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in reply to a message by Ew_Chloe
Yes - this, or, whatever meaning a that you or person might give to names in general; or how a particular name might influence the perception of a particular person - or anything else. However you - or any responder chooses to opine is great.
I have a dated name commonly associated with female, but I am male; although softly spoken, I do not seem female, feminine, or in any other way irregular--not that there is anything wrong with any of this, in any way. I was named after an aunt I never knew, yet I feel as though Saint Barbara is my namesake, although I am not religious.
At least in the US, it seems there were quite a few males with my name shortly before I was born; and I have also noticed that many males were given "female names", including Belinda & Susan--as in the Johnny Cash tune, and yet this seeming trend seemed to pass as fewer males were given common female names throughout the nineteen-sixties. (I researched Belinda as there is a lady I like who told me that her mom nearly named her Belinda; and interestingly, by her preference, I call her that now...)
I am starting to think that the Barbie Doll is not the only reason that there are fewer males with the name of Barbara. I continue to wonder whether my own name through its Grecian origins really conveyed a female connotation.
I have a dated name commonly associated with female, but I am male; although softly spoken, I do not seem female, feminine, or in any other way irregular--not that there is anything wrong with any of this, in any way. I was named after an aunt I never knew, yet I feel as though Saint Barbara is my namesake, although I am not religious.
At least in the US, it seems there were quite a few males with my name shortly before I was born; and I have also noticed that many males were given "female names", including Belinda & Susan--as in the Johnny Cash tune, and yet this seeming trend seemed to pass as fewer males were given common female names throughout the nineteen-sixties. (I researched Belinda as there is a lady I like who told me that her mom nearly named her Belinda; and interestingly, by her preference, I call her that now...)
I am starting to think that the Barbie Doll is not the only reason that there are fewer males with the name of Barbara. I continue to wonder whether my own name through its Grecian origins really conveyed a female connotation.
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