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Title: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Jamie D on September 13, 2013, 10:28:30 PM
A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/boy-named-sue-7-popular-slideshow-163100088/)

1. Addison
2. Lindsay
3. Whitney
4. Beverly
5. Ashley
6. Kelsey
7. Lauren

100% male in the 1880s.  Nearly 100% female today.

Here is the original article:

Unisex Baby Names: Names that morphed from blue to pink (http://nameberry.com/blog/unisex-baby-names-names-that-morphed-from-blue-to-pink)
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: ativan on September 14, 2013, 12:22:03 AM
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Oh well...
My daughters names didn't come up either in their search feature.
Non-Binary. *'ta-dah'...  ;)
Ativan

Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Kia on September 14, 2013, 12:38:04 AM
Also all infants and toddlers wore dresses, because dresses were for kids didn't matter the gender
Title: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: ashley_thomas on September 14, 2013, 12:51:11 AM
Hi! :)

After the fact, I came to really appreciate the humor...
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: ativan on September 14, 2013, 10:58:47 AM
Quote from: Kia on September 14, 2013, 12:38:04 AM
Also all infants and toddlers wore dresses, because dresses were for kids didn't matter the gender
My mother usually kept me in a 'smock' until I turned around 2 yrs old.
She also refused to cut my curly blonde hair until it was almost shoulder length.
Ativan
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Carrie Liz on September 14, 2013, 11:58:07 AM
I find it really ironic that the article at the bottom called those names ones that "morphed from blue to pink." Because pink actually used to be a boys' color also. Because pink was a derivative of red, people believed that it was a stronger color, whereas blue was seen as more feminine because it was the color of the virgin Mary. It wasn't until about the 1940's that our modern mass-marketing culture decided for us that pink was feminine and blue was masculine.
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Kia on September 14, 2013, 01:54:53 PM
(People+Culture)Time= Weridness
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Lo on September 14, 2013, 02:46:47 PM
Really, Adison is a girl's name now? I've only ever met one person with that name and they were a boy. Ad yes, a boy-- I think he's abou graduating high school now.
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: Kelly-087 on September 14, 2013, 03:09:21 PM
Kelly used to be a more male name too.
Title: Re: A Boy Named Sue: 7 Popular Girl Baby Names that Used to Be 100% Male
Post by: YBtheOutlaw on September 14, 2013, 03:16:38 PM
i already know four boys with the same name as me, and only one girl. wonder what gender it really belonged to in the first place (sorry you wouldnt know, its a name from my native language)