Don or Dawn question....

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Registered: 05-30-2007
Don or Dawn question....
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Tue, 11-06-2007 - 5:36pm
I'm not planning to use this name. I just wanted to know what others thought. I love the name Dawn, it was my Mom's middle name but I have known older men whose names are Don. To you, is it a girl or boys name? Does it depend on the spelling? I seem to learn more toward it being a female name if the spelling is Dawn but then again, like I said, I have met men named Don and didn't think twice. Just wondering....
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Registered: 05-06-2006
Sun, 11-18-2007 - 7:10pm
I think Don/Dawn is a great example of a unisex name. I have an Uncle named Don, and know quite a few men named Don. I also know plenty of women named Dawn. I think in recent dates, Dawn is more common than Don, but, still both are good names.
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Wed, 11-21-2007 - 1:33am
How is Don/Dawn unisex? They are completely separate names with different etymologies. Don is a diminutive of Donald, which is a male name of Gaelic origin meaning "world rule"
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Wed, 11-21-2007 - 2:18am
I'm Australian and that is how we say them too-obviously with an accent ;) It never occurred to me that they would be pronounced the same lol.
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Wed, 11-21-2007 - 2:26am

Yep they are not unisex at all IMO.

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Wed, 11-21-2007 - 12:07pm
There are names that sound alike that aren't unisex because they aren't the same name--and this is one! (Thanks for doing the research, btw.) Now I'm trying to think of others...Erin/Aaron is the obvious one, but I'm sure there are more.

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Wed, 11-21-2007 - 8:52pm

I live in South Carolina and my mn is Dawn.Don and Dawn here are DEFINITELY NOT said the same way at all.


My mn is D-awww----n.Don is pronounced like...well,just Don..LOL

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