# Poll: What gender do you associate with these names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921 "2009-06-06T13:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/1 "2009-06-06T13:31:47Z")
Only M/F Predominantly M/F (but could be the other) Equally unisex For: Dylan Kendall Stacy (Stacey) Devon (Devin, Devyn) ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/2 "2009-06-06T13:43:11Z")
Dylan - predominantly male, but could be female Kendall - only female Stacy (Stacey) - only female Devon (Devin, Devyn) - equally male/female ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/3 "2009-06-06T13:51:01Z")
Dylan - male Kendall - male, except I know a woman called this. Stacey - female, unlikely to be male. Devon - that’s a type of lunch meat here. As a name it sounds more male, but could be anything. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/4 "2009-06-06T13:58:15Z")
Dylan - Only Male Kendall - Predominately Female Stacy (Stacey) - Predominately Female Devon (Devin, Devyn) - Predominately Male ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/5 "2009-06-06T14:07:21Z")
What _I_ associate with them: Dylan - only male Kendall - only male Stacy (Stacey) - only female Devon (Devin, Devyn) - only male. That doesn’t mean anything around here though. People name their kids all kinds of weird things. (There is a male atty down in Jackson named [Precious Martin](http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/crystal_wise_precious_martin/)). I also presently know 2 or 3 men named Stacy. Over the years, I’ve run into people of either gender named Dylan, Kendall, Stacy, or Devon. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/6 "2009-06-06T14:09:28Z")
Dylan- Only male Kendall-Predominately female Stacy (Stacey)-Predominately female Devon (Devin, Devyn)-equally M/F ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/7 "2009-06-06T14:26:45Z")
I know all the names can go either way, but the first thing I think of for each name: Dylan - male Kendall - female Stacy - female (even tho I went to school with males named Stacy & Tracy, brothers) Devon - male ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/8 "2009-06-06T14:35:41Z")
Dylan - Only M Kendall - Only F Stacy (Stacey) - Predominantly F (Tracey is like this too) Devon (Devin, Devyn) - Predominantly M I really like Devin for a girl, but with the exception of a couple of actresses, it’s almost always for boys that I’ve noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/9 "2009-06-06T14:52:31Z")
Dylan–only male Kendall–equal Stacy (Stacey)–mostly female (I know there are guys named Stacey, but there shouldn’t be) Devon (Devin, Devyn) --mostly female ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/10 "2009-06-06T14:58:46Z")
Interesting. I know people of both genders with all of these names except one, which I named my youngest child, and never thought of as potentially unisex. I’ll elaborate after a few more replies… ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/11 "2009-06-06T15:20:22Z")
**Dylan** Only male **Kendall** Only male \*\* Stacy (Stacey)\*\* Only female **Devon (Devin, Devyn)** Predominantly male (but I met a girl named Devon last month so obviously could be female) ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/12 "2009-06-06T15:45:44Z")
agh, I should have asked for respondents to indicate their own gender. For many of the replies dividing by “only M/F”, I suspect a high degree of correlation to one’s own gender. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/13 "2009-06-06T15:47:22Z")
M F F M The first one is the only one where I might think, for a second, that it might be the other gender. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/14 "2009-06-06T15:54:34Z")
Dylan - unisex Kendall - female (although I’ve never met a Kendall; I only know that was Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character on AMC) Stacey - female (although I know it used to be male) Devon - male Me - female ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/15 "2009-06-06T15:56:38Z")
Dylan - M/F Kendall - M Stac(e)y - F (for anyone under, say, 40) Dev[o/y/i]n - F Me - M ETA: “I only know that was Sarah Michelle Gellar’s character” - I wondered if something like that was going on. I don’t know or know of any real-life Kendalls, it doesn’t sound feminine at all (IMO), and it looks like a combination of “Ken” and “Randall,” so I was puzzled that people perceived it as a girl’s name. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/16 "2009-06-06T16:04:01Z")
Dylan - male Kendall - not a name Stacy - female Devon - not a name ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/17 "2009-06-06T16:06:56Z")
Dylan only M Kendall only F Stacy Predominantly F but could be M (like, REALLY predominantly F for me) Devon Predominantly M but could be F ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/18 "2009-06-06T16:10:09Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > Only M/F > Predominantly M/F (but could be the other) > Equally unisex > > For: > > Dylan > Kendall > Stacy (Stacey) > Devon (Devin, Devyn) Without reading any responses: Dylan – My first impression would be male, but I wouldn’t be surprised if a specific Dylan were a girl Kendall – I’d assume this person would be a guy. I’d be surprised, but not shocked, to learn I had been mistaken. Stacy – First impression would be “chick” unless I knew the individual in question was born before 1960 or so. Older Staceys are more likely to be male. Devyn, Devin, Devon – Probably female, with the certainty decreasing the further down my version of the list the spelling appears. If I hear “Devon” pronounced “De-VONN”, as in the case of baseball’s [Devon White](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_White_(baseball)), I’ll figure the name refers to a man. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/19 "2009-06-06T16:16:56Z")
Dylan - male Kendall - a dog or cat Stacy (Stacey) - female Devon (Devin, Devyn) - male or type of processed meat ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921/20 "2009-06-06T16:29:34Z")
Dylan - male Kendall - female, but could be male Stacy - female (but remember Stacy Keach, who is clearly not female) Devon - female, unless spelled Devin, which sounds male to me (maybe because it sounds like Kevin) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-gender-do-you-associate-with-these-names/498921.md?page=2)