Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140803191129/@comment-226878-20140809233504

Yeah, that and the fact that all fathers tend to expect to have sons so most names tend to be of masculine.

Interestingly, the name Esther itself is an exception in that it derives from the feminine Hebrew name Hadassah.

I mentioned earlier that Stacey was originally a masculine. For clarity's sake, it is derived of Latin "Eustachius" which means "fruitful.")

Apparently, I was wrong about Shannon as it is derived from an Irish Goddess "Sionann."

On the other hand, Scarlet comes from saghrilat (pronounced probably "sarlat" or "saw-gr-lat"