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Re: Names that are easy to cause a person to be misgendered
If they were, it wouldn't last long, either way. FWIW, a couple I know were pregnant and I asked about names. 'Terry!' they chorused. I said 'And if it's a girl?' and they looked at me with sympathetic understanding and once more chorused 'Terry!'.
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I knew a couple over 30 years ago in Michigan who deliberately chose one name for their children regardless of gender as a feminist statement. There first child was Eril and the second was Darian. It ended up the first was female and the second male.
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Eril is surprising: it probably sounds like Errol, which would be confusing. Darian could be geographical (silent upon a peak in Darien) or a version of Dorian (Gray); either way, I'd guess male for that one as well.
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