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Male names that have become female names
- Thread starter CitizenVectron
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John Wayne's given name is Marion.
I've known girls named Mikel and Ryan. I have girl cousins named Riley and Reagan.
I've known girls named Mikel and Ryan. I have girl cousins named Riley and Reagan.
Do you happen to be from Italy? I feel like Andrea beeing a male variation is the exception.
The German pronunciation of Jan is closer to the english John than the english (or at least american) pronunciation of Jan (like January), right?
My name is Blake and I've met just as many girls as guys with this name. No idea if it's a girls name or a guys name
It's more like Yann. We don't pronounce the "J" like in english "ˈdʒ", it's more like "y" as in "Yen".
I would say Sandy is a very female name, but two males in my family use it as a short form of Alexander.
Yep, I've met an old man (in his 70's?) named Vivian. The few other Vivians I've met were all female.
It's true for the most part. If you see a family here where the parents have "usual" german names and the kids traditionally english ones, it's safe to assume they're part of the lower social classes.
American names are cringe worthy lol
George Lopez and a few other comedians have funny bits about Dekota, Tanner's, and whatever other names you can think of 😱😲😳😱😱😳
George Lopez and a few other comedians have funny bits about Dekota, Tanner's, and whatever other names you can think of 😱😲😳😱😱😳
That was just an observation. I don't mind how someone is named. You can't choose your own name and I had enough problems with my name as well.
mans to assume that poor people are trash is your conclusion not mine ;). We have a similar category for rich kids trash names.
As a fellow Riley I feel like I've seen the name become popular with dogs, as weird as that sounds.
So are the names in the OP rich German trashy or poor German trashy?
Even tho I also didn't like the term "trash" in that post, the poster you are responding to, didn't say or imply that at all jfc.
It's simply a phenomenon in German that culture low income households have a high probability of choosing a US/UK name from pop culture compared to affluent parents (they tend to go with traditional names).
Take "Kevin" for example. After the movie Home alone came out (German title "Kevin Allein zu Haus"), there was a massive spike in boys named Kevin, the vast majority of them from low income households.
Chantal and Mandy are the female versions (there is a comedian called "Mandy aus Marzahn" that perpetuates the stereotype).
As we speak, there's probably a lot of Drakes and Kylies being born.
Pointing out these trends is not an attack on low(er) income households.
Same thing happens in Mexico. Exactly like you just described it, and it is also with low income households.
In fact, it's a meme to refer to those persons as Brians (misspelled as Brayan) and Brittanies.
The Kevin thing also happened, but it was in early 2000 (Kevin from The Backstreet Boys).
Those would be poor trashy names, because these are no German names. But you will take this out of context, right? Statistically poor people choose English or American names more often. These names often are stigmatized. We even have a name for this. Kevinismus or Chantalismus. Kevinism and Chantalism. Is this good? Of course not but this is the reality with those names.
edit: regenhuber explained it already.
Andrea depends on the language most notably in Italian, that it's theier MALE version for Andrew.
But it other languages such as Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovenian, Dutch, Bulgarian, English,, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish,
it's a FEMALE name
Andrew, André, Andrei, Andrej is the MALE version of Andrew in many of those other languages
In Spanish, yes, Andrea is a female name (Andrés is the male equivalent). But we have a German male co-worker and his name is Andreas (with an S at the end).
Claire and Tiffany used to be neutral before becoming more associated with femininity. Tiffany also used to be a diminutive/nickname before migrating to regular name
Mostly what I've learned about names is that media can massively alter the perception of a name
Mostly what I've learned about names is that media can massively alter the perception of a name
As if no knob would ever write Denise as Dennís.
In fact.. (under feminine variant)
Paris got quite common female name
Deniz is a gender-neutral turkish name.
I believe originally it was "Morgen" or "Morgan"
In which culture? Tristan or Tristram are both commonly male names in Wales. Like from Tristan and Isolde. Maybe the spelling you used is specifically feminine?
I knew that Deniz was a relatively common turkish male name but I wasn't aware that it was gender-neutral.
Is that a recent development?
I'm not sure. I know two 30+ years old women called Deniz. It also just means Sea.