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That most of those so-called "male names on females" were never commonly used on males till very recently. Sidney is an exception, it's been used as a fn for men for a few hundred years, and on women almost as long.

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Avery, Mackenzie, Tyler, Dylan, Bailye... these were rarely given as ffirst names at all, unless they were family names. IT wasn't till about thirty years ago when Tyle r, Brandon and Ryan were used as fns at all. Dylan was almost unheard of when Dylan Thomas's parents chose it for him, it was a very minor character in Welsh mythology and was originally supposed to be pronounced Dullan. But Thomas's parents didn't know this.

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I don't think it's very accurate to call names like Bailey, Avery, Mackenzie, etc, traditional male names. They haven't been fns long enough to be traditional anything.

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And it is highly unlikely that truly traditional male names like James, John, Edward, etc, will ever be given to girls by more than a very few iconoclastic parents. Just as truly traditional girls' names like Maria, Jane and Elizabeth are not going to wind up on more than a very few boys.

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Pleasant is not just an adjective. IT is a place name and a last name. As a last name, it is fair game to be picked up as a first or middle name.