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HelpRe: Do you think Evelyn can work well as boy's name?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
For boys, it is pronounced the way it looks "EEV-lin" which is different from the female pronunciation "EHV-uh-lin".
I don't get the notion that it's fine to name a girl James but not to name a boy Evelyn, a name which has a history of male usage since the 17th century. Sadly, there's a real double standard at play here and for many people it's an unconscious bias. If the girls are, little by little, "stealing" male names, there will be fewer boy names left from which to choose.
Evelyn was originally a surname so aren't surnames unisex?
I don't get the notion that it's fine to name a girl James but not to name a boy Evelyn, a name which has a history of male usage since the 17th century. Sadly, there's a real double standard at play here and for many people it's an unconscious bias. If the girls are, little by little, "stealing" male names, there will be fewer boy names left from which to choose.
Evelyn was originally a surname so aren't surnames unisex?
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i completely agree. It says a lot once unis ex names are mostly used by girls they are no longer used by boys when boys name are cool and trendy on girls.
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