Gender ambiguous given names (in Anglo-American/Anglophone culture)

I guess I should also say that I have an Uncle Carroll, who I met once for 20 minutes in 1960 (OK, it was a week-long vacation around 1962. I was five.)

And my husband has a daughter Stacy who of course married a guy named Tracy. :eek:

[QUOTE=Rayne Man]
I think Carroll (note the different spelling) is of Irish origin, but I have never seen Carol as a man’s name.
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The difference in spelling is why I bolded it :wink:

[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
Did he tell you your fortune, in a really bad Jamaican accent?
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Sadly, no, but my first thought upon seeing it was responding to this thread, which tells me that I spend way too much time here :slight_smile:

[QUOTE=ninevah]
…But I’ve never heard of a bloke called Fay
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Fay Vincent, formerly commissioner of major league baseball.