US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by macintux on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:07PM (#50341954)

> I have no data but feel that boys tend to get the family names and biblical names (in US anyways).

Curiously, in the last few months in the U.S. I've met a Tamar and an Esther, both women given family names that were drawn from the bible.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by senderista on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:24PM (#50345610)

Not uncommon Jewish names.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by macintux on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:21PM (#50346776)

Certainly Esther is reasonably common in the U.S., but when I saw her name I was expecting someone about 60 years older.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by conductr on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:42AM (#50351880)

There is a small trend of using very old names like this, not necessarily biblical but just old sounding. We know an elementary aged girl named Lydia and I always think the last person I knew by that name was my great-great grandmother.

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