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Gender Neutral Baby Names!

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why

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Just any gender neutral first names. That's all.

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Alex
Jordan
Blake
Jamie
Taylor
Drew (lol)
Parker
Cameron
Brooklyn
Ryan (lol)
PAGG (lol)
AJ (lol)
Charlie
Logan
Bobbie

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A list, bro?



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A list, bro?

Is Gigi a bro or a bra? We have way too many female impersonators here. (Oops! Even I have a female sock!)

I was listening to Annie Laurie last night and realized that Laurie is gender neutral as is Leslie. A while back there was a lady named Kyle on Jeopardy! To me, that's an outlier!


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Gigi is a bra, bro.



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Drew is on the list!!

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So is my dog’s name.

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whats that

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Cody. River is another gender neutral name which is cute as that’s what my friend and his wife called their daughter.

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oh yeah i love River as a name. River Phoenix comes to mind and wow what a poetic full name

by the way, i see James on the list and i didnt know that Blake Lively named her daughter James!!

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It's ridiculous to call "James" gender neutral.

And why is it that breeders will name their baby girls male names like "Alex" or "Blake"? But they never name their baby boys female names like "Susie" or "Jessica"? I've never met a man named "Lisa" either. Misogyny much?

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shut up lol i'm not falling for this

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“Breeders” can be bad parents in the same way drivers can be bad drivers. It’s like me feeling superior to drivers because I decided against being a driver.

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Alex is short for Alexandra.

John Wayne had a pretty feminine name for some reason.

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When John Wayne was named "Marion" it was considered a male name. This goes to my point. It was co-opted into a feminine name. That happens quite often that male names become female names. But the reverse never happens. No predominately female name has become a male name in the history of the English language.

I believe in gender, two genders. I'm just saying there is a social bias against female names for males but not the other way around. Look what happened to that poor guy named "Sue".

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He’s the only man I know of with the name and it does appear to have been given to more females than males.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_(given_name)

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Okay, there were female Marions born in the 19th century. Gender bending wasn't popular back then.

But it's acceptable in society for females to have a male name. No one thinks it's odd if a girl is called "Ricky" or "Jimmie". But we never call boys "Susie" or "Betty".

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Men don't wear dresses much either.

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Thank you. Another great example. All of the women I know wear pants. But none of the men wear dresses.

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Mind you, women have been expected to wear some ridiculously impractical garments over the centuries so I don't blame them.

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But if you look at vintage film from the early 20th century, all the men in the street were wearing jackets and ties, and hats! Even the little urchins playing in the gutters wear ties. So everyone was required to overdress.

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Platonic_Caveman said... But if you look at vintage film from the early 20th century, all the men in the street were wearing jackets and ties, and hats! Even the little urchins playing in the gutters wear ties. So everyone was required to overdress.
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Men still had (and often still have) the more sensible and practical garments to wear.

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None said... Men still had (and often still have) the more sensible and practical garments to wear.

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That still doesn't explain why in formal wear, women can wear suits or dresses, but men can never wear dresses. (Not that we want to lol).

There's also nothing more restrictive than a man's tie. I love my ties, but still, both sexes are forced to do some impractical things.

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Platonic_Caveman said... That still doesn't explain why in formal wear, women can wear suits or dresses, but men can never wear dresses. (Not that we want to lol).

There's also nothing more restrictive than a man's tie. I love my ties, but still, both sexes are forced to do some impractical things.
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I hate ties and only wear them if there are no reasonable alternatives.

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None said... I hate ties and only wear them if there are no reasonable alternatives.

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I saw a man on a stage
Scream put me back in my cage
I saw him hang by his tie
I saw enough to make me cry
On planet earth
On planet earth




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Platonic_Caveman said... I saw a man on a stage
Scream put me back in my cage
I saw him hang by his tie
I saw enough to make me cry
On planet earth
On planet earth


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzwrefrmNAM
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But anyway, how many people do you know with ridiculous gender neutral names? Of course there will always be parents out there who have to let the world know just how individual they are when they choose names but, going by the children and young people I encountered through my son and daughter, I’d say this isn’t really anything to be a THAT concerned about

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None said... But anyway, how many people do you know with ridiculous gender neutral names? Of course there will always be parents out there who have to let the world know just how individual they are when they choose names but, going by the children and young people I encountered through my son and daughter, I’d say this isn’t really anything to be a THAT concerned about

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I always thought the idea of men hanging by their own ties was a socially important concept. You should work that theme into a cartoon. 😝

But I believe a sociologist should study this name enigma though. Most any male name can be used by females. Yet most female names are off limits to males.

A feminist wonk might say this is an example of a patriarchal society where the female is denigrated.

Another view might be that females have more social fluidity than males and their gender role is more flexible. We all know there is a heterosexist shaming of males who do not live up to the standards of their gender role.

"Sissy" is a negative. "Tomboy" is a positive.

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You forgot A Boy Named Sue!

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And the poor guy went through hell for it!!!

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But they never name their baby boys female names like "Susie"

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That song is a great example of why boys are never given a girl's name.

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That's why I posted it

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Exactly. I'm still waiting to meet a macho straight male named Isabella or Charlotte.

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I knew a girl named Geoff

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Yup, you can name a girl any boy name. But never name a boy "Sue"!

Why is that?

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Nah. When you name a girl a boy's name it means the dad was super disappointed he got stuck with a daughter… it's a name of shame.

You name a boy a girl's name when you think your whore wife fucked the mailman

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I dunno. They seem to think it's cute to call their daughter Randy or Billy.

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There's a girl named Rio in my family, also Spanish for River. It's not unusual for Spanish girl names to be masculine in Gender, like Rosario and Consuelo. It does seem unusual for muchachos to have femine gender names.

Other weird feminine and unisex names are Beau and René, masculine French names.

For about twenty years, I thought René Russo was a guy. I still wonder why she never changed it to Renée to avoid confusion, especially among Francophiles.


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Just remembered (with the help of Google) some more famous men with feminine names. Evelyn Waugh, Dana Andrews, Carol Reed, Stacy Keach but going back to Rio…

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio, Rio dance across the Rio Grande

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Marion Morrison aka John Wayne

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I wonder if he was meant to be called Marlon and the pen had a slight glitch.

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Marion Morrison aka John Wayne
Actually, Marion is a masculine form of Marian. Well, maybe not in French. Apologies to Marion Cotillard. Lots of exceptions in the Anglo world as well.


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Marian is also a male name in certain parts of Eastern Europe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_(given_name)

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Danai! That name is gender neutral.

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Danai!
Danae or Danaë, however is feminine, at least in my experience. I've even heard of guys named Gigi, pronounced with hard Gs, bra.


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No, I like Danai for either girl or boy.
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