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ThePreciseClimber t1_isjgkzp wrote

Reply to comment by beene282 in [OC] Most popular unisex names (US + UK + Canada + Australia) by byJoanic

>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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