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Unusual name on this gravestone

11 years ago

A philanderer is a womanizer. So this seems an odd choice to name a child:

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
11 years ago
It's a Greek name meaning friend of man.

Here is a link that might be useful: history of name
alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
Apparently friend of women too. ;-)

Thanks for clarifying, Raven.
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marilyn_c
11 years ago
Well, the last name is Collins....seems to fit all of the ones I know. (I am married to a Collins...if anyone doesn't know.) I heard someone calling their kid in Walmart one day. His name was Phallus. Maybe they didn't spell it that way...but I thought...hmmm, with all the names, I think I could think of one better than that.
sheilajoyce_gw
11 years ago
Dick?
ont_gal
11 years ago
lolol
sleeperblues
11 years ago
Sheila, I just spit my coffee out laughing!
susanjf_gw
11 years ago
was over at another site and we were just talking about spelling and names...like my mom..her full name was georgia blanche, but those 2 aunts passed and she became plain "b"...
Marilyn Sue McClintock
11 years ago
I had an uncle whose middle name was spelled, Phlandor. Close to the name you found.

Sue
alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
LOL Sheila! And Marilyn, let's hope they spelled it Fallis. Or Fallace.
jannie
11 years ago
or Falaise. Hehe, this is so funny!
jemdandy
11 years ago
Apparently, Philander was used more in the 1800s than today. I have seen this name in old county histories. For example, there was a man named Philander Gould who was a prominent settler in Edwards co, IL. (My sister married a Gould who is a descendant of this man.)
neesie
11 years ago
Philander is different from Philanderer. See the extra er?

We have a road near our house called Hodgson Road. I can't tell you how many people call it Hodgkins (as in disease). There is no "K" in it! And it ends in "son" in "ins".

Detail people, detail!
chisue
11 years ago
An older family friend introduced himself by his surname only. His given name was Horace and his middle initial was "P".

When you name a child, try to think of how kids will twist it or rhyme it.
alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
Philander is different from Philanderer. See the extra er?

Of course I do, Neesie. And did. But the extra er indicates that a philanderer is one who . . . philanders.
cynic
11 years ago
Had an uncle named Etheldred. His mother must've hated him.
alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
LOL Cynic!

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