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Healthy newborn infant baby boy sleeping in hospital bassinet wrapped in striped blanket just after birth

What’s in a Name?

Source: The New York Times

What historically male names have increasingly been given to female babies? What names have managed to remain gender neutral? Read about the back-and-forth of some popular names in the United States.

This entry was posted in Gender Roles and tagged Culture & Society, People on November 1, 2019 by admin.

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