US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by bsimpson on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:37PM (#50342443)

There was a boy in high school named Ash (he was probably class of 2002). He tried hard to not let anyone know it was short for Ashley.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by kleiba2 on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:07PM (#50342921)

I met this Australian actor in person once: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Zukerman

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by dotancohen on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:50PM (#50342653)

Ash is a robot.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by literallyanythi on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:59PM (#50342782)

Ash is a pokemon trainer. (I watched Alien and still had to search up your comment)

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Fricken on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:10PM (#50346685)

Ash works as S-Mart

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by mapmeld on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:51PM (#50344345)

My classmate's older brother was named Ashley, and the story was that when he showed up at the state university he was assigned to a female dorm / floor.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by aetherspawn on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:57PM (#50344426)

I’m guessing he decidedly didn’t change it as fast as he possibly could.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by AshleyGrant on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:51PM (#50346510)

And I'm a guy named Ashley who hates being called Ash. Takes all kinds.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by bregma on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @06:29AM (#50350668)

Their parents were probably fans of American writer Margaret Mitchell's most famous novel.

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