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Counter to your point, Vivian used to be a common mans name but underwent a feminisation so that now it's almost exclusively used by women
by twelvechairs 13y ago
Counter to your point, Vivian used to be a common mans name but underwent a feminisation so that now it's almost exclusively used by women
- sliverstorm 13y agoCertainly, there are female names that end with "n"! My thought is more along the lines of, perhaps "of all currently male names ending with n, more are strongly masculine (than other letters)"
- ahomescu1 13y agoTo me, Leslie seems another good example.
- sp332 13y agoBeverly was the one that shocked me. It's partly since I grew up with an Aunt Beverly, and partly because I'm used to names ending in -ly being feminine.