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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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They're all derivative names. My first/middle names are gender-neutral, though I use the original spelling (which implies masc).
I won't go into detail since it's generally not a good idea to share full names on the internet with strangers, but when I was a kid I looked up my birthname, and the meaning of my first name was "the (opposing) version of [Name]" (eg "Francine is the feminine of Frank").
The irony of the original name was that its meaning was 'very gender' (eg: if Frank were to mean "buff and hairy"), so it was confusing if the opposing version's meaning changed in any way. I took a shine to it when I was a kid, then I used the original name and its most common spelling as my new first name as an adult.
i like what you said with the meaning, that’s a really funny detail lol, and it’s cool that you were able to make a nice, simple, smooth switch like that from one to the other :)