they are still forms of the same name.
I've told this story a million times on here, but oh well
I have a friend named
John IV "
Jack". So his dad is also named
John. His mom is named
Janet, and his brother is named
Sean.
And one day I pointed this out to him, just like "
Jack, everyone in your family is named
John!
Because
Sean is the Irish form of
John. [And
Shane is another form of
Sean], and
Janet is a feminine of
John.
This message was edited 12/10/2010, 8:57 PM