Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:22PM
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As a non-native English speaker I've learned never to gender English speakers from their names. I mean in emails and so on, when I haven't had a chance to meet them. No "Ask Ashley if she would like to join us...". "Would Ashley like to join us?" is the safe option.
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by triceratops on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:51PM
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Here's my favorite "Lauren"*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Bush
*solely because her legal, married name is Lauren Bush Lauren. She actually changed it, which is gold (and honestly very sweet).
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by macintux on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:12PM
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> As an adult I routinely get misgendered, but it's a so-what to me.
You're fortunate that the spelling is distinct. The story of Kim O'Grady is depressing.
https://www.thecut.com/2013/07/maybe-you-should-add-mister-t...
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by lrivers on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:58PM
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Loren adjacent. In high school my girlfriend was Lauren and mine is Lorin. Friends over pronounced our names to differentiate. It doesn’t bother me to get misgendered, either. It never lasts past hearing my voice or seeing me, though.
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa
by thaumasiotes on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:28PM
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I went to school with someone named Loren. She was female, and the name didn't rhyme with Lauren; it was stressed on the final syllable.
Back in school it wasn't a problem, people knew "Loren" was male, "Lauren" was female. Now, an awful lot of people don't. It's an uncommon enough name that even if you were around back when that's how it worked you very well might not have known it.
As an adult I routinely get misgendered, but it's a so-what to me.