# Steve McQueen finally has a gender! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884 "2011-07-21T17:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/1 "2011-07-21T17:57:19Z")
Okay, so the famous [Steve McQueen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000537/) obviously already had a gender. _My_ Steve McQueen, however, had until recently been genderless. Some of you may remember from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=604793&highlight=steve) that when I got pregnant my husband and I nicknamed our fetus Steve McQueen in reference to the movie The Great Escape (because the fetus is in there planning a great escape, y’know.) Well, as of my sonogram this morning Steve McQueen is no longer a genderless fetus because we found out that we are having a little girl! While we are both pretty thrilled my husband is absolutely over the moon at the thought of having a daughter and so far I’m finding that the best part of being pregnant is watching how excited my husband gets about the baby stuff. As much as being pregnant isn’t much fun at all, especially in this horrible heat wave, I’m so tickled at his reactions and how happy he is about being a daddy that I just can’t help being swept up in the excitement of it all. Not being able to differentiate my ankle from the rest of my leg doesn’t seem so bad when he is singing happy children’s songs into my belly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/2 "2011-07-21T18:03:39Z")
I hope that you are going to rename her as Stevie McQueen. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/3 "2011-07-21T18:29:06Z")
awwww, congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/4 "2011-07-21T18:33:09Z")
Oh how sweet! Congratulations! That reminds me of a time I was in McDonald’s with my then-5-year-old. I got a phone call from someone from work. When I was done, he asked me who it was; I told him. He then said loudly, seemingly out of the blue, and to the amusement of several people seated nearby, “why didn’t you name me Steve?” It was so random. People were just cracking up. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/5 "2011-07-21T22:11:26Z")
Yay for baby girls! Congrats! Now you just have to start a thread asking for name suggestions- I have some. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/6 "2011-07-21T23:51:40Z")
Congratulations. By the way, a word of warning: Over in Great Debates, **Cyclone** has alerted us to the dangers of fetuses illegally crossing international borders (to become ‘anchor babies’). In view that young Miss McQueen is plotting The Great Escape, I figured you should be warned! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/7 "2011-07-21T23:56:12Z")
Yay!! I too loved seeing the husband get all excited about baby things during the pregnancy. Now you guys need an awesome name! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/8 "2011-07-22T00:19:40Z")
How about Grace Kelly? Congrats! StG ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/9 "2011-07-22T00:22:39Z")
Queen McSteve? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/10 "2011-07-22T01:36:33Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > He then said loudly, seemingly out of the blue, and to the amusement of several people seated nearby, “why didn’t you name me Steve?” My five year old daughter asked me tonight what she would be called when she grew up. I hope she didn’t see my confused face. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/11 "2011-07-22T01:50:30Z")
How about Stephanie Quinn? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/12 "2011-07-22T15:46:06Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Oh how sweet! Congratulations! > > That reminds me of a time I was in McDonald’s with my then-5-year-old. I got a phone call from someone from work. When I was done, he asked me who it was; I told him. He then said loudly, seemingly out of the blue, and to the amusement of several people seated nearby, “why didn’t you name me Steve?” > > It was so random. People were just cracking up. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/13 "2011-07-22T16:04:08Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Yay for baby girls! Congrats! Now you just have to start a thread asking for name suggestions- I have some. We actually picked out names when I first found out I was pregnant! Her name is Bridget. > [@Polycarp](#): > > Congratulations. By the way, a word of warning: Over in Great Debates, **Cyclone** has alerted us to the dangers of fetuses illegally crossing international borders (to become ‘anchor babies’). In view that young Miss McQueen is plotting The Great Escape, I figured you should be warned! 🙂 Despite the sonogram tech’s promise that at this point she only weighs 1 lb 2 oz I believe she weighs about 50 lbs or, at the very least, has a couple of 25 lb hand weights in there for her daily jazzercise routines. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/14 "2011-07-22T16:05:34Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I don’t get it. They guy I was talking to was named Steve. Nobody sitting nearby heard that part — they just heard a cute little boy demanding to know why he wasn’t named Steve. Maybe you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/15 "2011-07-22T16:15:35Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > We actually picked out names when I first found out I was pregnant! Her name is Bridget. > > Despite the sonogram tech’s promise that at this point she only weighs 1 lb 2 oz I believe she weighs about 50 lbs or, at the very least, has a couple of 25 lb hand weights in there for her daily jazzercise routines. Hmm, my edit didn’t take. She sort of feels like she might weigh as much as an anchor in there so I can appreciate the concern! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/16 "2011-07-22T17:31:58Z")
Okay, I like Bridget, Bridget is acceptable. I’ll let you name her that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/17 "2011-07-22T18:21:15Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-mcqueen-finally-has-a-gender/589884/18 "2011-07-22T18:27:20Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Okay, I like Bridget, Bridget is acceptable. I’ll let you name her that. 😛 😃