"Tristan" now feminine given name

[Brenda Lester]

They like the sound of it, AND Kristen has run its course

FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at SALKEIZ.K12.OR.US> wrote:  My goodness!! What's next?--Siegfried? Hagen? How about Etzel?

>>> wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM 2/22/2006 11:46 AM >>>
About a half hour ago CNN interviewed a young woman named "Tristan Carter," who looked to be about nineteen..

  Of interest is that the interviewer stressed the final, making the name sound as though it were spelled "Trist-Ann."

  Ms. Carter's sister is "Toryn."

  JL




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