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Help[Facts] Why is Tierney not listed as unisex anymore?
So... I noticed that I see Tierney as being listed as just "Masculine" only.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney/
As of January 2022, this name is not listed as unisex and feminine anymore. It changed back to being similar to the 2007 revision, being listed Masculine only and removed the usage "English (Rare)"! Please at least make the name unisex again by changing the gender to "Masculine & Feminine"? Thanks!
Here's proof that Tierney can be a Feminine name and why it's becomming low-key popular as a Feminine name.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney/top/england-wales
https://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/tierney/
https://www.names.org/n/tierney/about
https://www.popular-babynames.com/name/tierney
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/tierney
https://www.behindthename.com/names/history.php?name=tierney
http://web.archive.org/web/20200105080945/http://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney
http://web.archive.org/web/20200121143627/https://www.behindthename.com/name/tighearnach/tree
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tighearnach/tree
https://www.nancy.cc/2018/12/05/baby-name-tierney/
Even Wiktionary defines Tierney as a feminine name!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tierney
Two Feminine bearers of the name:
Tierney Stutton - an American jazz singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierney_Sutton
https://www.google.com/search?q=tierney+sutton
Tierney Gearon - an American photographer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierney_Gearon
https://www.google.com/search?q=tierney+gearon
BTW, it’s also a surname that comes from Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".
https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/tierney
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney/
As of January 2022, this name is not listed as unisex and feminine anymore. It changed back to being similar to the 2007 revision, being listed Masculine only and removed the usage "English (Rare)"! Please at least make the name unisex again by changing the gender to "Masculine & Feminine"? Thanks!
Here's proof that Tierney can be a Feminine name and why it's becomming low-key popular as a Feminine name.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney/top/england-wales
https://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/tierney/
https://www.names.org/n/tierney/about
https://www.popular-babynames.com/name/tierney
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/tierney
https://www.behindthename.com/names/history.php?name=tierney
http://web.archive.org/web/20200105080945/http://www.behindthename.com/name/tierney
http://web.archive.org/web/20200121143627/https://www.behindthename.com/name/tighearnach/tree
https://www.behindthename.com/name/tighearnach/tree
https://www.nancy.cc/2018/12/05/baby-name-tierney/
Even Wiktionary defines Tierney as a feminine name!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tierney
Two Feminine bearers of the name:
Tierney Stutton - an American jazz singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierney_Sutton
https://www.google.com/search?q=tierney+sutton
Tierney Gearon - an American photographer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierney_Gearon
https://www.google.com/search?q=tierney+gearon
BTW, it’s also a surname that comes from Irish Ó Tíghearnaigh meaning "descendant of Tighearnach".
https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/tierney
This message was edited 4/2/2023, 6:42 AM
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The links that you've shared show individual instances that Tierney has been used as a female name; however, they don't really prove that the overall usage through time of Tierney has been equally feminine. Just because something can be used on a woman doesn't make it a feminine or unisex name. There have been women named Henry, but the overall trend of usage is masculine.
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I guess I'm unsure why you haven't submitted it with this information? I can submit it for you, with some of your resources but I also want to warn you that some of these are not legitimate resources. It seems the name is not used amongst the English or Irish as a feminine given name. It seems Americans are using it on females and its not "low key popular" as it hasn't been in the top 1000 in the over 100 years of the SSA names documentation. So, I do think it makes sense to leave the current version of Tierney alone and to resubmit it as a feminine & masculine American name.
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The feminine English usage was removed, leaving only the traditional Irish masculine usage. The English usage was removed to make it more consistent with other entries.
It would be inaccurate to describe it as a unisex Irish name.
It would be inaccurate to describe it as a unisex Irish name.
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Well, at the very least, can you make a separate entry for the Feminine Rare English name of Tierney? Its own entry would be submitted as "Tierney (2)".
This message was edited 4/4/2023, 5:50 AM
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Sometimes the edits aren't always accurate. For example, a lot of Brazilian names of indigenous origin, like Yara and Moacir, are still listed as indigenous only enough though they're common on non-indigenous Brazilians. Yara has also recently crossed over to Portugal. For example that's closer to the US, Flannery was once listed as masculine on here and then unisex.
The name Tierney does have a masculine meaning, but some female names that were originally male have masculine meanings. Look at Madison and Mackenzie for just two examples.
The name Tierney does have a masculine meaning, but some female names that were originally male have masculine meanings. Look at Madison and Mackenzie for just two examples.
This message was edited 4/3/2023, 11:29 AM
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