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Male or female?

33 replies

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 16/03/2016 22:22

If you were going to meet a person and you only knew their first name, would you assume they were male or female? (Person running a class, not dodgy Internet dating!)

Rowan
Riley
Bailey
Jody
Kelly
Piper
Morgan

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SpeakNoWords · 16/03/2016 22:41

Rowan - would think either boy or girl, probably boy
Riley - boy
Bailey - boy
Jody - girl
Kelly - girl
Piper - girl
Morgan - boy

Trills · 16/03/2016 22:38

Rowan - woman
Riley - man
Bailey - man
Jody - this is the only one where I'm less sure - I think Jodie is a woman, Jody I've never seen but could be a man.
Kelly - woman
Piper - woman
Morgan - man

If I were doing internet dating I would expect a picture that made it clear (and for my filters to have excluded some of them).

If they were running a class then unless it were a genitals-related class it wouldn't really matter.

Micah · 16/03/2016 22:30

I wouldnt assume male or female for any on that list. All pretty unisex.

SirVixofVixHall · 16/03/2016 22:29

I've never met a female Morgan- I'm Welsh, it is very much a man's name here.

SirVixofVixHall · 16/03/2016 22:28

Either
Either
Girl probably
Girl
Either
Girl
Boy

IoraRua · 16/03/2016 22:27

Rowan - girl
Riley - boy or American girl
Piper - girl
Bailey - could go either way
Jody - girl, definitely girl
Morgan - girl
Kelly - definitely a girl

ilovevenice · 16/03/2016 22:27

Rowan = Boy - or girl (I know one of both!)
Riley - boy
Bailey - boy
Jody - girl (though perhaps that's when it's spelt with an ie)
Kelly - girl
Piper - girl
Morgan - boy

Mumoftwoyoungkids · 16/03/2016 22:25

Boy
Boy
Boy
Boy
Girl
Girl
Girl