androgynous names

[wolff.livejournal.com]

so my Fiance' and I are having a baby and we are considering carrying on his families tradition of using unisex names, so im wondering what some of your favorite andro-names are.

his Mother is Patty
his father is Kelly
fiance's name is Cary Yon
and his brother is Stacy Adam

we are not sure yet if we are having a boy or a girl... so i would like to hear your favorites for both sexes.

thanks!

Comments

[wolff.livejournal.com]

i dont think they are ridiculous names for a male at all.

thats unfortunite that your friend was teased but all the males i know that have andro-names like it.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

you don't think Stacy can go both ways, but you think Elliot can?!
I do not agree with you AT ALL.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Oh, grow up.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I may be snarky, but I'm not immature.

[hemlockheart.livejournal.com]

Stacy Keach is a fairly well known actor, right off the top of my head. He's far from a prissy girl.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous. There may be a few boys who get teased because they're called Kelly or Stacy, but I'd say almost the vast majority get along fine.

I don't know how you can rant about Stacy and Kelly being girls' names, and then try to claim that Elliot can go both ways. I've never met or heard of a female Elliot in my life. Do you think it's okay for girls to have male names, but somehow not okay for boys to have female names? Because that's kind of what it seems like.

[274-days.livejournal.com]

I actually knew a little girl called Sunshine. Really felt sorry for the kid

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

I had a male friend named Stacey, he came out okay. :-)

[kimberpotamus.livejournal.com]

I have a brother called Kelly so I guess it's a lot easier for me to see it as a males name also.

[cassandrakfreaq.livejournal.com]

All of these are very clearly adrogynous and judging by the amount of posts most of us knew that already! I personally know at least one of each from both genders....my favorite bar was owned by a male kelly who was very irish and very much a man

KELLY
Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Irish, English

Pronounced: KEL-ee [key]

From the Irish given name CEALLACH or the surname derived from it Ó Ceallaigh. As a surname, it has been borne by actor and dancer Gene Kelly (1912-1996) and actress and princess Grace Kelly (1929-1982).

STACY
Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: STAY-see [key]

Either a short form of ANASTASIA, or else from a surname which was derived from Stace, a medieval form of EUSTACE. As a feminine name, it came into general use during the 1950s, though it had earlier been in use as a rare masculine name

CAREY
Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Irish, English

Pronounced: KER-ee [key]

From an Irish surname which was derived from Ó Ciardha meaning "descendent of Ciardha". The name Ciardha means "dark" in Gaelic.