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To: the OlLine Rebel
My children were all meaning based traditional names.

Samantha - She who listens
Arlen - Pledged one
Dorthea - Gift of God
Beatrice - Happy blessing

Of course, they now stand out in their millennial generation because their names aren't made up or uniquely spelled.

I sometimes wonder if the parents making up names and spellings are just simply illiterate and proud of it.

23 posted on 12/08/2012 1:58:53 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: Valpal1
Dorthea - Gift of God

Love that name...the name of several of my female ancestors..spelled slightly differently "Dorothea." One little bit of a girl traveled to America from Germany at the age of 18, all by herself to the middle of completely unsettled Iowa, to join her fiance. Her full given was named "Sophia Margaretha Dorothea Nitch" (but she was known as Dorothea)...a rare female name that was passed down for several generations.

My other favorite ancestral family name was a GG Grandmother, Celestia (Heavenly).

124 posted on 12/09/2012 3:05:04 AM PST by garandgal
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