Sex vs gender. What if parents start to give their children sex independent first names? Then the census won't have to ask what sex you were born, and what gender are you now.
How many choices are there? Just starting with the letter A, there are lots off choices.
Addison. Old English, 'Child of Adam'
Adrian. A form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus, probably from the ancient river Adria.
Aiden. Of Gaelic derivation, meaning 'fire'
Ainsley. Scottish origin meaning 'one's own meadow'
Alex. From the Greek for 'defender' - Well, clearly there are lots.
Here's an article on the most common unisex names in America. And Huffington Post has an article on the growing popularity of non-gender names. They say there is an 88 percent rise from 1985 to 2015. They even have a prediction for the top names in 2028. I guess this is quite a popular area with lots of experts who do a lot of studying with great organizational names like Nameberry. Here are their 10 most popular names that are split evenly between boys and girls:
On the rise? Ari, River, Cameron, Sam, Tatum, Corey, Frankie, and Emery.
Less gendered over time? Alexis, Blake, Casey, Dylan, Marion, Parker, and Spencer.
Namebabby must be very busy and profitable. They have lots of information. While I didn't start thinking about people's names, I got to thinking about gender in names because of dog names - I meet many dogs with non-gender names. I always look to jokes to tell me the 'deep truths (or not)' about a subject. I found this one very entertaining.
A robber breaks into a house while the residents are away one dark night. Eager to see what he can loot, he quickly starts searching through cupboards and dressers, grabbing valuables with a trained eye. Suddenly, he hears a voice come out of nowhere. “Jesus is watching you.” The criminal jumps, scared the residents are back, and freezes. After a few minutes of silence however, he assumes it was his imagination, and goes back to robbing. A couple minutes pass, before once again, the voice returns. “Jesus is watching you.” Quite confused, the thief searches the house and checks the front door, but nothing pops out as unusual. He finally decides to move rooms, and finds a parrot, but ignores it. Before he can begin to do anything, someone speaks again, “Jesus is watching you.” The robber realized it was the parrot talking! Going to the parrot, he asks it, “Are you the one who’s been talking to me?” The parrot responds, “Yes.” The thief couldn’t believe it. So, he asks another question. “What is your name?” “Ismael.” the parrot replies. The man scoffed. “What type of idiot names a parrot Ismael?” The parrot speaks yet again, “The same type of idiot that names a Rottweiler Jesus.”
This is a new variety of Clover. Isn't that a beautiful leaf! I don't think it is meant for the 'garden'. Maybe it is meant to be a specialty lawn. For now, it will be in a display pot.
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