# What names are truly androgynous, so far as you can tell?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 20, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-are-truly-androgynous-so-far-as-you-can-tell/340918 "2006-01-20T23:05:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-are-truly-androgynous-so-far-as-you-can-tell/340918/101 "2006-02-04T11:07:22Z")

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> [@petalpusher](#):
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> Nobody mentioned Randy?

Nobody mentioned Randy because naming a child Horny(Randy) is just wrong.

My name is Kelly, my brother is Dale. Perhaps my parents were just hedging their bets.

Pat and Chris are the two names that most often have me thinking male or female?

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**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-are-truly-androgynous-so-far-as-you-can-tell/340918/102 "2006-02-04T16:54:00Z")

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> [@calm kiwi](#):
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> > [@petalpusher](#):
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> > Nobody mentioned Randy?
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> Nobody mentioned Randy because naming a child Horny(Randy) is just wrong.
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> My name is Kelly, my brother is Dale. Perhaps my parents were just hedging their bets.
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> Pat and Chris are the two names that most often have me thinking male or female?

There was a time when Fanny was a popular girls name in the US.

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