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"Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)
I was wondering if there are any names that are originally both feminine and masculine in English. There are several examples in French (Claude, Dominique, Maxime - which are both the feminine and masculine form of the names Claudius, Dominic, and Maximus). The only ones I can think of are Hilary (the English form of both Hilarius and Hilaria) and Evelyn (from Aveline, later adopted as a surname and given to boys as the masculine form). Any more examples?I'm ignoring names with modern unisex usage like Alexis or Jocelyn, androgynous nicknames like Alex or Sam, surnames, or nature names like Rowan or Jade (which I suppose could go either way). ETA:
Robin - for boys, a form of Robert; for girls, the name of a bird
Joyce - for boys, the English form of Judoc; for girls, a form of Jocosa.
Morgan - for boys, from the Welsh name Morcant; for girls, as in Morgan le Fay
Florence - English form of Florentius / Florentia
Vivian - English form of Vivianus / Viviana
Marion - for boys, a form of Marianus; for girls, a form of Marian

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"Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/5/2011, 8:53 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  Pie  ·  2/6/2011, 2:05 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  Leodo  ·  2/6/2011, 12:47 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  Caitlin žita  ·  2/6/2011, 12:13 PM
That reminds me  ·  Llewella  ·  2/6/2011, 1:13 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  Opalescence  ·  2/6/2011, 10:37 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names? (added more)  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/6/2011, 12:08 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Andromache  ·  2/6/2011, 8:50 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Alcyone  ·  2/6/2011, 7:38 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Orsino  ·  2/6/2011, 7:13 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Anthroponomastics  ·  2/6/2011, 5:51 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Llewella  ·  2/6/2011, 6:25 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Llewella  ·  2/6/2011, 5:29 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Janan  ·  2/6/2011, 4:38 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  beethoven  ·  2/6/2011, 3:57 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Ninor  ·  2/6/2011, 1:19 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/6/2011, 9:17 AM
ditto Jules [m]  ·  CN  ·  2/6/2011, 3:29 AM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  number1212  ·  2/5/2011, 9:33 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/5/2011, 9:53 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  Caitlin žita  ·  2/5/2011, 9:09 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/5/2011, 9:28 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  coldplayer9  ·  2/5/2011, 9:05 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/5/2011, 9:27 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  erb816  ·  2/5/2011, 10:28 PM
Re: "Legitimate" English Unisex names?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  2/6/2011, 9:32 AM