# Name that sex. (And age.) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287 "2007-08-28T22:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/41 "2007-08-29T20:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] I should have added Shannon. I used to work in the Denver office of a corporation where Shannon, female, was the office manager, while in our New York office the bureau chief was Shannon, male. They were approximately the same age. [/QUOTE] Shannon is a **very** unusual name for a boy. The vast majority of us are female, and I’ve only met one boy with my name my entire life (and even then his actually name is Shenandoah), and have only been told of one other. Both boys reportedly hated the name, so if you use and that jives with the guy you know you might want to keep that in mind for a personality trait 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/42 "2007-08-29T22:05:11Z")
Alexi, f, 1 Bailey, f, 12 Beryl, f, 95 Chris, m or f, 50 Dakota, f, 15 Dylan, m, 40 Jewel, f, 30 Jordan, m, 20 Kyle, m, 25 Remi, f, 1 Riley, m, 30 Pat, m or f, 60 Taylor, f, 30 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/43 "2007-08-30T00:15:09Z")
**Alexi** , female, 11 **Bailey** , female, 9 **Beryl** , male, 65 **Chris** , male, 35 **Dakota** , male, 8 **Dylan** , male, 5 **Jewel** , female, 23 **Jordan** , male, 10 **Kyle** , male, 15 **Remi** , female, 30 **Riley** , female, 14 **Pat** , male, 40 **Taylor** , male, 12 ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/44 "2007-08-30T16:50:02Z")
Alexi - Girl, under 10 Bailey - Girl, under 10 (but wouldn’t throw me if it belong to a boy) Beryl - Never heard of it. Suppose I would guess male…not sure about age, so probably older, 60s? Chris - Male. Any age. (only a girl if it’s a nickname, but then also any age) Dakota - Girl, under 15 or so Dylan - Male any age or girl under 10 Jewel - Girl. 20s Jordan - Either boy or girl. under 30 Kyle - Male. Under 30 Remi - Male. teens. Riley - I’d think boy first, Under 20. Wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be a girl, but I’d guess she’d be slightly younger. Pat - Women, 40s or 50s. Man, 60s or 70s. Taylor - Hmmm, could go either way. If older than 20, I’d probably think male first. If younger, probably female first. Madison - Girl under 15 ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/45 "2007-08-30T17:11:42Z")
It sounds like you want a name that most people would first think male, but that might also work for a female. In that case, from your suggestions, I vote for Dylan and Kyle, which it sounds like most people’s first instinct is to associate with a male, but wouldn’t be _too_ weird belonging to a 20 something girl. (I’ve never heard of a female Kyle of any age, but it sounds like the kind of name that could work) Also, if you changed it to Alex, I think that would work well, too, although then you’d have the same problem as Chris with it being a nickname for a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/46 "2007-08-30T17:41:08Z")
Okay: Kyle is the most masculine of all these names. I have met one female Kyle (in a dance class a decade ago) and even she thought of it as a prevalently masculine name. Beryl is the oldest. The youngest anyone said a Beryl could be was 45, a few said 50, and Beryl is probably female. Dakota is the youngest, and most likely female; I think 17 was the oldest anyone said. ETA: I see there are some new ones. Haven’t checked if that changes anything (not that I’ve said anything). ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/47 "2007-08-30T18:32:09Z")
Alexi - F Bailey - M Beryl - F Chris - M Dakota - F Dylan - M Jewel - F Jordan - M Kyle - M Remi - F Riley - M Pat - F Taylor - M I’m female, 26. Oh wait, the ages of the names? Misread the OP, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/48 "2007-08-30T20:02:29Z")
Alexi - F (15) Bailey - hmmm I think that’s a male dog Beryl - F (75-85) Chris - F (45) Dakota - F (15) Dylan - M (18) Jewel - F (7) Jordan - M (20) Kyle - M (25) Remi - M (10) Riley - F (5) Pat - F (50) Taylor - F (20) ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/49 "2007-08-30T21:03:57Z")
Alexi- Male 33 Bailey- Female 20 Beryl- Female 30 Chris- Male That could cross a large spectrum… 30’s Dakota- Male 30 Dylan- Male 35 Jewel- Female 35 Jordan- Female 30 Kyle- Male 30 Remi- Female 10 Riley-Male 10 Pat- Male 30 Taylor- Female 20 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/50 "2007-08-31T17:05:37Z")
I’m probably the world’s worst at this. When I first came to the SDMB, I thought DavidB and Gaudere were male lovers. And I’ve had more he-she assumption errors than probably anyone else on the board. So, here’s the take from a social idiot. Alexi — F, 27 Bailey — F, 42 Beryl — M, 60 Chris — M, 30 Dakota — F, 12 Dylan — M, 19 Jewel — F, 23 Jordan — F, 25 Kyle — M, 22 Remi — M, 12 Riley — M, 55 Pat — M, 22 Taylor — M, 40 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287/51 "2007-08-31T17:17:17Z")
Alexi F20 Bailey F45 Beryl M60 Chris M40 Dakota F10 Dylan M35 Jewel F19 Jordan F25 Kyle M40 Remi M25, eh? Riley F25 Pat F50 Taylor M50 or F20 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-sex-and-age/417287.md?page=2)