Never heard that before Janet but nothing ever surprises me as I have a Julian and that is definitely a girl as she married! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Cuff" <bgmjcuff@yahoo.co.uk> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Unusual names and our reactions to them Can someone please tell me if it was common for Sarah to be used as a boy's name. I have a note of a baptism in a Somerset parish register which I am sure I copied correctly and it reads - Sarah (son) Cuff, son of William and Jane 1793. Janet ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Liz, Julian was a female name for a very long time - I don't recall a male Julian in my Somerset transcribing from the 1500s to the late 19th century. Yvonne -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_district-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Liz Never heard that before Janet but nothing ever surprises me as I have a Julian and that is definitely a girl as she married!