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Help[Opinions] Re: Mallory
in reply to a message by eLLe
It's a male name to me, simply because it's derived from the male form of the French word meaning "unlucky, unfortunate". (French, unlike English, is a gendered language. That's why we say a man with yellow hair is a "blond", but a woman with yellow hair is a "blonde".)
I like Mallory's sound, but it's, er, unfortunate meaning is a big drawback. (And it doesn't have the benefit of timelessness that Claudia or Cecilia have.) Also it sounds surnamey to me.
Overall, it's nms but I wouldn't mind it for someone else's child... as long as that child was a boy! :-p
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
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I like Mallory's sound, but it's, er, unfortunate meaning is a big drawback. (And it doesn't have the benefit of timelessness that Claudia or Cecilia have.) Also it sounds surnamey to me.
Overall, it's nms but I wouldn't mind it for someone else's child... as long as that child was a boy! :-p
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane Dennis
Proud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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