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DOI:10.1017/S0022226700014754 - Corpus ID: 53961710
@article{Cutler1990ElizabethAJ, title={Elizabeth and John: sound patterns of men's and women's names}, author={Anne Cutler and James M. McQueen and Ken Robinson}, journal={Journal of Linguistics}, year={1990}, volume={26}, pages={471 - 482}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53961710}}- A. Cutler, J. McQueen, K. Robinson
- Published in Journal of Linguistics 1 September 1990
- Linguistics
In one respect parents are never careless or indifferent about naming a child: if the child is a girl, they choose a girl's name, but if it is a boy, they choose a boy's name. Euphony, cultural coherence, fashion and family tradition all play a role in the choice of a name; but such factors only determine selection within the appropriate sex-marked set. With very few exceptions, English first names for men and for women do not overlap, and only custom enables us to know which is which. Although…
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