Formerly Men's Names (Disregards spelling variances)

I saw a lady named Travis on The Price Is Right last week.

Yup- another left wing plot to masculinize the vaginal purity of our precious youth

My dad has a male friend from childhood whose name is Primrose!

R3 Shut up!

Was he a fan dancer?

Frances, as in Farmer, but Francis, as in Lederer (Hungarian actor in the US).

In "In This Our Life" the sisters are Roy and Stanley.

Kim

Marion, as in John Wayne's real name.

What r6? The Francis - Frances thing is not new or unusual.

Francis has been the male spelling and Frances is the female spelling.

Ashley.

R4 Tis true. But he doesn’t use the name Primrose ever, of course. Still, that’s the name his parents gave him. He’s from the south, not far from ouah prayshus Lindseh Grayum.

Lots of guys still named Casey. I wouldn't think of that as a girl's name.

Winifred, Joyce

Richard Gere's middle name is "Tiffany."

Shannon

patsy?

Aubrey Plaza played a character named Darius in “Safety Not Guaranteed” (a completely charming movie by the way).

'Evelyn Napier was that handsome suitor for Mary Crawley on Downton Abbey.

Courtney B. Vance

Kim Shriner

Claus Maria Brandauer

Gale Sayers

Evelyn Waugh

Shirley Brooks

Poet, Joyce Kilmer.

John Wayne's real name was Marion.

I notice Ryan has now been co opted to the female side. I know two people with daughters named Ryan.

Gladys.

Pictured: Gladys Bokese, Congolese footballer

I know a few Marys.

As someone who has a name that could apply to either males or females I beg everyone who ever has a child, do not use a name for a child that could apply to either sex. It is a nightmare for the child growing up.

Okay, Lee.

Sidney, Kelly, Christopher, Anne Rice's given name is Howard.

Women with male names:

Joey Heatherton

Michael Learned

Christopher Templeton and Christopher Norris

Kerry, Shannon, Taylor, Jordan, Courtney

R25, what am I, chopped liver?

Ashley

I knew a man named Pearl.

Aubrey

lol

Just speaking of names - I've always wanted there to be a show called [italic]Karen Grassle Junior High.

It seems to be a big thing with celebs to name their girls with boy names.

Mila Kunis named her daughter Wyatt.

Drew Barrymore named her daughter Frankie.

Adam Levine named his daughter Gio.

Rapper, Drake's real name is Aubrey. Aubrey Plaza said a black fan approached her once and said, "my name is Aubrey too."

Loren

Glenn

Blair

Allison

Sydney

Aubrey

Avery

Meredith

Lynn

Quinn

Looks like the English speaking world will run out of boy names.

r7

Actually until after WWII, Franky(ie) was the nickname for a girl, best found in the song Frankie and Johnny are Lovers

R6 'Kim' is a very common and popular given name for Scandinavian men & boys only.

The gay teenaged amateur-boxer character on '00s Swedish soap ANDRA AVE. was named Kim.

I know a few females named Kyle

^^Man. If those women R40 knows are older than 18 and younger than 38, imagine all the times they've had "SHET EERRRPPP KAHL" or some variation screamed at them. I know I probably would have done that.

Butch

I used to work with a man named Nancy.

Cameron

Camille

Kelly

When I worked as a home health care case manager, we had a female client in her 70s whose name was Dale. I remember drama going down when one of our staff nurses went to do a welness check and expected to see a male client lol.

Dany.

Jocelyn

Bruce

Sue

Kendall.

The French have been going it for a long time. I've known women named Claude, Laurence, Robert, all pronounced In a French way.

As for Dale, my mother had an older female cousin named Dale and she was born in the late 1920s. We called her Aunt Dale. In seventh grade I had a male classmate named Dale and I told him he had a girl's name. Which led him to beat the crap out of me.

I have a second cousin Dale (female). She was born in the 60s, so not ancient.

Any male names that you could never see crossing over or vice versa?

I can't stand these annoying parents who give their girls boy names. Meanwhile, they would NEVER give a girls name to their sons.

Gale

Is it a trend to ccver trans bases?

Why is it a more prevalent thing? IS it a statistically more prevalent in fact- the co-opting of traditionally male names?

I had an uncle named Shirley. He went by Shirl. His brother's name was Gale.

I wonder if my life would have been happier, had I been named Belinda.

On Dynasty------The character of Alexis was originally named Madeline Carrington. But they wanted a mans name to show a more aggressive masculine style Alexis would bring

I have an uncle named Beverly and a first cousin in his 40s named Stacy.

What about Tracy?

I've known two females named Kyle. They would be in their 50s--60s by now. Both preppy.

[quote] Any male names that you could never see crossing over or vice versa?

Off the top of my head and using names of people I've known I don't imagine a typical mother giving her little girl the pompous name of famous male historical/mythic character, such as: Albert, Augustus, Beowulf (yes, I do know a boy with that name), Cillian, David, Godfrey, Hadrian, Harold, Hubert/Herbert, Iago, Ivan, Jefferson, Luther, Maximillian, Oswald, Rudolf, Samuel, Ulysses, Walter and Xavier. At least not without modified letters e.g. the last 'a' in Davida or an alternative spelling like 'Hadrienne', or a shortening e.g. 'Maxi/ne'. Then again I've known adult women with first names like Ajax, Beauregard, Hermes, Jacques and Tennyson...

Along similar lines I don't see famous female names from history or the literary arts crossing over well. Could you dream of a little boy sporting a goddess-y/imperial/'Disney' name like Anastasia, Athena, Aurora, Belle, Blanche, Carmen, Cassandra, Elisabeth, Eve, Gertrude, Gwendolyn, Helen, Isabella, Jasmine, Juliet, Lilith, Luna, Katherine, Margaret/Marguerite, Maria/Marie, Ophelia, Pandora, Sabrina, Scarlet, Titania or Victoria? (well, this is the Datalounge so perhaps we could imagine it...)

I'm 45. My name is Stacey.

lmao R63 I just got hype for a second there thinking you could be Stacey Blades. But you're 5 years too young :(

actually the glam/hair/prog/operatic and grunge rock scenes are a good place to mine for these names. I mean Alice Cooper? Blackie Lawless? Blaise Bayley? Geddy Lee? Jani Lane? Izzy Stradlin? Layne Staley? Nikki Sixx? Raine Maida? Shannon Hoon? Taime Downey? Tracii (n. Tracey) Guns? All are men.

Aw, and how could I forget Kelly Nickels?

R10, See: "Casey D.C."

R6, And the female is "Marian."

R12, Yes, as in the surname of Louis Comfort and of the jewelller.

R33 has never heard of "Frankie and Johnny."

my name is stacey. my favorite color is clear.

Dale Evans was an icon to us Boomers. Yet I had a male classmate named Dale.

"Gale" (masculine) is not "Gail" or "Gayle."

"Evelyn" (British) for a man has a long "e."

Both Lynn and Mallory - two generations ago

I met a male Mallory today. He's a Jr.

I like the names Jody, Shannon, and Kelly for guys. I had a mad crush on a male Shannon growing up.

Josie, Corey

R72 me too, kinda. In retrospect I question why, but as a little kid I had a crush on pro-wrestler Shannon Moore (affiliate of The Hardy Boyz out of Charlotte, NC) who was in the WWF 'boyband' stable Three Count with Evan Karagias and later moved to TNA to work a 'punk' gimmick. While he's all-American and country to the bone I remember him talking about his Irish ancestry in an interview once, hence his name and his blond meaty looks.

Reports say Shannon is atypical for an ex-wrestler in that he's sweet guy IRL and now retired has his own wildly-successful tattoo-parlor franchise, so maybe that somewhat slightly vindicates me.

In spite of our beloved Marcia meme, I believe 'Jan' is a predominantly male name everywhere else beside English-speaking countries.

In Japan 'ジャン' ('Jyan') is a common 'cute' name for an energetic youth. A handful of famous sentai/anime characters go by it, like this loveable guy..

I also like Kelly and Shannon as male names. I also like Sydney more as male name than a female name.

[quote]I notice Ryan has now been co opted to the female side. I know two people with daughters named Ryan.

I have noticed that too. My cousin and his ex have a ten year old daughter named Ryan. Several months back, on a work trip, the woman who I consulting with had a three year old girl named Ryan.

Another name that I've noticed being used more for females is Logan.