Re:The Most Gender-Switched Names in the U.S.
by bmm6o on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:23PM
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I was just thinking about this the other night... my waitress's name was Leslie and I remember hearing that it had been predominantly a male name. Maybe that's not accurate, I didn't see it in the list. Regardless, it's interesting (but not surprising, really) to me that shifting masculine to feminine is way more common than vice versa. I wonder how universal that is across cultures.
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Re:The Most Gender-Switched Names in the U.S.
by DonaldFisk on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:52PM
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It might depend on the spelling. In the UK, Leslie is a boy's name and Lesley is a girl's name, same pronunciation.
Re:The Most Gender-Switched Names in the U.S.
by fold_right on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:28PM
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Oh yeah, Leslie Lamport!