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in reply to a message by Anneza
Shirley has in the past been a unisex name but I think the arrival of Shirley Temple put it firmly onto the girls list, there was once a wrestler called Big Daddy who's real name was Shirley Crabtree if my memory serves me
no idea about the others
no idea about the others
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Not exactly . . .
Shirley is unisex, no doubt about that, but the name was already highly popular and trendy for girls when Shirley Temple was named. She was given a popular name but her personal popularity kept the name popular for longer.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Shirley is unisex, no doubt about that, but the name was already highly popular and trendy for girls when Shirley Temple was named. She was given a popular name but her personal popularity kept the name popular for longer.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Yes but what I was trying to say and failing obviously :) is that her fame helped to edge it out of the unisex list and onto the girls only list, I doubt many parents looking for a name for their son now a days would even realise Shirley was once a boys name too
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