Joss: can be either male or female, as a nickname for Joseph or Jocelyn (think: Joss Whedon, Joss Stone) Perl: doesn't strike me as a name at all, and the lang

Joss: can be either male or female, as a nickname for Joseph or Jocelyn (think: Joss Whedon, Joss Stone) Perl: doesn't strike me as a name at all, and the language name definitely wasn't referencing it (more likely a reference to the shell). Lua: doesn't strike me as a name either, and the language was named for the moon. Ruby: is a girl's name, but the language was named for the precious stone. Delphi: is the name of a city, though it does reference the (female) Oracle of Delphi (the language was designed to make Oracle databases accessible).