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I work in child care in the nursery room and we got a new kid the other day named Noa (prn same as Noah). Noa was dressed in a blue shirt and jeans with black pumps. When I went to change Noa's nappy...surprise! Noa was a GIRL! I had been saying "good boy!" to her all morning! I felt so bad!

So what do you think about gender swapping names? Good? Bad? Don't care?

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[sageharper.livejournal.com]

As has been noted Noa is already established as a girls name.

I'm not a fan of the 'boys names for girls' trend. It seems quite problematic for me, because then the pool of male names is reduced as people stop using the 'unisex' names for boys. Why is it is a postive thing for girls to be 'boyish', but not for boys to have any hint of 'femininity'?

That said there are some unisex names I happen to like, but generally happen to prefer them for boys.