[name]Hi[/name]! I was trying to check out [name]Azur[/name]. I looked under A in boys names and unisex names but it wasn’t there, but it shows up in a search. Is it a simple mistake that it doesn’t show up in the list of names under A or are those lists not complete for a reason? Thanks!
Also I’m wondering what makes [name]Azure[/name] a girl’s name and [name]Azur[/name] a boy’s name. To me one is the English the other the French spelling. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
In [name_m]French[/name_m], you usually (but not always!) add an “e” to the end of an adjective or a noun to make it feminine.
Therefore, azur (meaning deep sky blue, also a name) is masculine and azure (with an “e”) is feminine.
We can see this with other names like [name_m]Daniel[/name_m]/[name_f]Danielle[/name_f], [name_u]Fran[/name_u]çois/[name_u]Fran[/name_u]çoise, [name_m]Louis[/name_m]/[name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_u]Ren[/name_u]é/[name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée, [name_m]Julien[/name_m]/[name_f]Julienne[/name_f], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]/[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f], etc.
Not all nouns/adjectives/names behave like this, though!
I hope this helps.
I’m not sure if this is why, but I know spelling variants aren’t on the main lists, yet they will come up when you search for them. [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] is in the main list for example, but you’d have to search for a variant like [name_f]Rebeca[/name_f].
Thanks guys. I’d like to say though lepapa, your example of feminizing [name_m]French[/name_m] names by adding an e at the end is true in a lot of cases, but in this one it isn’t: azur is always spelled azur in [name_m]French[/name_m], never azure.