Name: Male or Female?

That's a girl's name. Sure, Rambo is a male, but most of these new age names ending in "ey/sey/ie" are usually female, e.g. Bailey. I wish I could think of more examples...

I got vague female followed by ambiguous so I didn't vote. fyi, fwiw

ETA: Unless this is for character filters, don't worry about it

I never heard it as a name and my first thougt was male.
Might be that "Ram" bit in it.... very masculine.
Definitely a male vibe.

I'd say it's one of those names that could be used for either.

Most of the stories that I have read with "Ramsey" as a character name, the character has been male.

I would immediately assume male. If I then discovered it was a female, I'd have a mental image of a tomboy.

Definitely male, especially as I read a book this year with Ramsay being the name of one of the male MCs.

I'm thinking Male.

Ramsay McDonald was a British Prime Minister. Any Brit would immediately say male. So that's over sixty million voting that way.

Ramsey Campbell, distinguished (male) British horror writer.

My first impression was male... but, thinking like a writer who's trying to think like a writer and who wants a 'different' name for a character, I voted female.

My immidiate thought was male, as in the Pharoah Ramsey ll

Ol' Fashioned Girl said:

My first impression was male... but, thinking like a writer who's trying to think like a writer and who wants a 'different' name for a character, I voted female.

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Females given 'male' names happens on a regular basis in real life. I know of females who are named: Jordan, Taylor, Tyler, Ryan, Reese, and Billy Jo (sp?) and nicknamed: Bobbi and Alex.

My immediate thought was that it's a surname not a first name.

But then I decided it was male anyway.

Bmwhtly said:

My immediate thought was that it's a surname not a first name.

But then I decided it was male anyway.

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Yes, Gordon Ramsay (Ramsey?) springs to mind.

My uncle named a daughter if his Peta, pronounced almsot like Peter.
In thode says, (50's) it was unheard of to give a girl a male-sounding name, or to give anyone made-up names.

The other names for this uncle's children (boys) were: Storm, Blaze, Wylde.
He was VERY much before his time. The other relatives always spoke of him as a bit crazy for naming the kids thus. Now it's nothing.

ETA: just cheated and checked the Baby Name Wizard. Ramsey it says was a boy's name between the 70's and early 90's then went out completely. There were no girls names Ramsey in the top 1000 girls' names --- ever.

I know two guys named Ramsey...so it was immediately male for me. Never heard of a single female named Ramsey.

Oh man! I totally forgot about the name Casey. Is that name ambiguous or what???

Definitely male at first thought but I wouldn't be surprised to meet a female named Ramsey nowadays.

Male. As someone said upthread, it's the ram that makes it sound male to me.

ETA: And since this is in OP, Jo, and not Novel Writing, I'm wondering if you want to name a little human or pet this name.

Male from one of those WASP families that bestow last names as the first for their males.

Male.

Seems like an ambiguous name on first impression, but I leaned toward female. Guess it's all a matter of personal opinion.

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