Chelsea as a male first name (native, search, history, born)

[Chelspa]

Does anyone have any information on the use of Chelsea as a male first/given name? Although unusual, I know of a handful of male Chelsea's from internet searches and forums and I even found out that the middle name of the famous English soccer player, Bobby Moore was Chelsea.

Have any of you ever known a male Chelsea? If so, can you give a rough idea of the location and age.

Thanks,

Chels

[bjh]

There are lots of unusual names, or names that seem unusual now. Names can switch gender over time. I have a 2ggf whose first name is Madison, now a common girl's name. It wasn't in 1837. The year he was born naming a girl Madison would be like naming a girl Howard today.

//www.city-data.com/forum/genea...rst-names.html

The Social Securtiy Administration has a surprisingly good website about first name history in America.

//www.city-data.com/forum/genea...rst-names.html

[jambo101]

No way i'd want to go through school with Chelsea as a name, yes there are a few prominent males with Chelsea as a given name but why not give the kid a break and name him with a name that leaves no doubt that its a boys name.
Maybe if the name has some significance the forum members could come up with an alternative that also captures the significance.

[STLCardsBlues1989]

There are still men (moreso in Britain than here, from what I've heard) who are named Ashley. Other names I've heard for men are Leslie and Courtney. Some of these names started out male and became female over time.

Francis/Frances is a common one in my tree that is used for both sexes, though it's a less common name today. I like it, though.

[MarkShelton]

SO funny how this happens. I met a woman called lesley and couldn't get the male link out of my head as I had a great uncle with that name.