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* Pat from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' was a [[Running Gag]] based on this trope. And then someone had the bright idea to make a movie revolving around that one joke.

* Not ''really'' on purpose, but [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=387 George Parley] of ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' (above) is a girl. As mentioned above, her father was a psychic who filled out the birth certificate in advance.

* [[Alice Cooper]] and [[Marilyn Manson]] most likely chose their stage names with the intention of being edgy. Cooper states he got the name ([[I Am the Band|which originally baptized his whole band]]) from an ouija board. Manson's whole group combined female model names with serial killer last names.

** Manson's name is only a ''stage'' name, his real name being Brian Hugh Warner. Cooper legally changed his name from Vincent Damon Furnier.

* [[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]]. It didn't stop Hanna's parents naming him that. He doesn't know why they named him Hanna.

* Although Edith, a male character from ''[[Ghost Dad]]'', claims his first name is a boy's name, he also explains he was named after his grandmother.

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', the Tsuruya family doctor is called Sakura. Yes, he's male.

* ''Bullet-Proof Monk'' actress James King wanted to defy naming conventions, but apparently switched to Jamie to avoid confusion.

** One of the women in a couple of [[James Bond]] films is named Andrea Anders.

** In MaryJanice Davidson's ''[[Undead and Unwed]]'', Betsy throws Sinclair's opera CDs from his car in revenge. Leading to (paraphrased):

** Comic book artist Andrea DiVito, Italian, was once frequently mistaken for a woman. Ironically, ''female'' artist Nicola Scott is ''still'' frequently mistaken for a ''man''.

** The (female) ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' character Andrea Vanlandingham.

** The last one giving us Fred from ''Angel''.

*** And the Carol Burnett vehicle ''Once Upon A Mattress''.

**** Oh lord, Once Upon A Mattress.

'''Fred:''' NO! Fred! }}

*** A one-off villainess from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' was named Winifred, and she [[Berserk Button|flew into a rage]] when someone called her "Freddy".

** There's also Alasdair, which is based on Alexander.

** Joked with on ''[[Scrubs]]''.

'''Dr. Cox''': It's short for Sandra. }}

* Sasha - Alexander/Alexandra, in Russian. More typically used with males.