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ThePreciseClimber t1_isiofaq wrote

Emerson is a girl name? It, quite literally, means Emer's SON.

It's not like the true meaning got lost to ages or something. :P

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SincereJustice t1_iskftil wrote

Ashley, Stacy, Allison, Lindsay, Dana, Loren/Lauren, and Evelyn all used to be boys name

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beene282 t1_isje1ip wrote

It’s a surname originally, obviously. If a woman changes her name when she marries, many parents in North America use her original name as a first name for a first child. The fact it ends -son is irrelevant. There are no gender specific surnames in most languages.

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ThePreciseClimber t1_isjgkzp wrote

>If a woman changes her name when she marries, many parents in North America use her original name as a first name for a first child.

I have NEVER heard of this before. Not a lot of Kowalski Johnsons running around. If anything, the child might use both their parents' surnames as a double surname, not a first name. :P

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beene282 t1_islj1zp wrote

Not sure why I’m getting downvoted. Literally the majority of my female friends have done this, and many others I know. Just because you don’t know anyone who did it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

I was just trying to explain why Emerson is sometimes a girl’s name, and that is definitely one of the reasons.

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