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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Terr_ on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:31PM (#50341339)
Edited slightly for series spoilers:

> "Well, I wish you every joy," Miles went on [...] He managed a wink. "Name the first one after me, eh?"

> [She] grinned. "I'm not sure she'd appreciate that. Milesanna? Milesia?"

> "Milesia sounds like a disease," Miles admitted, taken aback. "In that case, don't. I wouldn't want her to grow up hating me in absentia."

-- Memory (1996) by Lois McMaster Bujold

In the series, Miles having a name meaning "soldier" is, er, persistently thematically significant.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:30PM (#50342331)
Wow. Kind of blast from the past. I haven't read that btw, how good is it?
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Terr_ on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:12PM (#50342984)
I'm obviously a biased source, but I metaphorically keep the Vorkosigan books [0] in a similar place with (the more-famous) Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Fun reads to return to that I find very quotable.

Interestingly, the first few books are about Miles' parents, but it's neat to see what the most popular character does/doesn't inherit.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorkosigan_Saga

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