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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why it's so important to have a gender-conforming name?  Many popular names these days are gender neutral, e.g. Taylor, Parker and many historically boy names are now being used for girls - Charlie, Ryan, etc.  Who cares!  If anything, it will give the kid a leg-up in terms of resume review if they think she's a man!![/quote]

I personally don't like androgynous names for my own kids, but that's not a view I externalize to other people's name choices.  But what I really don't like about these two choices are that no matter how you spell it, [b]it's a nickname as a full name.[/b]  Feels like you expect your kid to never be in a situation where they need/want to be taken seriously.  I'd say the same if OP was asking whether to spell her future son's given name Timmy or Timmie.  Just name him Timothy and call him whatever diminutive you prefer![/quote]

So are Sally, Peggy, Nancy, Sue, Molly, Maggie, and Betsy. I have known grown women whose names were these names, and I never had any problem taking the women seriously. These women were, respectively, a boss, a teacher, a friend, my mother-in-law, a friend, a colleague, and a teacher.[/quote]

Unless the name on their birth certificate is Molly or Betsy, you're not disproving my point.  I am also a grown, respectable woman who goes by her nickname in nearly all situations, but I'll bet you $100 Peggy has "Margaret" at the top of her resume.[/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. Yes, the names on their birth certificates were, respectively, Sally, Peggy, Nancy, Sue, Molly, Maggie, and Betsy.[/quote]

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