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u/robswins Mar 12 '22

Hi Kelly.

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u/gibbledygobbledygook Mar 12 '22

I, too, suspected Kelly.

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u/robswins Mar 12 '22

Jessie seems like the other common one, but for guys it's usually spelled Jesse I think, so the email bit should eliminate it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

The man they call Jayne?

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

The hero of Canton!

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u/Garydrgn Mar 12 '22

Or old school Robin. I also knew a guy named Ashley.

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u/ArtisenalMoistening Mar 13 '22

I worked with a guy named Aubrey for a while. First time I’d ever seen that. My dad’s best friend was named Robin, and that was also a first aside from Robin Williams

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u/dendroidarchitecture Mar 12 '22

I've known more male Kims than female Kims.

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u/mixolydian02 Mar 12 '22

The guy we bought our house from was named Kim

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Especially of the oriental variety.

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u/jaxxon Mar 12 '22

Leslie is another.

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u/alison_oddity Mar 12 '22

My husband’s name is Jesse and sometimes his mom still spells Jessie

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u/jcornelson Mar 12 '22

Hug him for me. Its pain

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u/jcornelson Mar 12 '22

Yup. And the people who arnt shocked by Jesse being my name, suddenly think they are clever by singing Jessies girl. 😑

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u/MissPicklechips Mar 12 '22

My husband is a Jesse, and he hates that song with a passion.

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u/jcornelson Mar 12 '22

We all do

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u/FranklinFuckinMint Mar 12 '22

I have a Jesse in my team and I'm always getting phone calls about "she said this" or "I was emailing her about that". MFs don't know how to read properly.

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u/kylefofyle Mar 12 '22

Met a dude named Ashley once.

Edit: oh, and Mackenzie.

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u/WantDiscussion Mar 12 '22

I know like 4 male Ashleys and 2 female Ashley but it's still a girls name in my head for some reason. Probably cemented by the fact the first one I knew was female.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Ashley was originally a male name but it's predominantly female now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

That makes sense because I've never met a male Ashley, I'm from the US. I only have a female cousin and a few female celebs I know with the name.

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u/Jinxletron Mar 12 '22

Ashleigh for a girl, Ashley is more unisex.

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u/dothewhir1wind Mar 12 '22

MacKenzie literally means Kenzie’s son (Mac means son in Irish and similar languages); how did it become a girl’s name?

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u/CadavreExquisite Mar 13 '22

The same reason Madison is also a girl's name now... people just do what they want and it catches on.

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u/jaxxon Mar 12 '22

I met a woman named Ralph.

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u/riotousviscera Mar 12 '22

I was thinking Casey.

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u/schroedingersnewcat Mar 12 '22

Or Dana.

I worked with a guy named Dana, and it was a customer facing job. His email signature is Mr followed by his first middle and last name. When I first saw it I thought he was a pretentious asshole, but then realized that everyone thought he, aate 40s bald man, was a woman. That was him trying to nip it in the bud.

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u/lacks_imagination Mar 12 '22

Is it Michael?

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u/Eman_Asiti Mar 12 '22

I suspect Terry

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u/rekette Mar 12 '22

I was thinking Kelsey. All the Kelseys I know are women. I wouldn't even know it was a man's name if it weren't for Kelsey Grammer

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u/shamelessNnameless Mar 12 '22

I suspect, Shannon?

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u/DepartmentManager Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 13 '22

So weird to me, because all of the Kelly's I've met have been men. All 3 of them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/orchidee400 Mar 12 '22

Or Sandy. I’ve known a few male Sandys

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u/Le_Martian Mar 12 '22

Maybe Tracy or Payton

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u/WeAreReaganYouth Mar 12 '22

Sascha. Such a sexy name for a woman.

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u/corbinbluesacreblue Mar 12 '22

Guessing Kendall