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Bad name for a boy-child. It sounds too much (at least, to me) like the Yiddish word "faygeleh" -- which used to mean "sweet little girl". But then it later became a term of derision -- especially when applied to males, when it means "homosexual". Not that there's anything wrong with being gay -- but I don't know any parents -- gay or straight -- who'd give their child a name suggestive of sexuality in any form. I mean, seriously, do you know anyone who'd even name a kid "Dick" these days?

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And then there's the Fagan of *Oliver Twist*, with bad associations of child exploitation.

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Nah, I don't like "Faygen" as a name at all.

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-- Nanaea