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HelpRe: Odd Names
in reply to a message by Canielle
It was not as uncommon as it is today for boys to have girls' names.
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I can see Violet being once a gender neutral name, personally. I don't like it for masculine use, but I can see it and I wouldn't mind baby boy Violets to be born in 50 years time
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It this list is indeed from census records, one should point out that census takers did sometimes make mistakes in recording gender as well as in spelling names.
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