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Help[Opinions] Re: Celebrity BAs (don't know if it's been posted yet)
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The difference is that Esra is actually feminine, whereas Ezra very much isn't.
Also, OP was stating an opinion (an opinion I happen to agree with, really) in the way most people do, and I'm really confused as to why you have an issue with it. If I'm going to say, "That dress is awful," I don't have to preface it with, "I think," and the same goes for my opinion on the weather, what happened on a television show I watch last night, and pretty much anything else.
Ottilie
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Also, OP was stating an opinion (an opinion I happen to agree with, really) in the way most people do, and I'm really confused as to why you have an issue with it. If I'm going to say, "That dress is awful," I don't have to preface it with, "I think," and the same goes for my opinion on the weather, what happened on a television show I watch last night, and pretty much anything else.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/116467
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The difference is that Esra is actually feminine, whereas Ezra very much isn't.
Well, actually, Ezra seems to be a (rare-ish) Turkish girls' name*. And according to Turkish name sites, it seems to have a different etymology than Esra or masculine Ezra.
BTW, I'm not trying to contradict anyone or anything here, I just thought I'd use the opportunity to bring it up in the hope that someone more knowledgeable might chime in :)
* See: http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-yakit/5a/425/519
http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1/99/53a/687
https://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-kilinc/3/5a/303
Well, actually, Ezra seems to be a (rare-ish) Turkish girls' name*. And according to Turkish name sites, it seems to have a different etymology than Esra or masculine Ezra.
BTW, I'm not trying to contradict anyone or anything here, I just thought I'd use the opportunity to bring it up in the hope that someone more knowledgeable might chime in :)
* See: http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-yakit/5a/425/519
http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-yaz%C4%B1c%C4%B1/99/53a/687
https://tr.linkedin.com/pub/ezra-kilinc/3/5a/303
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Ezra is generally a boys' name in English. I highly doubt an English girl of English background would give her child a Turkish name.
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I am very much aware of the fact that Ezra is exclusively a masculine name in English (which, by the way, is also the reason why I, personally, would never use it for a girl in an English-speaking environment).
However, that doesn't exclude the possibility that it is a legitimate girls' name elsewhere in the world. And I thought on a name board like this, why not bring it up? Regardless if this was the inspiration behind the choice (which, just like you, I highly doubt).
However, that doesn't exclude the possibility that it is a legitimate girls' name elsewhere in the world. And I thought on a name board like this, why not bring it up? Regardless if this was the inspiration behind the choice (which, just like you, I highly doubt).
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