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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unisex names have been around forever - Terry, Francis/es, Erin/Aaron, Lindsey/ay,  Dana, Mika/Micah, off the top of my head.

Fwiw, I think people who have last names (mom's maiden name) as their first names (Miller, Gray, Smith, Holt, - type names) have it worse. [/quote]

Some of the names you're calling unisex are just homophones.  Francis is a male name originating from Franciscus, Frances is a female name from the same origin; they just sound the same.  Erin and Aaron aren't even remotely related to each other, they simply sound alike.[/quote]

Erin and Aaron don't even sound alike unless you have a southern accent. [/quote]
I’m midwestern and I pronounce them the same way. I thought only New Yorkers pronounced them differently.[/quote]

I grew up in Bethesda and live in NYC now. I agree - I pronounce them the same and have always heard others do so too. It’s just people from NY/NJ who pronounce them differently. [/quote]

From New England and can't even conceive of pronouncing those names the same.[/quote]

Also from New England, and same.

Aaron is AIR-un, like the air around you, with a heavy stress on "air.

Erin is Eh-rin. The stress is on the first syllable, but it's softer. [/quote]

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