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imogen
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While having some fun with google in Bob's thread, I found this useful tool.

I feel very sorry for that 1 guy to every 235 girls who's called Imogen.

(And apparantly for every 12 or so boys named Bob, there's a confused girl Bob running around)

Let the gender games begin!

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Architraz Warden
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Which useful tool was that?
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Raia
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*was just wondering the same thing*
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Jon Boy
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Can't you guys see it? It's right there!
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Yeah, looks like we're missing a link.
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Are you referring to the link to Bob's thread?
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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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I think she's referring to this.
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Raia
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Ahhh, thanks, RRR. [Smile]
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Raia
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It's a boy!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.016 times more common for Raia to be a boy's name.

The popularity of Raia is: 2.111
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

[Angst]

(edit: At least it got the gender of my REAL name right!!!)

[ April 07, 2004, 12:11 AM: Message edited by: Raia ]

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It's a girl!
Based on popular usage, it is 1.772 times more common for Noah to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Noah is: 3.708
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

[Wall Bash] NOT good for the rep. NOT good for the rep. NOT good for the rep. [Wall Bash] [Mad]

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Noah is so a guy's name. This thing is messed up.

Also, Book turned out to be a girl's name, which is not true, I tell you, not true.

[ April 07, 2004, 12:18 AM: Message edited by: Book ]

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The numbers change.

It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.810 times more common for Noah to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Noah is: 3.713
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

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Noah = girl = [ROFL]

[Laugh]

I'm so nice. [Razz]

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Funnily enough, sh*thead is a boy.
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Oops... [Embarrassed]

Thanks RRR.

I'll resist the temptation to edit my original post and make you all look crazy.

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It's a boy!

Based on popular usage, it is 2.049 times more common for Plaid to be a boy's name.

The popularity of Plaid is: 2.097 (where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

Listing of some famous, dead people named Plaid:
None found.

Good news = I must be immortal, if there's no famous dead people named plaid.

Bad news = I'll never be famous.

Very bad news = I may not be immortal... and I'll definitely never be famous. [Grumble]

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 35.833 times more common for Kylie to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Kylie is: 3.424
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

Hardly surprising, really. [Smile]

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My first name is a girl's name. My middle name is a boy's name. Their popularity is about even.

Cuz a racial identity crisis isn't bad enough. [Smile]

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Listing of some famous, dead people named Jesus:

Jesus Movement
Jesus Alive

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It's a boy!

Based on popular usage, it is 13.213 times more common for my_name to be a boy's name.

The popularity of my_name is: 2.938
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

quote:

Listing of some famous, dead people named my_name:

None found.

Yey, I'm gonna be the first ! When I die... Hm... that doesn't do me much good, does it ? [Dont Know]
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Wow. I'm glad someone posted the link. I was beginning to wonder if I had failed to make my gender abundantly clear.

And in case you were wondering:

Based on popular usage, it is 1.867 times more common for Rhino to be a boy's name.

I think I'll name my first child this.

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It's a boy!

Based on popular usage, it is 2.525 times more common for Nathan to be a boy's name.

The popularity of Nathan is: 3.920

Listing of some famous, dead people named Nathan:

Nathan Cohen
Nathan Abshire
Nathan Pritikin
Nathan Bridger

Now to figure out who these guys were.

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imogen
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However, Cheetah is a girl.

It's also only slightly less popular than Imogen.

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Rappin' Ronnie Reagan
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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.702 times more common for God to be a girl's name.

The popularity of God is: 3.689
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

Huh. Imagine that.
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Corwin
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Noooooooo, RRR, you beat me to it... [Mad]
Also, God is a girl ?!? And not even a popular one ?        :shakes head in disbelief:

Edit: Anyway, that's not true. Everybody knows that God... is a DJ ! [Big Grin]

[ April 07, 2004, 03:00 AM: Message edited by: Corwin ]

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[ROFL]

Type in Christian as a name, and look at the famous people named Christian.

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 9.625 times more common for Bitch to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Bitch is: 3.628
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

quote:
Listing of some famous, dead people named Bitch:

Bitch Poppy


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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 3.150 times more common for Tracy to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Tracy is: 4.105
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

However, when I was in high school, the only other two Tracy's in the school were guys. I was the only female Tracy for a couple years. Then there came along a few girls that spelled with without the "y" -- like Traci or Tracie

Farmgirl

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"I consider Dagonee to be a pretty rare name, so I'm not able to provide any information on it, sorry! Please try another name." [Taunt]

[ April 07, 2004, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 2.152 times more common for Loser to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Loser is: 3.144
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.057 times more common for Boy to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Boy is: 3.554
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.762 times more common for Male to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Male is: 3.438
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

[ April 07, 2004, 10:17 AM: Message edited by: MEC ]

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WTH, MEC?

quote:
Based on popular usage, it is 5.500 times more common for Pooka to be a boy's name.

The popularity of Pooka is: 1.591
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)


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MEC
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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 7.077 times more common for A Name to be a girl's name.

The popularity of A Name is: 2.498
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 4.514 times more common for His Name to be a girl's name.

The popularity of His Name is: 2.286
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 4.679 times more common for My Name to be a girl's name.

The popularity of My Name is: 3.033
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 3.299 times more common for Your Name to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Your Name is: 2.821
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

It's a girl!

The popularity of Someone\'s Name is: 4.193
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

Wow, it didn't give me how many times more likely it will be a girl.

also, i didn't put that slash in.

[ April 07, 2004, 11:13 AM: Message edited by: MEC ]

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Thanks to Geoff's tool, I discovered I am a boy 5 times more often than I am a girl
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Oh, Dan, you *know* that's going in the Out of Context thread, right?
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PSI Teleport
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AAAh hahahaha!!!

[ROFL]

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we need a sweet angelic looking smiley.
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The popularity of my REAL name is 1.792. [Big Grin]
*feels special*

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 55.167 times more common for Rivka to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Rivka is: 2.528
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

[Big Grin]



quote:
Listing of some famous, dead people named Rivka:

None found.

Not lookin' hard enough. [Wink]
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You would think with a self titled webpage, it would be able to return positive on my name. Heck you would expect to see it return something peroid. But Austin is firmly rooted on the male side, where it belongs.

Both Jesus, and the mexican Jesus (Hesus) are boys.

quote:
It's a boy!

Based on popular usage, it is 1.376 times more common for Jesus to be a boy's name.

The popularity of Jesus is: 3.704
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

quote:
It's a boy!

The popularity of Hesus is: 0.699
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)



[ April 08, 2004, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: SoberTillNoon ]

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It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 108.955 times more common for Maureen to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Maureen is: 4.168

Nice.

No dead people named Maureen? I can think of some myself. I don't trust that thing at all.

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It's a boy!

The popularity of Midnightblue is: 0.301

Wrong! Though I'm surprised that there is anyone named MidnightBlue.

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No surprise here really - except that I'm really popular (well my name anyway [Grumble] )

quote:
It's a girl!

Based on popular usage, it is 192.771 times more common for Elizabeth to be a girl's name.

The popularity of Elizabeth is: 5.051
(where 0 = extremely rare, 6 = super popular)

Also checking out some of the famous people I've never heard of:

quote:
The late, great Elizabeth Zimmerman, known by many as the guru of knitting
- ???

quote:
Your search - "the late great Elizabeth David" - did not match any documents.
so where did her name come from then?
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Who'd of thought that the most masculine name was "Milorad" and the most feminine name was "Luella".

Also that "Internet" is the most popular female name whereas "John" the most popular male name. We girls are much more interesting - don't you think.

I'm definitely gonna keep this site in mind for future character names.

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