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in reply to a message by kiwi
I don't think it'll be an issue for a boy born today.
There are enough adult male Robins in culture, history, and present reality, that Robin hasn't and won't become primarily perceived as a girl name.
It's not even the same name, technically, right? I think it matters to the durability of Robin as a boy name, that Robin (m) is a diminutive of Robert. Robin (f) is usually thought of as a concrete noun used as a name - not as a diminutive of another name.
You'll probably encounter a few people, particularly children he meets in childhood, whose experience of the name Robin is limited to seeing it on women. Statistically, that'll almost certainly happen. But, as his peer group gets older, more and more of them will at least be aware that culturally it does not specify feminine gender.
- mirfak
There are enough adult male Robins in culture, history, and present reality, that Robin hasn't and won't become primarily perceived as a girl name.
It's not even the same name, technically, right? I think it matters to the durability of Robin as a boy name, that Robin (m) is a diminutive of Robert. Robin (f) is usually thought of as a concrete noun used as a name - not as a diminutive of another name.
You'll probably encounter a few people, particularly children he meets in childhood, whose experience of the name Robin is limited to seeing it on women. Statistically, that'll almost certainly happen. But, as his peer group gets older, more and more of them will at least be aware that culturally it does not specify feminine gender.
- mirfak
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