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Help[Opinions] Emmet was a female name?
in reply to a message by Hufflepuffer
I never would have guessed that. And Sexborough brings the lolz, not because of the "sex" in it, but it`s just very surnamey and masculine, even nowadays.
But it`s nice to prove that variant spellings are not a modern trend, as people seem to think.
But it`s nice to prove that variant spellings are not a modern trend, as people seem to think.
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Apparently...
Emmet, or Emmot, is a diminutive of female names starting with "Em" - particularly Emma and Emmy. And it only became a male name later on!
It's actually explained here on BTN under Emmett.
Also - a common diminutive form for names in medieval England was the use of the "ot" ending, for both male and female names, as I'm sure you've noticed in a lot of the names in this list
Emmet, or Emmot, is a diminutive of female names starting with "Em" - particularly Emma and Emmy. And it only became a male name later on!
It's actually explained here on BTN under Emmett.
Also - a common diminutive form for names in medieval England was the use of the "ot" ending, for both male and female names, as I'm sure you've noticed in a lot of the names in this list
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