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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 bhouston on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:13PM (#50341040)
I think it says "Marlo"? Not "Mario". L, not I.
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by pessimizer on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:29PM (#50343241)
And Marlo Thomas was That Girl.
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by fsckboy on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:21PM (#50341177)
Marlo/Marla is also inherently gendered

for people from languages that mark gender with an ending (romance languages for instance), putting the "wrong" ending something like a noun would sound odd or change the meaning

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Tangurena2 on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:50PM (#50344335)
It does. The huge change is due to the TV show That Girl. The star's name was Marlo Thomas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Girl

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