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ArchivesRe: Noel/René as a female name?
in reply to a message by Minikui
Well, according to the Social Security website at
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
the female Noel was ranked around 860 in the 1000 most popular names for newborns in the US in the 1990's.
The female René did not "chart", but a quick Google search with "Mrs. Rene" turns up quite a number of female Rene's.
I personally think that the US naming habits make most such male/female questions uninteresting, because the answer is almost always "Yes": Yes, there are male such-and-such despite one would judge this to be a female name, and vica-versa of course.
In the US, no name seems to be female enough to stop people to give the name to males also, the only thing one can hope for is a small number of cases :)
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
the female Noel was ranked around 860 in the 1000 most popular names for newborns in the US in the 1990's.
The female René did not "chart", but a quick Google search with "Mrs. Rene" turns up quite a number of female Rene's.
I personally think that the US naming habits make most such male/female questions uninteresting, because the answer is almost always "Yes": Yes, there are male such-and-such despite one would judge this to be a female name, and vica-versa of course.
In the US, no name seems to be female enough to stop people to give the name to males also, the only thing one can hope for is a small number of cases :)
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
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Rene was ranked among the top 1000 U.S. girls' names from 1944 to 1988, mirroring the peak period of Renee's popularity. To most Americans, it would have been considered merely a spelling variant of a female name, not a usage of a male name for girls.
Ditto for Noel/Noelle. Both spellings are common for girls. Noel is especially frequent as a girls' middle name.
Ditto for Noel/Noelle. Both spellings are common for girls. Noel is especially frequent as a girls' middle name.
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