What traditionally male names that are getting hijacked as female names?

First thing I thought of was Joe.

I always thougt of Claire and Lynn as typically female names.
Otherwise, Alex comes to mind.

Bobby(ie) and Dana

Tracy

Not to be stereotypical,but Alex.

@stardust Nope, they make have slid an ‘E’ on it these days, but back in the land that our grand parents knew it was male, same with Lynn.

Charlie, almost forgot that one.

@Hypocrisy_Central I had no idea. Interesting one!
Andy/i is another one – usually a shortened version of a typically female name I suppose, but maybe it still counts.

Terri, Toni, Alex, Drew or Leigh

I’ve also heard Frankie, Dylan, Sam, and Evan on girls.

Leslie…Stevie…Billie…Bobbie… Georgie… Danni…

Bobby-Charlie-Frankie-Mickey…....oh & in some rough parts of town Butch!!! Sounds like the new cast of sex & the city.

Logan.

Charlie comes to mind first. Next one would be Sam.

Hijacked? Threatened? Stolen? Really?

Ryan

if I have another girl I’m going to hijack that name

Since when were Claire, Shannon, and Lynn male names? Just how long ago are we talking about?

And Pat = Patricia?

@jonsblond Ryan, that’s my sons name. I’ve never heard of it being used for females before, Rhianna yeah. It is an awesome name, but then i’m a little bias :¬)

@ucme I’ve met two females named Ryan. I’ve always liked the name. We used it for one of our sons as a middle name. :)

@jonsblond Excellent!! I’ve learned something new today already. Educational & entertaining, boy fluther has it’s uses after all ;¬}

Taylor? I’m not sure which it was first.

There’s a little girl named Shawn in my son’s kindergarten class. Not sure how she spells it though. I’ve also heard of girls named Ryan.

Some of the trendy boy names are also used for girls. Hayden, Caden, Carter, Carson; I’ve known of girls and boys with those names.

I just showed my son this thread. He’s not impressed he “share’s a girls name” in his words. Bless!! :¬)

@Hypocrisy_Central I’m a little worried about you, Your terminlogy indicates conflict language. You say “threatened, hijacked, and ‘never get its stones back’ ”. which I find… interesting. Claire, as far as I know, has aways been a female name, and Clare is short for Clarence. I’ll look up Clair.
http://www.behindthename.com/name/claire
CLAIRE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLER [key]
French form of CLARA

CLAIR
Gender: Masculine
Usage: French, English
Pronounced: KLER [key]
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).

SHANNON
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SHAN-ən [key]
From the name of the Shannon River, the longest river in Ireland. It is composed of the Gaelic elements sean “old, wise” and abhann “river”. As a given name, it first became common in America after the 1940s.

Morgan Le Fay was Morgan of the faeries who was the arch nemesis of King Arthur. I went to school with a lot of Stacys and Tracys who were male and female. THe first time I heard the name Joe Lynn Turner I was a bit freaked, I had only known females by the name of Lynn.
I don’t know how important this is. English is a non inflected language, so we dont assign gender to things. I know in Italian men and womens names are differed only by the last letter, “a” for females, “o” for males. My daughter’s middle name in Italian is Alessandra, and if she were a boy it would be Alessandro.
I looked up Morgan;
MORGAN (1)
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Welsh, English, French
Pronounced: MAWR-gən (English) [key]
From the Old Welsh masculine name Morcant, which was possibly derived from Welsh mor “sea” and cant “circle”. Since the 1980s in America Morgan has been more common for girls than boys, perhaps due to stories of Morgan le Fay.

MORGAN (2)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Modern form of Morgen, which was used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century for the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay, who was unnamed in earlier stories. Geoffrey probably did not derive it from the Welsh masculine name Morgan, which would have been spelled Morcant in his time. He may have based it on the Irish name MUIRGEN.

I like Ryan, too.

It’s a communist plot ~

Quinn
Avery
George
Blair
I know a couple who named their daughter Tanguray (you know like the Gin).

Kyle (yes I know a girl named Kyle.. blech) Oh, and Devin. I love that name for a girl though. I have a female second cousin named Devin, I hope she doesn’t mind if I steal it one day. I also like Ryan and Evan, for either sex.

Hilary and Shirley were once boys’ names and now are only girls’ names. Rory is now one of the top names that are being “regendered”.

I dare anyone to name their daughter Clyde.

@RealEyesRealizeRealLies She can date my son, Bonnie!

Paris

Oh my god – and all these years, as a feminist, I’ve been working on equal rights, maternity and paternity, global stratification…but the names, the names have been hijacked, at gun point, by crazy parents who want to see no ‘boy names’ survive! :)~~~

@Simone_De_Beauvoir I have a feeling the name Harold will be safe. ;)

@jonsblond Or Peewee

@MacBean Thanks for making my point for me, again. :)

I graduated from HS with a girl named Michael.

@WestRiverrat Ooooo, you know what? The lady who was the mom on The Waltons was named Miss Michael Learned. Hmmmm.
I don’t know any girls named Roy.

Harlan

Jonni lol. i know somebody who names their new daughter after johnny 5 from the flobots cuz he inspires him. now hes namin his daughter that only different more girly spelling ha

Adin, Alex, George, Andy, I feel like i have heard more but can’t think right now.

Ryan
Andy.

In a movie called How To Loose A Guy in Ten Days, a girls name was Andy.

@Nicole8 Andy is short for Andrea.

Then again, Andrea is a male name in Italian.

@bob_ Actually I know a girl named Andy and its her whole first name.

@Trance24 Huh, really? That’s… special.

I know a girl named Micah, but I think that’s pretty rare.

@Whitsoxdude Funny you should say that actually I just sold a kitten at my work to a girl named Micah. I thought it was strange as well, since I have a male friend named Micah.

i reckon Sam