Masculinizations?

[nextotonormal14]

I don't know if I spelled that right. Or if it's a real word. But I was just wondering if y'all could think of any girls names that people boy-ified. Like the opposite of feminizations. I once read on here Marius was a masculinazation of Mary. Is that true? Any y'all can think of? Thoughts?

[josiemum]

mariano is very popular in south america. Also lucio and Luciano. Natalio can also be heard.

[caroeliese]

The older a name is, the less likely it is to have been "masculinized", which is why I really, really doubt that Marius (an older name) was derived from Mary. See, in Ye Days of Olde Patriarchy, it would be seen as a massive insult to give your son a name that is a "masculinization" of a woman's name. However, it was an honor to bestow a girl a name that was feminized. For instance: many Roman girls were named after their fathers. Julius Caesar's daughter was Julia; Mark Antony's daughter was Antonia.

So I can't think of many old or classic named that would be girl-to-boy rather than boy-to-girl, and I am pretty sure that Marius (old enough to be features in the centuries old "Les Miserables" book) does not derive from Mary.

[ashthedreamer]

I agree 100% with @caroeliese. There are names like Aurelian/Aurelius (Aurelia), Julius/Julian (Julia), Augustus/Augusten (Augusta), Ambrose/Ambrosius (Ambrosia), Andreas (Andrea), Antonio/Antonius (Antonia), Cornelius (Cornelia), Darius (Daria), Demetrius (Demetria), Flavian/Flavius (Flavia), Lucius (Lucia/Luciana/Lucy), Octavius/Octavio/Octavian (Octavia), Valerian/Valerius (Valeria/Valerie), and Zenobius (Zenobia), but as @caroeliese has stated, the feminine forms came from the original Roman boys' names, not the other way around. Most of the girls' forms are more popular today, which is why I'm guessing you would think that, but the original forms are the -ius/-ian endings for the boys.

Good luck!

[kerrycl]

Evelyn is an example of a name that started out feminine (as Aveline), became a surname, and then became a boy's name...before becoming a girl's name again. So it does happen. http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect...of_Evelyn.html

Emmett seems to have a similar history, maybe: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Emmett