"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."
You've exceeded my suspension of disbelief. I have met a man named
Ashley. He hated his name. The only male I have heard of name
Kelsey is
Kelsey Grammar, and he was born before the feminization of
Kelsey. I am highly skeptical that you know this many men with the names you listed that were born during the same generation that these names were popular for women. If you really do know a man named
Courtney who was born between 1990-1997, did you ask him how he felt about his name or are you assuming?