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I think James started being used on baby girls for the nickname Jamie, but after a while people started naming their daughters Jamie instead to make the legal name less ambiguous. It's not as... well, offensive as some other choices, but I still wouldn't name my daughter James.

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In the case of the 1980s revival of Nancy Drew mysteries, I think "George" Fayne's real name was Georgia, and George was a nickname. I already dislike George on a boy (I really just dislike the "George" sound in general), so that's not a choice I'd make for a daughter, either.

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Wyatt is... wholly masculine. Like, synonymous with Wyatt Earp type of masculine. I haven't seen / heard anyone suggest that Wyatt is a suitable feminine name, but if they're doing so I have to STRONGLY disagree. Then again, there are people who've named their daughters Tyler, so...

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