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Those names started out as boys name but were usurped by parents for girls. And now hardly anyone uses them for boys, because they've become "girly."

This message was edited 3/21/2019, 9:03 AM

There's no need to be willfully obtuse, we all know that unisex names exist - that is, names that are used (or, in the case of many you listed, have been used in the past) for both genders in significant numbers. That doesn't mean that you have to *like* such names for both genders. Whatever names other people choose to give their children, one may see a name as sounding more like one gender or the other, and may dislike that name on the gender ones feels it is less suited for. It doesn't have to be that complicated; people have preferences.

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And I don't agree that Brennan is unisex. Even if some might think it would sound good on a girl, or even choose to name a girl Brennan, it is used and always has been used overwhelmingly more for boys. Liking a name that is traditionally a boy's name for a girl doesn't make it suddenly not traditionally a boy's name.

As well as Devon, Logan, Sasha, Quinn, and Bailey if you wanna add to that list, kjk :)

This message was edited 3/20/2019, 6:19 PM