Three last letters identify most female first names

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-54

  Barry III, Herbert ^a   Harper, Aylene S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEWBORN; NOMENCLATURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NAMES; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034243399     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.48     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. ASHLEY, L. R. N. (1989) What's in a name? Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publ.
2. BARRY, H. III. (1995) Uses of computers for research on personal names. Names, 43, 315-324.
3. BARRY, H. III, & HARPER, A. S. (1982) Evolution of unisex names. Names, 30, 15-22.
4. BARRY, H. III, & HARPER, A. S. (1993) Feminization of unisex names from 1960 to 1990. Names, 41, 228-238.
5. BARRY, H. III, & HARPER, A. S. (1995) Increased choice of female phonetic attributes in first names. Sex Roles, 32, 809-819.
6. BARRY, H. III, & HARPER, A. S. (1998) Phonetic differentiation between first names of boys and girls. In W. F. N. Nicolaisen (Ed.), Scope, perspectives and methods of onomastics: proceedings of the 19th International Council of Onomastic Sciences. Vol. 3. Aberdeen, GB: Department of English, Univer. of Aberdeen. Pp. 40-46.
7. BEM, S. L. (1993) The lenses of gender. New Haven, CT: Yale Univer. Press.
8. BRUNING, J. L., POLINKO, N. K., & BUCKINGHAM, J. T. (1998) Connotative meanings of names and nicknames: changes over twenty-seven years. Psychological Reports, 83, 427-430.
9. CUTLER, A., MCQUEEN, J., & ROBINSON, K. (1990) Elizabeth and John: sound patterns of men's and women's names. Journal of Linguistics, 26, 471-482.
10. EVANS, C. K. (1996) Unusual & most popular baby names. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Ltd.
11. JOUBERT, C. E. (1999) Correlates of preferences for personal names with the NEO Five-factor Inventory. Psychological Reports, 84, 575-581.
12. LIEBERSON, S., & BELL, E. O. (1992) Children's first names: an empirical study of social taste. American Journal of Sociology, 98, 511-554.
13. LIEBERSON, S., & MIKELSON, K. S. (1995) Distinctive African American names: an experimental, historical, and linguistic analysis of innovation. American Sociological Review, 60, 928-946.
14. ROSSI, A. S. (1965) Naming children in middle-class families. American Sociological Review, 30, 499-513.
15. SLATER, A. S., & FEINMAN, S. (1985) Gender and the phonology of North American first names. Sex Roles, 13, 429-440.
16. X user's guide. (3rd ed.) Chicago, IL: SPSS, Inc.