early 14c.,female,femele, "woman, human being of the sex which brings forth young," from Old Frenchfemelle"woman, female" (12c.), from Medieval Latinfemella"a female," from Latinfemella"young female, girl," diminutive offemina"woman, a female" ("woman, female," literally "she who suck...
Many people are curious about Muslim Women’s Names. How you say and write Arabic names are different than in English. On this page I make a short list of Muslim female names. The names on this page are Leila, Aisha, Zaynab, Sawda, Sarah, Samira, Safiyya, Ramla, Nora, Maryam, Maria...
I've always thought of one out of each of those pairs (Bertha and Mildred) to be old lady names. I'm ambivilent about Ruth; it's not in my top ten, but I see it as basically a modern name. In contrast, I'd put Gretchen right up there with Emily, Emma, and Natalie. ...
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. . As you walk among these unassuming gravestones, you will see that some only have names, no birth or death dates, and some are unknown. Many of the older gravestones memorialize persons who spent their entire adult lives in the county asylum.” Unable to find my great-great aunt’s ...
Their designs are iconic and their names hold a lot of weight in the fashion community. While this isn't a list of all female fashion designers, it does answer the questions "Who are the most famous female fashion designers in the world?" and "Who are the best female fashion designers...
Scott names a title rather than an author, because, by doing so, he can avoid any suggestion that a woman directly dominates over her male colleagues in this literary field. George Moir’s Treatise on Poetry and Modern Romance (1839) bestows praise even more begrudgingly on Radcliffe, while...
Ladyprefixed to names of vocations as a mark of sex (lady doctor, author, clerk, &c.) is a cumbrous substitution for a feminine designation, which should be preferred when it exists or can be made; in default of that,womanorfemalewould be better thanlady... ...