*cackles*

[maderr]

I don't know why, but it so very much please me when I find a 'girl' name that traditionally was masculine or both. Poor, poor character.

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[arinan.livejournal.com]

Well, you're not alone. I happen to adore it as well. I keep meaning to keep a list of them, but I always forget to start it, or a lose it, or life happens. Off the top of my head I can only remember Evelyn and Hillary even though i know there are a bunch more.

Do you have any favorites?

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Meredith, Kimberly, Leslie, Stacey, Jocelyn, Alexis...and I know I've used others. Jocelyn is the one I'm using for my new story.

[arinan.livejournal.com]

Leslie and Jocelyn were the two I was forgetting the most. :D I didn't know about Kimberly though.

[rykaine.livejournal.com]

Whitney, Shannon, Ashley, Lindsay, Beverly, Valery... hmm, I know I'm leaving some others out. /sigh

Oh yeah, Cameron.

[alice_montrose]

Morgan is usually a good example. XD

Edit: Also, my friend Jamie assures me she is female, in spite of people not believing that based on her name alone.

[maderr.livejournal.com]

Jamie and Morgan I've seen used plenty of times both ways, though Morgan is not really used much these days. It gets seriously confusing when you know six Jamies, and they are evenly split in male/female.

[alice_montrose]

I really like Morgan, and I am sorry I don't see it around more often. I guess I'll have to name one of my characters that, to compensate.

[tygati.livejournal.com]

You are so deviously evil. ^^

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Mine is such a name. -_- It's always baffling seeing a little boy have his mother chase him calling "NETTA!!!!!!!!"

It's even worse; nobody {aside from the mothers and other random Nettas} knows Netta was originally a masculine name.

|Meduza|

[http://users.livejournal.com/_calex_/]

I love names like that. ^_^ And it also sort of gives me a little thrill to hear a guy being given a "girl" name. That's why I've used the name "Holly" for one of my guy characters.

And I love finding now common names that actually has a surprising background. Like I found out last year while I was doing research for some writing that "Amy" is the name of a demon.

[bloodied-eden.livejournal.com]

Ah ha, my name is one of those! Though around here regionally it tends to be more used for girls.

But I've talked to people who only know male "Casey"s so . . . it still counts I suppose XD;;;


And man, I love keeping quiet about my gender cause my name gives no hints and my personality rarely does either. So it's funny to watch people guess sometimes XD;

[nikerymis.livejournal.com]

::giggles:: You've used my name for a guy. ^___^