i know, i'm a pain in the butt lol

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i just found this interesting as well... these are names i found ONLY in the BOYS names, that are now being used on both sexes ((remember this book was published in 1966)):

Addison
Alexis
Bailey
Basil
Blake
Cameron
Colby
Dana
Darcy
Eliot/Elliot/Elliott
Ellis
Emerson
James (have seen it as a middle name on girls quite a few times)
Macy
Mallory
Meredith/Meridith
Paige
Paine/Payne
Quinn
Robin/Robyn
Ryan
Shelby
Shelley
Sloan/Sloane
Stacey/Stacy
Taylor
Whitney

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that Meredith, Robin, and Shelley weren't in the girls' section. I know that they were popular boys' names at one time, but I know several women born before 1966 with these names - ESPECIALLY Robin and Shelley. I'm also surprised by Whitney. How old is Whitney Houston?

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

For sure - my mum's name is Shelley. The only reason I can think for it to be in with the boys' names, is that it's the surname spelling, as opposed to 'Shelly'.

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

I love the name Alexis because of some guy I know.. and it would definitely be on my favorite boys names list if it weren't such a "girly" name now. :(

And Elliott IS one of my favorite boy names.. I've never heard of a girl named Elliott.

But I'm suprised by Cameron, Dana, Mallory, Meredith, Robin, and Whitney. I know older women(may not be that old, though) with these names.. so that is definitely interesting to see.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i love the name Elliott, too. i saw it on an MTV show ("2-a-Days", i think it was on for two seasons about two years ago) & there was a girl on there with the name, but spelled Eliot or Eliott. she was 17 or 18 at the time of the airing, so i assume she was born around the time i was, mid-80s.

i saw it one other time as a girl's middle name.

i've never met an older woman named Cameron, but definitely A LOT of Merediths, Mallorys, Robins, & especially Danas.

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

One of my best friends GREAT grandmothers named Cameron... she may have been a rare exception.. but it definitely makes me think of it as a female name as well.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

The majority of people really don't think it's horrible to give a girl an originally girl's name. I think the popularity of names such as Emma, Emily, Isabella, Sophia, etc. attest to that.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

That's what I was thinking. And Colby? Blake?

[politicking.livejournal.com]

the only Basils i've ever met/seen were female, i've never met a male Basil.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I had no idea Mallory and Meredith were boys names!