This is kind of an informal survey. For the following names, please list whether your first thought is whether the name belongs to a male or a female. In some cases, the age of the person will be pertinent, so add that, too.
Alexi
Bailey
Beryl
Chris
Dakota
Dylan
Jewel
Jordan
Kyle
Remi
Riley
Pat
Taylor
Thanks to all who participate.
Alexi - Male 30
Bailey - female 16
Beryl - female 60
Chris - male 25
Dakota -female 10
Dylan - male 35
Jewel - female 25
Jordan - female 18
Kyle - male 18
Remi - female 13
Riley - male 20
Pat - male 40
Taylor - male 16
Alexi - male, 40ish - I cannot conceive this as an actual name, but for the existence of Alexi Lalas
Bailey - female, 18
Beryl - female, 70
Chris - male, 25
Dakota - female, 12
Dylan - male, 18
Jewel - female, 30
Jordan - female, 15
Kyle - male, 25
Remi - Again, this is a name? Except this time I don’t know (of) one.
Riley - female, 15
Pat - male, 35
Taylor - male, 25
I’ve given general ages… I hope that’s ok.
Alexi - Male 30-ish
Bailey - Male 30-ish
Beryl - Female 50-ish
Chris - Male 21 (because that’s me ;))
Dakota - Female Tween
Dylan - Female Teenager
Jewel - Female 20-ish
Jordan - Female 30-ish
Kyle - Male 40-ish
Remi - Female Teenage (but i’ve never heard the name before)
Riley - Male 30-ish
Pat - Female 60-ish
Taylor - Female Teenager
What’s this all for?
I can see some of these being different based on the age range so: First thoughts are bold in the cases that can go either way for me.
Alexi - boy 30 and over
Bailey - girl 20 and under
Beryl - girl 60+
Chris - boy
Dakota - girl 15 and under
Dylan - 15 and under= girl 25+ = boy
Jewel - girl 30
Jordan - boy born before 1995, girl -14
Kyle - boy 15
Remi - boy 25
Riley - over 18 is boy, 16- girlPat girl 40s
Taylor - over 25 = boy, under = girl
Alexi - teenage girl
Bailey - 4-year-old girl
Beryl - 70-year-old man
Chris - 30-year-old woman (her real name is Christine)
Dakota - 7-year-old boy
Dylan - 10-year-old boy
Jewel - 12-year-old girl
Jordan - 5-year-old girl
Kyle - 8-year-old boy
Remi - 45-year-old man (my mechanic, for example)
Riley - 6-year-old girl
Pat - 50-year-old woman
Taylor 32-year-old man
But my prediction is:
these will all turn out to be kids in a preschool class, probably all girls too am I close?
Without looking at other people’s answers:
Alexi – Female. Probably young.
Bailey – Male, could be any age.
Beryl – Female, probably 60+
Chris – Probably male, could be any age.
Dakota – Female, very young (under 15)
Dylan – Male, probably under 40
Jewel – Female, young-ish.
Jordan – Probably male. Under 40.
Kyle – Male, young-ish.
Remi – Male, French
Riley – Not sure.
Pat – Could be almost any age or either sex, depending on what it’s short for.
Taylor – I’d probably guess female, definitely young.
Somehow I forgot Pat. Girl 50s.
Thanks.
And I forgot Madison. (If that changes anything.)
And now I see Pat wasn’t forgotten in my previous post. Now she’s 10 years older too.
Yes, Remi is a name. In my world, it’s the name of a Hispanic* guy who’s about 25.
*Mentioned because I assumed it was a Spanish name based on that.
Madison - Girl 7
Answering this before reading any of the other responses…
Alexi–either a Russian guy or a youngish (American) girl
Bailey–a teenage or younger girl
Beryl–an old lady
Chris–could go either way, over a huge range of ages
Dakota–a pre-teen girl
Dylan–a pre-teen boy (or I guess a very yuppie girl with a sister named Madison)
Jewel–a woman, either 60+ years old or 20s and under
Jordan–a teenage or younger boy
Kyle–a 20s-ish man
Remi–I’ve never heard this name before. I guess female?
Riley–20s or younger, either male or female
Pat–like Chris, could go either way. I picture this name with an older demographic, 30s and up.
Taylor–same as Riley.
Edited to add that I put that part about Madison before reading Hilarity N. Suze’s post about it. Ha!
Posted without reading the rest of the thread:
Alexi - female, 22
Bailey - female, 17
Beryl - female, 64
Chris - male, 35
Dakota, female, 10
Dylan, male, 14
Jewel, female, 18
Jordan, female, 16
Kyle, male, 20
Remi, female, 4
Riley, female, 6
Pat, male, 52
Taylor, female, 18
Full disclosure: most of these sound like grade school or high school kids’ names to me. But then, I’m pretty old.
Alexi - A girl, around…oh, say 22
Bailey - The first thing I think of is a beagle dog with a bandana. Is that weird or what?
Beryl - Woman in her fifties/early sixties. Grandmotherly type.
Chris - Guy, early to mid thirties, looks young for his age (yes, “The Sopranos” has influenced me too much…)
Dakota - Ten year old girl
Dylan - Guy in his twenties/thirties
Jewel - Woman in her early thirties
Jordan - Woman, twenty something
Kyle - Guy, basically any age
Remi - Girl, twentysomething
Riley - Girl, late twenties
Pat - Woman, thirty/forty something
Taylor - Girl, child…maybe eight to ten?
Alexi - Male, 26
Bailey - Female, 8
Beryl - Male, 80+
Chris - Male or Female, 30-40
Dakota - Female, 9
Dylan - Male, 13
Jewel - Female, 23
Jordan - Male, 15
Kyle - Male, 22
Remi - Female, 17
Riley - Female, 5
Pat - Female, mid-40s
Taylor - Male, 19
Madison - Female, 4-7
I could see most of these being names of current pre-schoolers/Kindergarteners. Not Pat or Beryl, though.
If this is just casual interest, the best selling book Freakonomics has a whole section devoted to it with lots of interesting commentary. I was reading it this afternoon so I won’t answer because I think mine would be tainted.
Alexi: male, various ages
Bailey: (these days) girl, toddler to early teens, yuppie
Beryl: female, middle age
Chris: gender neutral, all ages
Dakota: female, toddler to 10 years old
Dylan: male, elementary school aged
Jewel: female, elementary school aged or young stripper
Jordan: gender neutral, male- twenties, female- middle school aged
Kyle: male, teens to early twenties
Remi: male
Riley: has recently become gender neutral, male- late forties or later, female- toddler
Pat: female, soccer mom type
Taylor: gender neutral, female- early twenties/late teens, male- elementary school aged
Alexi–female 7 yo
Bailey–female 20 yo (Bailey Quarters, Oh yeah)
Beryl–male?
Chris–male any age
Dakota–female 16
Dylan–male 10 yo
Jewel–female 21
Jordan–male 5 yo
Kyle–male 8 yo
Remi–female 2 yo
Riley–male 35
Pat–either 20
Taylor–female 16
SSG Schwartz
Alexi - male, 30, Russian
Bailey - female, 7
Beryl - female, 70
Chris - male, 30
Dakota - female, 5
Dylan - male, 5
Jewel - female, any age up to 40
Jordan - male, 10
Kyle - male, 20
Remi - male, 50, French
Riley - male, 3 or under
Pat - female, 60
Taylor - female, 10
Dammit! Above post is me, not Left Hand.
Alexi: Male, 40s
Bailey: Female, 30s
Beryl: Female, 60s
Chris: Male
Dakota: Female, teens
Dylan: Male, 20s-30s
Jewel: Female, late teens/early 20s
Jordan: Male, teens to 20s
Kyle: Male
Remi: The hell? No idea. We’ll say female. And super young, like under 10.
Riley: Riley’s a dog’s name, not a person’s.
Pat: Male
Taylor: Female, teens
ETA: I used to have a dog named Riley, hence my reasoning above.