Gender Descriptive Names

Originally Posted by Gumby

I've heard of Lynsey as a male name before. I guess in some parts of the world that is considered an ambiguous name.

There was a male character on the TV show Angel with the given name "Lynsey". It's not entirely unheard of. It's also not common, but these days who can even tell what are considered to be male names or female names.

More to the point, who cares? The only time it really matters is when contemplating the possibility of being intimate with a person, and I flatter myself that when that time arrives, I can usually tell the difference.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Gumby

But would you name your children those names knowing it would cause confusion later in life?

It would be a cop-out on my part to say that I don't plan to father any children, even though that is true. The answer is that I'd give them names that I happen to like. I don't think that the problems caused by ambiguous names are very serious, but the names that I would be likely to name any hypothetical children that I might have are not very ambiguous. If I happened to like a name that was ambiguous, though, I'd give that name to a child of mine without hesitation.

If we're talking about names I think just don't sound like a name for a person, though... that's a different story. I think that Frank Zappa's childrem are most unfortunate, as is that one son of David Bowie. That's just not fair. For the record, since some people may not know, the names in question are Zappa Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Moon Unit Zappa, and Zowie Bowie. That's tantamount to child-abuse.

How ya doing, buddy?