Edit: alt-text: Reddit post in r/TrueOffMyChest

Title: my friend just transitioned but I found out she’s naming herself Mildred. I wanna be supportive but, fucking Mildred?

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  • Infynis
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    5 months ago

    It’s actually short for Maleficent

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      5 months ago

      You want to cite a source for that because I can’t find anything. Everything I’m finding says that before 1959 it was never used as a name and only as a word. And the name translates differently than Mildred.