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Re: B/G Twins
It is not my endeavor to "prove you wrong", or anyone else for that matter - but I am a male Barbra. The trend I reference occurred in the US, yet I only know of this through Name Data, which I've only recently thought to review. I also happened to find a post from a lady on "Baby Names Hub" within the last few months under the name Barbara (Negative Comments) who states "When I was a young woman and was in hospital to born my first daughter I met a man with the name Barbara. He was a husband to one of women who lied with me. I neve supposed that my name is unisex before that." I believe the poster claims to be Polish but living in the UK, so location or country of birth for the Husband named Barbara could potentially be anywhere. Mistakes will always occur, though occasionally, but will generally be exceptions. I will state that even as a male Barbra, I've never met another male Barbara (at any spelling) or with a name that so emphatically "implies female", though I think 'Linda' and 'Susan' "imply female" more strongly or better than my own.
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Goodness. Did you ever ask your parents why they named you Barbra? How was it growing up as a male Barbra?
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I was named after an aunt who departed before my birth. I did receive some teasing but, really not so much. I love my name. No one forgets me and I feel as though it is definitely more a blessing than a curse, though at times in life I did not always feel this way about it; yet I've never detested it for prolonged periods of time.
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Yeah, I'm sure these things happen, but I'd be interested to hear of any examples other than you.
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I would as well; I hoped that I'd learn experiences from other males with "girl names", which is part of the reason I joined this site: I then learned more from static data that there are quite a few males so named. I would "open up more easily" if other males were posting similarly. There is another post from another "male Barbara" I think on the page that I referenced the other quotation. t seems the poster is a child - and I do not feel right about taking his words out of the place he intended them: I feel badly enough to have done this with the words I posted from the referenced lady in my former message.I had more teasing & problems from adult males (Teachers/Instructors) or at least with males that were sometimes significantly older than from school class mates. Most women really seemed to enjoy my name, especially when I was young; however, women of all ages seem to enjoy it once again now that I am into my forties.

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