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"Anyway, there is and always has been a huge disconnect between this board and the real world about giving boys traditionally feminine names. It's fine and dandy to most people here, it seems. That's not the real world. Boys do not want girls' names. It's a burden and a disadvantage. And no, it's not the same burden and disadvantage for a girl to bear a traditionally masculine name, and no, that's not fair, but it's the way it is."

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I don't know if I agree with this part, my husband has a name that is unisex but more commonly used on girls. I have known several males who had names that were more common for girls in their generation: Kelly, Kelsey, Ashley, Courtney, Madison, etc. who were all perfectly happy with their names. In fact, I have never met a boy with a girly name who disliked their name. I have found men who are unhappy with their names tend to be because they are A: too common, like Ryan for boys born in the 90's, or B: overtly masculine, like Gary or Wayne.

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I have never seen anyone on this board suggest that we should go out and name a little boy "Josephine" but rather that maybe it isn't such a terrible thing to have a boy named "Aubrey" even though its popularity has gone to the girls.