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Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by ranger207 on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:28PM (#50348080)
Surprised Madison isn't on there as a boy name that became a girl name. It was a traditionally male surname (eg Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital, was named after James Madison) until the 1984 movie Splash, where a woman has to make up a name, looks around, sees a street sign for Madison Avenue, and says her name is "Madison". That was understood to be a joke at the time, akin to someone calling themselves Broadway, but because of that movie it quickly became a popular female given name. Personally when I was choosing my name, it came down to between Madison and Madeline, and the traditional masculine association of the former tilted me towards choosing the latter
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by sparqlittlestar on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:23AM (#50348415)
What's a ' traditionally male surname ', aren't they given to daughters and wives, too?
Re:US boy names that became girl names and vice versa by Kindlesome on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @04:50AM (#50349978)
Madison is literally "Madi's son". Madi's daughter would have been Madisdottir.