"Tristan" now feminine given name

[Paul Johnston]

There's also Nefro League Hall of Famer Judy Johnson from the 1920's, also a
Julius, I believe.

Paul Johnston
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> Ok, one more.
>   My stepfather's name is Julius, but his relatives call him Judy.
>   Seriously.
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> Sally Donlon <sod at LOUISIANA.EDU> wrote:  As far as Grandpa Jack [Griffin]
was concerned, my mother (whose name
> is Margaret)  was always "Fritz" and her sister (whose name is Helen)
> was "Mickey."  I've never called the latter anything but "Aunt Mickey."
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> On the other hand, there's all those masculine nicknames from the
> Hoboken neighborhood my mom grew up in: Christy [Christopher]; Paddy
> or Patty [Patrick]; Julie [Julian]; Sally [Salvador]; Pauly [Paul];
> Angie [Angelo and Angus].
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> sally
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> On Feb 24, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > In the late '70s I also knew a "Marla" whose preferred nickname was
> > "Mickey."
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> >   JL
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> > "Joanne M. Despres"  wrote:
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> > Of course, plenty of female names end up being cut back to male
> > names in their nickname form. For example, I've heard women
> > named "Georgette" referred to as "George." There's also "Sam" for
> > "Samantha," "Bert" for "Bertha" or "Roberta," "Marty" for "Martha,"
> > "Jo" for "Joanne," etc., etc.
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