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A comment on US boy names that became girl names and vice versa.

Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by gumby on Monday November 02, 2026 @07:34PM (#50346363)
The shift that seems the weirdest to me is "Anne" shifting from a male name to a female name. This happened long before the US was formed, but it always surprises me when I read about a renaissance soldier named Anne.
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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by TFNA on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:22AM (#50349795)
As the Wikipedia article for Anne de Montmorency explains, he was named after his godmother. Anne has always been a predominantly female name, all the way back to its progenitor St. Anna.
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