"Tristen" now a feminine given name

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 08:40:15AM -0800, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> A new era in Arthurian unisex onomastics dawned thirty-two years ago with the naming of future screenwriter and film actress "Tristen Skyler."  Skyler is familiar to all viewers of the film _Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project II_ (2000), two-star sequel to the critically acclaimed no-star _Blair Witch Project_ (1999).
>

There's also Tristan Taormino, a female sex columnist.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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