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[Opinions] Re: Great-Grandparents
by ari.
9/22/2022, 7:01 AM
in reply to a message by Pickles
Wow, Othelia! I wonder if it's the feminine form of Othello?masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080 🕊️❣️🌻💌🌻❣️🕊️
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- Manipura (glaucous)   +2
9/22/2022, 12:08 PM
I think it's probably a variant of Ottilia / Odelia, but Otho was semi-common here 100 years ago, so maybe that could have influenced the spelling.

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- ari.   +1
9/23/2022, 1:09 AM
Since Othello is an elaboration of Otho, that could still work as a feminization of Othello, even if it wasn't the parents' intention :-)
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)
9/23/2022, 9:23 AM
LOLThis is funny to me, because my great-grandmother was horribly racist.
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- Pickles (C.M.S.)
9/22/2022, 7:22 AM
I have no idea, but I doubt it. Her parents were poor, Swedish farmers from Minnesota.

This message was edited 9/22/2022, 7:24 AM

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