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Charlotte, Jonna/Jean, Lucy, Renee, Andrea, Nicole Alexandra, Davina, Natasha, Lauren (knew a male), Danielle, Gabrielle, Patricia, Tomasina, Kevin (knew a female), Marcia, Melissa, Olivia, Kristina, Robin/Roberta... SO many female names are feminized forms of male names to begin with. My husband shot down truly girly names that I like just because (Lily, Felicity, etc), and none of my female relatives had good names (Laverne? Marlys?) So I went to the most influential person in my life - Charlie - and chose the feminine version of his name. The nicknames tend to be unisex, but the legal names USUALLY maintain some definite gender. And - Olive is just as acceptable a nickname for Oliver as it is for Olivia.

My daughter follows a tradition that her and I are both named after our maternal and fraternal grandfathers. I love having a different name and I hope she does too

I think it's interesting you bring this up because in our process of deciding on boy names, one thing we want to make sure of is that the name will not be a girl's name. It's very, VERY difficult to find classic names that have not been given to girls at some point.