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Traditionally Unisex Names
I'm not talking about names that have only recently become unisex, like Addison or Madison. I'm wondering about names like Vivian or Christian, which could belong to either sex depending on the time and place.
The reason I bring this up is because I recently wrote a paper and in my referencing, mistook someone named Vivian for being a woman. Needless to say, my professor wrote in the margins that Vivian was actually a man (it turns out that she knows him). So people of BtN, what are some names you would consider to be traditionally unisex?
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Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  4/8/2014, 3:55 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Ora (hufflepuffer)  ·  4/8/2014, 5:56 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Fiammetta  ·  4/9/2014, 7:22 AM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Dracotorix  ·  4/9/2014, 5:44 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Ora (hufflepuffer)  ·  4/9/2014, 11:50 AM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  4/9/2014, 9:05 AM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  rem  ·  4/9/2014, 9:19 AM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  4/9/2014, 1:10 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  molly  ·  4/8/2014, 9:00 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  4/9/2014, 9:04 AM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Moirrey  ·  4/8/2014, 7:26 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  gigibee  ·  4/8/2014, 7:02 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  queenv  ·  4/8/2014, 4:55 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Tassiegirl  ·  4/8/2014, 6:42 PM
Re: Traditionally Unisex Names  ·  Byron  ·  4/8/2014, 5:55 PM