many years ago a mate of mine named his son Montgomery :eek:
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But also many years ago, there was a habit of naming kids from history,
for example I knew a Winston.
Has to be better than Fifi Trixibelle (Geldof ) though :D
 
boogie man said:
I was in the supermarket the other day and heard a mum shouting at her little boy " Oi! Come 'ere Diesel !" .
Poor child, I wonder what the female equivalent of that is?
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Gasoline ;)
 
Cobra said:
Groan :p

But also many years ago, there was a habit of naming kids from history,
for example I knew a Winston.
Has to be better than Fifi Trixibelle (Geldof ) though :D
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Or Peaches....or Tigerlily :banghead:
 
Think the funniest child name or most inappropriate maybe was when I was reading a notice in the dentist and head a brummie Mother saying "Ebony, Ebony come here and sit down, I turn round in time to see the whitest little girl sullenly slump into the chair next to her mum :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
MWHCVT said:
Think the funniest child name or most inappropriate maybe was when I was reading a notice in the dentist and head a brummie Mother saying "Ebony, Ebony come here and sit down, I turn round in time to see the whitest little girl sullenly slump into the chair next to her mum :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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Did you manage to hold in the giggles?
I'm not sure I could have!
 
viv1969 said:
Did you manage to hold in the giggles?
I'm not sure I could have!
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I did, but only as long as it took me to walk out of the room...my dentist there found it amusing too :P
 
MWHCVT said:
Think the funniest child name or most inappropriate maybe was when I was reading a notice in the dentist and head a brummie Mother saying "Ebony, Ebony come here and sit down, I turn round in time to see the whitest little girl sullenly slump into the chair next to her mum :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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My brother's daughter is called Ebony. She's white:mad:
 
MWHCVT said:
Think the funniest child name or most inappropriate maybe was when I was reading a notice in the dentist and head a brummie Mother saying "Ebony, Ebony come here and sit down, I turn round in time to see the whitest little girl sullenly slump into the chair next to her mum :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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Ebony, at the dentists having her ivory checked out? :thinking:
 
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