And I think Robin will go the same way as the ones in the OP. It's quite popular for girls but I think it sounds a bit wet for a boy (like Colin or something).
Yes, Ducks, I realise about Sasha (I speak Russian, remember?). However as people are now calling their children "Sasha" and "Alex" rather than "Alexeander/dra" (a bit like people calling their kids "Jack" instead of "John" now), I think the point is valid.
"Robin" is now being used interchangeably for boys and girls (see Robin Tunney, for example, who most definitely isn't a boy).
And Dux, I think you have failed to take into account the modern propensity to name children with the shortened version (e.g. Alex or Sam) rather than the full version and use the shortened version as a nickname.
I was only making it up cos I'm bored. I only know of three blokes called Kerry. One is a partner in my firm, one is a client of my old firm, and the other is the guitarist from Slayer (Kerry King). All are over 50.
Any others? One doesn't make it a unisex name, it just means the parents are weirdos. (See Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds naming their daughter James.)
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Lee is another one that seems to have morphed. Lee/Leigh.
Years ago Lee used to be for either sex.
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Because it's not acceptable for a man to be mistaken for a woman, whereas the other way around is totes fine.
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Lee is a name that belongs in the 1980s.
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Alex?
Robin?
Kerry?
Sasha?
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Alex and Sasha are short for Alexander or Alexandra.
Robin is male, Robyn female (except for that lady tennis player I used to fancy as a kid, who is spelled Robin)
Kerry is a fair shout.
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Actually wait no, that was Tracey Austin I had a crush on.
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Kerry is a girl's name.
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And I think Robin will go the same way as the ones in the OP. It's quite popular for girls but I think it sounds a bit wet for a boy (like Colin or something).
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Ashley is another.
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Sam
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Tell that to the ex-England batsman Robin Smith. 'ard as nails.
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Sam is short for either Samuel or Samantha. FFS people!
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Dana
Stacey
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Notm it really isn't. that's a more recent turn.
Yes, Ducks, I realise about Sasha (I speak Russian, remember?). However as people are now calling their children "Sasha" and "Alex" rather than "Alexeander/dra" (a bit like people calling their kids "Jack" instead of "John" now), I think the point is valid.
"Robin" is now being used interchangeably for boys and girls (see Robin Tunney, for example, who most definitely isn't a boy).
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Regular readers will know that people formally christening their offspring with diminutive names makes me RAGE.
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Kerry is pretty much never used for boys anymore (as per the names in the OP) and I bet you Robin goes the same way within 10 years.
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Do look things up before blurting them out, Anna:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_(name)
And Dux, I think you have failed to take into account the modern propensity to name children with the shortened version (e.g. Alex or Sam) rather than the full version and use the shortened version as a nickname.
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Adrian
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And try telling Kerry King he has a girl's name. He'll bite off your head and shit down your still-spluttering esophagus.
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How many people can you think of who have called their son Kerry in the last 30 years or so?
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Four.
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Who I know personally.
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Lollerjotterz.
Pwned.
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No you don't have to know them personally.
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You know four male Kerrys under the age of 40?
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But I do. And a quick Google search of "famous men called Kerry" yields plenty of results too.
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Yes.
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Starting with a partner at my firm.
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Come on Badders, you know Anna is always right about everything.
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Charlie
I prefer it as a girls name but can be either.
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Mea culpa maxima. Especially about Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn.
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I just looked up who you're talking about. Clearly does not meet the relevant age threshold.
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Even though I slipped up and accidentally extended the age range from under 30 to under 40.
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Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh. You actually looked! You can't help yourself, can you?
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Cannot RTFQ Badders, can you?
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you just got did
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"Anna" has been comprehensively pwned.
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Heh.
I have a unisex name. I just did a google image search on my full name and of the top 20 results, 16 were female and 4 male.
Growing up I was always asked why I had a boy's name.
I therefore conclude that, based on this overwhelming scientific evidence, the OP's point is proved
*bangs gavel*
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In the US, Tracey is also used as a guys name. I used to know one, poor sod.
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I asked him how many people he knew had called their son Kerry in the last 30 years. I then slipped up and moved the goalposts to 40 years.
He gave an example of someone who was almost certainly born in the late 50s.
Unless he can come up with something more recent, I'd say it bears out my theory that Kerry as a male name has pretty much died out.
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Beau is now being used both ways
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Have there ever been any women named Julian?
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*bangs head on desk muttering about the stupidity of people*
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I was only making it up cos I'm bored. I only know of three blokes called Kerry. One is a partner in my firm, one is a client of my old firm, and the other is the guitarist from Slayer (Kerry King). All are over 50.
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And heh @ the Kerry cripple fight
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I actually know a male and female Ceri
I also give you Kirsty which can been used for boys I think but I’ve only known female Kirstys
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I got a blow job once off a bird called Jeremy.
I thought, that’s a strange name for a girl but she was wearing a dress and make up and everything so I just assumed her dad was a bit eccentric.
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Or "she" was, in fact, her dad.
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Any famous ones you care to name?
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Any others? One doesn't make it a unisex name, it just means the parents are weirdos. (See Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds naming their daughter James.)
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Ice-T is called Tracey
Big daddy was called Shirley
didnt John Wayne have a girls name
never can tell
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John Wayne was Marion.
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not many boys called Jesse these days
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Meredith???
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