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A comment on US boy names that became girl names and vice versa. Parent comment

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by dfxm12 on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:58PM (#50340789)
Interestingly enough, Lindsey, like Lindsey Buckingham, the guitarist of Fleetwood Mac, became a more popular girl's name during Fleetwood Mac's heyday.
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by komodo99 on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:49PM (#50342650)
Anecdata, but as a USian, it's always been an E/A spelling variation, E male variant, A female variant... YMMV
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by dfxm12 on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:57PM (#50343633)
I'm just going by the article, which has data for both names. If you think it is wrong, take it up with them :)
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