You know someone, of the same sex as you, with that name?
I find it wierd that Kerry, Alex, Terry, Mackenzie are unisex names.
Seeing that I know a guy name Alex, I would find dating a girl who has a nickname Alex.
Wouldn’t care at all.
The only names that might skeeve me out are names of people in my immediate family. I think I’d find it a little awkward to date someone with my brother’s name, for instance.
Other than that, I wouldn’t have problems dating a man named “Chris” if I had a best girlfriend named “Chris”.
That certainly wouldn’t be my sole criteria for passing on a relationship with someone I was very interested in.
I know a guy Ashley and a girl Ashlee (not that I’m ever going to date either one), but when I talk about him, I picture him, and when I talk about her, I picture her. I certainly don’t get confused about who I’m thinking about just because they have the same name. I can’t see how it would be a problem.
Perhaps you should put this question to Paris Hilton and find out if it’s what came between her and Paris Latsis.
Heh, I think half of the appeal for her in that relationship was being able to call out her own name and get away with it 
That’s a pretty Seinfeld reason not to date someone. It’s not like love is so easy to find that you can afford to screen out perfectly good candidates for such lame reasons.
I’m married to someone w/ a unisex name and I know many people of the opposite sex w/ his name. My brother married someone with my name. AND my middle name!
Geez next they’ll be asking if you could date someone with the same eye color as a parent.
Someone once tried to set me up with a girl who had the same name as me. That wasn’t an issue for me though.
I fail to see why it would be an issue.
That’s what pet names are for. If you’re with some girl who has the same name as your Uncle Evelyn, you can call her Lynnie or whatever. Geez, you gotta put a little work into it.
My sister’s name is Pat, and I dated a guy named Pat for a while – and always called him Patrick for pretty much that reason.
I knew a Kris/Kris (male/female) couple in college. It was a source of amusement for them, and not a big deal. Stikes me as a good attitude for the situation.
I’ve dated a few unisex named guys: Chris, Jerry, Dana, Mickey…probably others. No problem here.
I’m a Chris. Interestingly, I think the unisex thing can be pretty confusing at times - on the internets, people generally assume i’m the opposite gender until I tell them i’m not. I certainly wouldn’t have a problem dating anyone called Chris too. Might have to come up with a nickname, though, but that’s just for practical reasons.
On a side note, can you guess which gender I am? Cheating if you look through my posts to check!
I play softball with a Terry/Teri couple. Like some of the others mentioned here, they find it pretty amusing.
To me, the ‘default’ gender for a Chris is male… so if people usually get it wrong, I’m guessing you’re female.
Wouldn’t make a difference to me.
I have a unisex name, and my co-worker, who sits right next to me, is married to a man with my name. It’s pretty much a daily thing for me to say “What?” to her when I hear my name. Then I realize she’s on the phone with her hubby.
It would amuse me more than anything else.
I’m a Terry and female (short for Therese though, so if someone had a problem they could always just not shorten it). I hate spelling it with an ‘i’ on the end, so with somewhere like the internet or when communication is by writing only - if I don’t use my full name (which I also don’t want to do) I am usually mistaken for a guy.
Revenant Threshold, I’m guessing, is a Christine rather than a Christopher.
Seconded (or fourthed, or seventhed, or nthed): not a serious issue. I’d probably think up a weird nickname for him anyways, so it wouldn’t matter.
Upon preview:
Hey, so’s Terry Cassidy, you’re in good company…
In 1967 when I was in 8th grade, a boy and I who had the same, rather unusual name were teased about it unmercifully. We finally “solved” the problem by going out on our first date together. It was awkward (involving parents driving us to a movie, arm falling asleep around shoulder, etc.). But also very amusing. And, I suppose, as good a reason as anyone else had at that age.
Sorry - I am a Christopher. 
Did we go to college together? I’m a female Kris and dated a male Kris in college. Obviously, it doesn’t bother me in the slightest.