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It was a tradition in the old south for a girl child to be named with the surname of a relative or friend. Many boy names were also given to honor a friend or relative. Strictly speaking, these names are neutral, that is they have no masculine or feminine designation.
I see that alot. Alot of names after civil war heroes and folklore heros names too , alot of lee middle names, bobbi lee, jessie or jessi, like jessi colter, billie lee, jo lynne, etc.
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I'm just curious. It doesn't affect my life one way or the other. Do people think it gives their female child a head start in life? Did they want a boy and get a girl instead?
I'm referring to names that were once given exclusively to boys such as Hunter, Madison, Taylor, Casey, Tyler, Ashley and there are many others.
I recently met someone who named their adorable little girl Grey. I feel sorry for the sweet little girl. If everything is going towards gender neutral then why isn't the reverse true? I don't see any boys with names like Ann or Karen.
I think you could have picked some better names for this argument.
Hunter
There are 14,618 people in the U.S. with the first name Hunter.
Statistically the 1580th most popular first name.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Hunter are male.
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Madison
There are 4,873 people in the U.S. with the first name Madison.
Statistically the 2762nd most popular first name. More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Madison are female.
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Tyler
There are 147,809 people in the U.S. with the first name Tyler.
Statistically the 427th most popular first name. 97.8 percent of people with the first name Tyler are male.
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Ashley
There are 514,893 people in the U.S. with the first name Ashley.
Statistically the 114th most popular first name. 95.58 percent of people with the first name Ashley are female.
Taylor and Casey/Kasey are the only names that fall below 95%
It's part of a trend of using surnames from the UK and the Republic of Ireland as first names. My husband's surname (and now mine) is a last name strongly associated with the borderlands between England and Scotland. It's also an extremely popular girl's first name in America (top 50 popular), and it always cracks me up when people ask me why I have a first name as a last name. Uh, no, you have that backwards, sweetheart.
I'm just curious. It doesn't affect my life one way or the other. Do people think it gives their female child a head start in life? Did they want a boy and get a girl instead?
I'm referring to names that were once given exclusively to boys such as Hunter, Madison, Taylor, Casey, Tyler, Ashley and there are many others.
I recently met someone who named their adorable little girl Grey. I feel sorry for the sweet little girl. If everything is going towards gender neutral then why isn't the reverse true? I don't see any boys with names like Ann or Karen.
Names are usually generational in how often they are used. I know like 90 Jacobs. Name usage isn't static. Frankly, most Taylor's I've met in my life have been female, same with Casey, Madison, and Ashely. I've actually never met a male Madison, and I'm not sure I've met a male Ashely either. I've never met a female Tyler or Hunter; those have all been males.
As long as I can spell it I'm good. And these days with folks declaring their gender "binary", I'm anticipating combo names, e.g., Mary-Dick, Harry-Sue...
I'm just curious. It doesn't affect my life one way or the other. Do people think it gives their female child a head start in life? Did they want a boy and get a girl instead?
I'm referring to names that were once given exclusively to boys such as Hunter, Madison, Taylor, Casey, Tyler, Ashley and there are many others.
I recently met someone who named their adorable little girl Grey. I feel sorry for the sweet little girl. If everything is going towards gender neutral then why isn't the reverse true? I don't see any boys with names like Ann or Karen.
Many of the names you mention have not been exclusively boys names. I've known females with those names for a while. And in fact, I only know girls named a few of those names (Madison and Ashley, for instance).
These things aren't that important. Most girls (and boys) with "unusual" names might get picked on by bullys - but most are proud of their name. And they should be. I'd love to have a unique name (not that I don't like my name...it's just generic).
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