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  1. Gail is a masculine and feminine #givenName. As a feminine name, it can be a short form of the name #Abigail. Gail has been used as a masculine and feminine name, and until the 1930s, was equally common on both sexes. Between the 1930s and 1960s, its use as a feminine name increased, as a consequence marginalizing masculine usage by about 1960. Alternate spellings include Gaile, #Gale, and #Gayle. Notable people with the given name include:

  2. Tadanori (written: 忠則, 忠度, 忠教, 忠憲, or 忠礼) is a masculine Japanese #givenName. Notable people with the name include:

  3. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  4. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  5. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  6. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  7. The name Philippa has been popular in England since the #14thCentury when Philippa of Hainault arrived to marry the young king Edward III. Three of their first four granddaughters were named #Philippa: daughters of Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, & their sister Isabella of Woodstock. 🧵 2/

    #GivenName #GranddaughtersOfEdwardIII #PhilippaOfHainault #EdwardIII #LionelOfAntwerp #JohnOfGaunt #IsabellaOfWoodstock #medieval #medievodons

    📷 collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12

  8. @jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

    Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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  9. @jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

    Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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  10. @jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

    Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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  11. @jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

    Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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  12. @jewwhohasitall Dominant arm still out of commission and still waiting on my fancy new keyboard, but I can manage a short toot with one-hand hunt-and-peck, because #names are always fun:

    Doron /doˈʁon (Hebrew), dəˈɹon (English)/ = #givenName for boys and girls, borrowed into Mishnaic Hebrew from Ancient Greek approx 200-400 CE, meaning "gift" and "handswidth." Also #surname, as matronymic then patronymic. #Name borrowed into English from Hebrew.

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