Male Taylor checking in!
Okay, I'm not 100% sure about the origin, but up until 2004 you had to add a second name to it in Germany if you wanted to use it as a boy's name (like Kai-Uwe, or Kai-Peter). It took until 2004 for it to be recognized as a dominantly male name. So I assumed it was female originally.
Not in the book that I read, at least. She definitely has that in the cartoon where the football team becomes the Knights of the Round Table, though.
The first time I heard the name Morgana was in Persona 5. But it seems there are many variations I was unaware of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_le_Fay, I guess this must be a regional thing.
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TBF I think Alexis is still considered a male name in latino countries. Alexis Sanchez is a very famous player.
Oh for sure, it's still used, my grandpa has my name, and I know other children with my name from latino families. It was just that odd moment in my life when someone didn't know that my name wasn't just used for girls.
lol I came into this topic to say I knew a girl named Kyle in middle school.
The earliest recorded spelling of her name is Morgen. Apparently has a completely different etymology than the masculine Morgan and would have been pronounced "Mor-yen".
Not only is it not an issue, there are actually studies showing it's an advantage for women to have a male sounding name. Which is very annoying cause my wife is extremely insistent on giving our imaginary future daughter a male sounding name because of that and often throws out name suggestions.
Yeah, I think culture currently views male traits are positive and female negative, especially when adopted by the other gender. Like, a women in men's clothes is less unusual than a man in women's clothes.
Wouldn't Tristyn and Ashtin just being variations originating from "Tristan/Tristam" and "Ashton", just fluffed through letter-play? It would be like naming your kid "Lindsey", but spelling it specifically like "Lyndsee", or instead of calling your daughter "Catherine/Katherine", you call her "Katheryn". Or, maybe more of an eyesore, instead of "Jennifer", "Jennypher".
Jaedyn might also be based on the biblical name Jadon. The weird spellings are annoying sometimes, but probably 90% of people's names now are similarly corrupted compared to their etymological origins.
