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Can you name the top 10 names beginning with 'M' given to baby boys in the US each decade?
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Baby Names: 'M' Boy Names By Decade Quiz
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skizzo
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Nov 10th, 2011 at 13:45 GMT
4 points
wow Michael is seriously overused - but what is it with Micheal? is that legit or a messed up spelling?
chriskotx
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Nov 11th, 2011 at 00:18 GMT
1 point
Wow... Melvin and Marvin outdid Michael in the '20s.
triplet_3
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Nov 11th, 2011 at 09:05 GMT
-1 points
I think Micheal was just an alternative spelling. Personally I'm surprised that Marion was used as a male name; I've only ever come across it as a female one.
chriskotx
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Nov 11th, 2011 at 12:03 GMT
8 points
@triplet_3: John Wayne's given name was Marion (Morrison).
imclala
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Nov 14th, 2011 at 17:01 GMT
3 points
@skizzo: A misspelling, I'm sure. Which is sad.
skizzo
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Nov 15th, 2011 at 02:02 GMT
2 points
@triplet_3: lots of female names today originated as male names: Hilary, Evelyn, Madison, Whitney, Courtney, Shirley, Carol, Vivian, Kimberly, Lindsay, Leslie, Dana, Kelsey, Alexis, Lynn, Ariel, seriously there are hundreds.
triplet_3
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Nov 15th, 2011 at 10:51 GMT
1 point
Thanks skizzo. I knew about most of those but not about Kimberly and Dana. In the UK Vivian (as opposed to Vivien/Vivienne) is still quite often male, and Leslie is more often given to boys than girls. Rather interestingly, most of the names you list were originally surnames; I wonder if surname-originated first names usually become male then female rather than vice versa. Carol was originally spelt Carrol and was from the Latin form of Charles, wasn't it? And of course, now I come to think of it a famous 20th c. male author was Evelyn Waugh.
triplet_3
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Nov 15th, 2011 at 10:53 GMT
1 point
Incidently, I can only think of one name that was originally female but became male: Julian.
Game published: Nov 27th, 2011 at 04:03 GMT
halophex
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 04:51 GMT
28 points
When Sporcle asks for "Top" names, my brain gives me Millhouse, Mortimer, Mustafa, and Mezekiel - but not Mark. what is wrong with me?
Rayavi
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 05:25 GMT
7 points
Hm. Well, I guess if it's good enough for John Wayne...
tomstar86
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 05:33 GMT
28 points
Ohh the Micheals...poor kids, their names mis-spelled at birth. Then again I guess the hoardes of Aaliyahs (Aliyah? Aleyah?) and Michaelas (Mykyla? Mikayla?...sigh) feel the same way, too.
cmkeller
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 05:42 GMT
26 points
Wow...from the 1880s to the 1940s, lots of people were speaking of the pompatus of love.
umbreon654
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 06:32 GMT
1 point
I'm kinda wish that Mallory and Meredith were on this list. Since they are male names, technically.
MrMN
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 06:43 GMT
23 points
I guess people's inability to spell has been around since the 40s. Micheal?
hodgetiger
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:07 GMT
13 points
Surprised at no Malcolm, Morgan or Marlon
JamesSnell
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:12 GMT
14 points
No Moon Unit?
Statto2
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:14 GMT
1 point
@triplet3 - I'll be quite impressed if you can find a UK male called Leslie under 45, while I do know of female Lesleys that young. Anybody know how Mark appeared to get very popular from nowhere in the 1940s?
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Triffid
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:33 GMT
-9 points
Another female name that has become male? Christian.
Triffid
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:41 GMT
5 points
Has anyone else noticed that traditional Scottish names never seem to be popular in the US? Someone above mentioned Malcolm, and you don't see Neil, Alastair (in any of its variations), Ian, Gordon, Graham etc in quizzes based on US names. All of these names are, or have been, popular in England. It would be good to see more quizzes based on UK names, the differences could be interesting.
triplet_3
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:42 GMT
3 points
I know a young female Lesley myself. Until I discovered Sporcle I thought Leslie was the male version and Lesley the female! I was quite surprised when I found out that in the US Leslie is a female name. I just looked at the Wikipedia entry for Leslie, and interestingly all the female Leslies they list are American, Canadian or French, whereas many of the male Leslies are British. Admittedly most of them are middle-aged at the youngest! You could well be right, then, and Leslie is more commonly a female name over here nowadays. To be honest it's not a particularly common name anyway, whether spelled Leslie or Lesley.
triplet_3
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:49 GMT
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@Triffid: Well spotted about Christian - I didn't think about that. I mainly knew about Julian's history as a female name because of the medieval female mystic Julian of Norwich. Rather interestingly I just read up as bit more on the history of the name, and Julian was also used as a male name at the time and even earlier, so it was in fact a unisex name rather than specifically female. I'd go back and edit my previous comment about Julian if I was able.
triplet_3
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 10:55 GMT
6 points
Also, yes I'd spotted that about Scottish names, particularly Alistair and Graham. They are reasonably common across the UK but never seem to pop up in US based baby name quizzes. I imagine Ian is probably the commonest Scottish boy name in the US at the moment. Of course, some Scottish surnames such as Mackenzie are now being used as girl names! I think that's particularly odd in the case of patronymic surnames (including Mackenzie), because they literally mean 'son of...'. If patronymics have to be used as first names then surely they should at least be given to boys?!
ChileNoseJam
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 14:35 GMT
2 points
No Moses? Clearly parents don't have taste anymore.
Oddish
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 15:40 GMT
9 points
@JamesSnell Come on, Moon Unit is CLEARLY a girl's name. Otherwise I'm sure it would have been on here.
Oddish
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 15:44 GMT
15 points
Crazy Old Maurice, hmmm? Crazy Old Maurice...
Stran
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 16:43 GMT
6 points
Are the people who spell it Micheal simply lysdecsic?? :-)
hodgetiger
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 17:13 GMT
1 point
@cmkeller: oh you joker!!
thedropsoffire
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 20:42 GMT
2 points
No Mo?
Propellerhead
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 20:46 GMT
0 points
I was hoping for Ming.
spacecadet712
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 21:04 GMT
3 points
no Miles? really? surprising
eleriero
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 21:17 GMT
-1 points
You know you're desperate when you're trying to make "Moses" work....
GrapesAndMilk
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 21:50 GMT
0 points
I got "Marvin" but not "Max"?
tiffwi
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 22:04 GMT
1 point
By the end I was getting desperate and trying variations of Moammar, even though I didn't have high hopes for that one...
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nashedpotatoes
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 22:53 GMT
-6 points
I'm gonna guess that Maxwell came from Max, which came from Mack. Huh, and my mom says I can't learn anything from this website. What now, Mom? :D
triplet_3
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:12 GMT
3 points
Maxwell as a first name came from the surname Maxwell, which is itself derived from a place near Melrose in Scotland that was called 'Maccus's Wiel' in Saxon times (Maccus was a form of the name Magnus, and 'wiel' meant 'well' or 'pool').
triplet_3
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:18 GMT
-1 points
Max is a short form of Maximilian and Maxwell.
eab21
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:19 GMT
3 points
My brothers Mashugana, Macadamia, and Mahogany feel left out.
Arrie
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:46 GMT
5 points
Micheal? Seriously?
assmagee
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Nov 27th, 2011 at 23:49 GMT
-3 points
Anybody who got Micheal is just stupid and doesn't know how to spell Michael
fred_towes
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Nov 28th, 2011 at 03:09 GMT
5 points
Seriously, is Mich"-eal" merely a common misspelling found on birth certificates, or is there some other etymology that explains the apparent recognition of this version?
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