US boy names that became girl names and vice versa

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by SamBam on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:01PM (#50343680)

There are a few common Italian male names end in -a, though.

Andrea, Luca, Nicola are the most common.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by colechristensen on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:16PM (#50343878)

Aren't most of these cases of dropping the final s and maybe a vowel from a latin names instead of adding a diminutive a?

Andreas Lucas Nicolas, etc. (perhaps with different spelling in Latin)

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by cwnyth on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:51PM (#50346516)

> Aren't most of these cases of dropping the final s

Yes, but also because those names were originally Greek.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by epolanski on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:17PM (#50343888)

All masculine names in Italian that end with -a come from Jews, old testament, with the exceptions of Enea and Nicola.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Xirdus on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:49PM (#50344327)

All three examples in GP are ancient Greek origin.

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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by keybored on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:06AM (#50352157)

Andrea.

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