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[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

I run an after school program and most of my children have "normal" names, but some of their parents are a different story.

Two that I adore are
Dessy and Lysander. Both are women.
Dessy, if I remember correctly, is named after her father. Its a shortening of his name or something.
I know that Lysander is a masculine name, but I think its beautiful and it suits her.

I do have one boy named Shea and the kids call him "Shea Stadium" but he's a Mets fan, so he doesn't mind.

Comments

[silver05.livejournal.com]

I remember all the times I've put on "Midsummer Night's Dream" and Lysander always did seem rather floaty for a boy, but I've always associated "Sander" with a boy. It is a beautiful name, I agree.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Shea makes me think of shea butter, actually. The one you find in beauty scrub masks and such.

Dessy sounds fun, I'm curios what it's short for :)

Lysander I like too much for a boy to like it on a girl :P

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

When I read Dessy and Lysander, I thought that Dessy would be short for Desdemona (continuing the Shakespeare theme)!