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rurallib

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5. What was Obama's mother's name? Stanley?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Feb 5, 2020, 12:33 PM

Feb 2020

Must say I have wondered about that. Also why it doesn't go the other way? Did Shel Silverstein kill it with "A boy named Sue"? just kidding.

Then there are the men who were given a man's name at birth and see it turn into a woman's name when they are older. I think of sport writer Shirley Povich on this one.

And lastly, why all the different spellings for a name? We named one daughter Erin, among other things thinking that was a name that couldn't be screwed up too badly. Boy was I wrong. I think I have seen a dozen different spellings. Not to mention that my Aunt sent us a card for our new baby "Aaron."

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Why do first names for males become first names for females? [View all] raccoon Feb 2020 OP

Moms who have faced discrimination on paper Ilsa Feb 2020 #1

Yes.. whathehell Feb 2020 #2

My daughter in law and son are naming my granddaughter dewsgirl Feb 2020 #3

You probably know this Cartoonist Feb 2020 #7

Actually I didnt, thank you. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #8

Or capitol cities? "Madison" was a fashionable girls' name for awhile. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #4

Providence, historically has been a girl's name. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #10

And by the time they've finished 3rd grade they're scarred for life The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #11

Did you ever see the film "Splash?" PJMcK Feb 2020 #12

I know a young woman named Brooklyn. Nt raccoon Feb 2020 #17

the mermaid movie with Tom Hanks is where that started. yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #13

I have a friend in her 60s named Madison. lastlib Feb 2020 #25

What was Obama's mother's name? Stanley? rurallib Feb 2020 #5

And then there's Leslie Nielsen....... lastlib Feb 2020 #26

My husband's middle name is frazzled Feb 2020 #6

Oh, that's my middle name! nolabear Feb 2020 #24

Why do first names for females become first names for males? edbermac Feb 2020 #9

Sometimes the seemingly male name is actually the last name of yellowdogintexas Feb 2020 #14

"first names for males" left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #15

Yes. They started out as names for men. Aristus Feb 2020 #16

Names are just words. shenmue Feb 2020 #18

Tell that to the boy named Sue. LOL. nt raccoon Feb 2020 #19

It's a song. A song about being friendly to people whether you think their names are 'weird' or not. shenmue Feb 2020 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author raccoon Feb 2020 #23

There was a REAL Boy named Sue Wolf Frankula Feb 2020 #22

You mean like whistler162 Feb 2020 #21

I think boys are more difficult to name than girls MontanaMama Feb 2020 #27

Transferring named across genders is multiple millennia old. Augustus Caesar (aka Octavian/Octavius) RockRaven Feb 2020 #28

Courtney was also originally a male name. madaboutharry Feb 2020 #29

Often in the past they would be spelled differently dawg day Feb 2020 #30

My first boss at a JC Penney... 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #31