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Conference oass::babynames

Title:	A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:	BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:	OASS::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:	Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	996
Total number of notes:	7139

916.0. "Dawn" by MRKTNG::PRTZEL::MURRY (Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Liberal!) Wed Oct 27 1993 17:20

I haven't seen the name "Dawn" in any of the titles - so I thought I'd add a 
note since it's my name and I like it.  

Although, it was chosen by my father who owns and trains Thoroughbred race 
horses and one of his favorite horses was named "Delightful Dawn", I was also 
born at dawn, so it fits!  

People laugh when I say I was named after a horse, especially since my father 
has since named a new filly "Stormy Dawn" after me!  Guess he wanted to 
balance things out since I probably wasn't always delightful!

I don't like it when people call me "Dawny", except when my nieces 
Lauren or Marah calls me it - it's cute.

I plan to use "Dawn" as a middle name for a daughter if I ever have one.

Formerly - Dawn Marie Retzel
Now - Dawn Retzel Murry
(Dawn Marie Murry just didn't sound right and my husband teased me about 
being Marie Murry - he thought it sounded pretty funny)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
916.1	Dawn/Don	MPGS::PHELAN		`Mon Dec 13 1993 18:02`	5
	Dawn is a very pretty name! Do you find that when you leave your name over the phone or something that people tend to generalize it to the male gender "Don"? Funny, I love the name Dawn, but do not care for Don or Donald.
916.2		MRKTNG::PRTZEL::MURRY	Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Liberal!	`Tue Dec 14 1993 16:19`	15
	Yes, Usually when they get confused it's because they hear a woman's voice, but hear "Don" and so they then assume it's short for Donna or I am leaving the message for someone else, like my boss maybe - arrgh! What makes it worse is the way people in NH and eastern MA say my name - they pronounce "Don" the same as "Dawn" so that is why they confuse the two. Dawn - pronounced do^n Don - pronounced just don, NOT do^n Good luck on your search for a girl's name! Dawn
916.3	Lovely name.	JEREMY::RIVKA	Rivka Calderon,Jerusalem,Israel	`Tue Dec 14 1993 16:36`	8
	I love the name!!! we used it for our son (his name is Shachar which is Hebrew for Dawn). I also knew a girl few years back whose name was Dawn and she was so nice I've decded back then that when (if) I have a boy one day-that will be his name (don't know why a boy-here in Israel many girls are called Shachar as well...).Well-that tme has come-and he IS Shachar. Lovely name. Must be a lovely person... R/
916.4	"Dawnne"	TPSYS::HAMPSON	Nurture Nature	`Wed Apr 13 1994 19:37`	7
	I have a friend whose name is "Dawnne"; apparently her parents just decided to spell it that way! Aurora is another name for Dawn/Dawnne. Donna