I thought Beverley was a girls name

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lisajohn-4 — 10 years ago(December 06, 2015 10:47 PM)

And then there is Carroll O'Conner. Lot's of men's names, especially of English origin, that many decades later were given to women too. This became so common and male usage declined to the point that some folks think of some names as exclusively female. Google is your friend.

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piquebu — 11 years ago(August 26, 2014 03:12 PM)

I work with a guy named Shannon, once dated a guy named Lynn, and used to work with a guy named Eunice (yes, seriously).

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Stirchley — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 01:18 PM)

I knew a woman named
Graham
and another woman named
Bruce.

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ec1979 — 11 years ago(October 19, 2014 03:17 PM)

Beverly is originally a sir name, then was a boy's name, and is now mostly a girl's name. This is a common pattern for many girl's names: Tracy, Stacy, Ashley, Evelyn, etc all originated as sir names, which became popular boy's names. WASPs often give their boys family names as a way to pass on blue blood names, historically.

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moosefeathers — 11 years ago(November 10, 2014 11:59 AM)

Yes, it's a man's name. As is Marion. Jaime. and on and on. some names are ambiguous.
Swing away, Merrill.Merrill, swing away

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DanaShelbyChancey — 11 years ago(November 14, 2014 08:19 AM)

Now, it is a woman's name, but in the past it was just a name.
Families who felt names were very important and named kids a certain way, may have given a surname as a child's first name. So the boy was named Beverly, which was perhaps his mother's maiden name.
Jessica Simpson named her daughter Maxwell!

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Redart27 — 11 years ago(November 15, 2014 11:36 AM)

There are a lot famous men with ambiguous names..
Terry Bradshaw
Tracy Morgan
Dana Carvy
Rosey Greer
Leslie Nielson
Stacy Keach
Lindsey Buckingham
Jackie Gleason
Jamie Fox
(Fictional) Ashley Wilkes
G - A - F - (low)F - C

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raquelprov — 11 years ago(November 20, 2014 09:59 AM)

"I have never known it to be a man's name"
You should get out more.

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moviegeek1 — 11 years ago(December 01, 2014 05:17 AM)

Yep, originally a boy's name. "Whitney" was also originally a boy's name too. Nowadays, you'd be hard-pressed to find a man named Whitney.
Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it!

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retro2classy — 11 years ago(January 01, 2015 12:24 AM)

Beverley Randolph the eighth Governor of Virginia.
Beverly Briley mayor of Nashville
Heck, I even know a couple of guys named Lavern

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retro2classy — 11 years ago(January 01, 2015 12:27 AM)

Beverley Randolph the eighth Governor of Virginia.
Beverly Briley mayor of Nashville
Heck, I even know a couple of guys named Lavern

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DivineRED — 11 years ago(January 04, 2015 03:59 PM)

Shirley used to be a man's name too

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jharmon64 — 11 years ago(January 25, 2015 03:28 PM)

Another stupid point of this film.
No need to have a woman's name for a guy here, just confuses some folks.

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moosefeathers — 10 years ago(April 10, 2015 10:02 AM)

Another stupid point of this film.
No need to have a woman's name for a guy here, just confuses some folks.
Maybe it's the people that are stupid and ignorant, not
the point
.
Swing away, Merrill.Merrill, swing away

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andyd-1 — 11 years ago(February 24, 2015 01:36 AM)

There's male Beverly in Dead Ringers and another in GTA 5 video game

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jaynekranc — 11 years ago(March 29, 2015 04:19 PM)

There's lots of names like that. Dana, Keegan, Alex, Chrisit's annoying to me, too. I intensely dislike unisex names.

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Newt73 — 10 years ago(May 19, 2015 01:43 PM)

Most names that aren't flowery and frilly started out as boys names. Karen, Aaron/Erin, Shannon, Carey, Casey, Jean, Jessie, Mackenzie, etc. In my opinion it doesn't matter. Names are all made up at some point. They don't have genitals they're just sounds we make up.

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verizonowner88 — 10 years ago(June 08, 2015 05:42 PM)

I have an uncle named Lavern, John Wayne's real name was Marion. I had a friend named Kim (male) when I was a kid. Heck, if you can name your kid North, Blue, River or Leif then what's wrong with Beverly for a boy?