"Chris" can be a female's English name?

[Maggie]

Hi everyone,

I've heard my friend told me that "Chris" can be a female's English name. Is that right? As you might know, "Chris" definitely can be a male's English name, but how about a female's name? I just want to confirm it even though I think that's not very important for learning English probably.

Thanks a lot.

Maggie :lol:
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[Jamie (K)]

Yes, Chris can be the nickname for Christopher or for Christine. One is a boy's name, and the other is a girl's name.

Terry can be the nickname for Terence or Teresa, so it can also go either way. (When it's spelled "Terri", however, it's only for girls.)

Pat can be the nickname for Patrick or Patricia.

Jamie is an old traditional nickname for James, but a lot of parents gave their daughters the name Jamie in the 1950s and 1960s. Now most younger Jamies are boys.

If you get a spelling variation that ends in "i", such as Chrissi, Terri, Patti, that is a woman's name; but Terry and Patty, with "y" can both be men or women.

There used to be a TV show in the United States where a man couldn't figure out whether his boss was a man or a woman. The boss was named Pat and always wore jeans and a cowboy shirt, so you couldn't tell from the clothing whether Pat was a man or a woman. Pat's hairstyle could have been a long men's style or a short women's style. Pat's voice could have been a high man's voice or a low woman's voice. Pat was a bit fat, so even the shape of Pat's body was no clue, nor were Pat's movements. The man didn't know how to ask politely whether Pat was a man or a woman, so he asked if Pat was dating anyone. Pat said, "Yes, my friend Terry." The man still didn't know if Pat was a man or a woman. One time Pat and Terry broke up, so the employee thought the name of the next person Pat went on a date with would give him a clue, but the next person was named Chris, so that didn't help. The employee invited Pat to lunch to see if Pat brought a purse, but Pat had a small backpack instead.

This situation went on for a few years, and neither the employee nor the audience ever found out whether Pat was a man or a woman.

[Maggie]

Oh! Interesting. After read your messages, I'm thinking one thing that's not related to this topic. People like to know others who is female or male. Frequetnly, I treat people base on their gender even though it's not necessary. Sign!

Maggie^^
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[Jamie (K)]

[Maggie]

Oh..yeah! Originally, I would like to say "we treat people base on their gender" and I wanted to say "Sigh". They are typos indeed. Ha. Jamie is very intelligent to understand what I want to say. Thank you.
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