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But that’s the thing...generally, no one is co-opting the truly masculine sounding names. They’re using names like Elliott that have a “feminine” cadence. That’s how Ashley, Leslie, and Vivian ended up as girls’ names; they already sounded feminine.[/quote]

What's a "feminine cadence" about these names? I'm asking sincerely. Are you thinking, for example, that Elliott sounds like Elliette, and -ette is feminine? Or Ashley and Leslie end in -y, like Molly and Amy? Or Vivian is like Vivi-ann?

And in that case, wouldn't there be lots of girl named Noah (like Susannah and Rebekah!) or Logan ((like Log-ann!)?[/quote]

I guess I feel like the names that will never be widely used for girls sound very...abrupt? John, Hank, Bob, Jake, etc. But the male names that are trending for girls sound like existing feminine names. Juliette, Colette, Elliott. Adrienne, Vivian, Ryan, Dylan. And so forth.

As another PP pointed out, Logan has been used as girl’s name for quite some time...it’s probably much more widely used than Elliott or any of the other names mentioned in this thread.[/quote]

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