Originally Posted by
The Q
in the hebridies I went to School with a girl called Kennethina (English spelling), not a name I've heard of anywhere else.
That just sounds to me like another of those cases where a male name is feminized, usually because the father wants a child named after him even if it's a girl. Hence on occasion you get women named Johnette/Johna, Joshlyn, Ryanne, Jamesina, Ronette, Scottlyn, and the like (on top of your usuals like Roberta, Antoinette, Paula, Thomasina, etc.). I don't see it as exclusively a Scottish phenomenon.
Last edited by Katia; 16th September 19 at 07:48 PM.
Here's tae us - / Wha's like us - / Damn few - / And they're a' deid - /
Mair's the pity!
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