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Clair as a mn, certainly; too much of a risk as a fn. Ashley is the fn of one of the England FIFA World Cup squad, Ashley Cole, so that could hardly be a more masculine association. And although I was at school with a pretty blonde Meredith girl, I always see Merediths as huge, hairy Welsh rugby players happily intent upon taking the opposition apart with one vast hand ...

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That said, I think it might be considerate to put something unambiguously male with any of these names if you use them, since clearly things are different where you live. Bernard Ashley? Ashley Joseph (if your ln is Cole ...)? Meredith James? George Clair?