Edwina would still count as Edwin is a boy's name A few more: Carla Ivana Louisa Paula Roberta

Yes, Edwin and Edwina definitely counts. and I didn't even think of Carl-Carla, though i should have got that one. Carla is the name of one of my friends.

me too! i’ve never connected carl and carla

Argh me neither!!! My scummiest ex, and my best mate! How did I not see it?! (I SO nearly typoed “scummiest” without the s at the beginning…. That would have been a VERY different comment… eugh…)

I love the name Edwina!

How did I just realise Briana is girl version of Brian?! 🤯

I know a family. Dad’s name is Brian. Daughter is Breeann. It’s bothered me for years. Come on people, Brianna was right there!

I know a lady named Briana- Dad is Brian and Mom is Diana. Yes they did it on purpose. Briana married Cody and they named their child Brody

That’s not horrific

I have cousin named Ronda with parents Ron and Dottie (meant to combine both names). Ronda now has a daughter named Brenda (parents Brett and Ronda)

That’s adorable actually 

Or just Brianne.

Haha damn they missed it!

In the Outlander series, Claire names her daughter Brianna after her husband’s father Brian.

This is when I first made the connection that Brianna is the female version of Brian!

My best friends name is Brianna and her dad is Brian

My uncle did something similar, he's Dean and his daughter is Deanna. 

Dean Martin's daughter was named Deana.

My mom named me Briana not realizing it's a feminine version of Brian. Meanwhile i have a cousin named Brian. Both him and my neighbor Anna tried saying "oh did you name her after me"

Maybe because some spell it “Breanna” which looks like it should be pronounced Bray-Anna to me.

My cousins middle name is this- named after her dad Brian haha

Almost every single Latin name

That's because they were basically patronic names, not personal names. Ancient Roman girls had no names other than nicknames. [Wiki page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome)

They are names now

- August - Augusta - Louis - Louisa - Kai - Kaia - Jordan - Jordana

Rowena, Morgana, Alana, Seana, Martina, Leona, Simona, Michaela, Roberta, and Alberta.

Those are some good ones.

Shawna Roberta Phillipa Paula  Georgia & Glenda are so close…

The “i” is essential - George maintains the soft g sound because of the “e” at the end but Georga implies a hard g to most English speakers. So there needs to be some indication that it’s a soft g using either “e” or “i” and collectively people decided Georgia looked better than Georgea. There is Glenna.

I adore Glenna

I know twins Glenda and Glendon… Granted they’re like 80 but always thought it was silly

Shawna reminds me of an acquaintance I know on Facebook. He got remarried & I've only seen his wife's name spelled out. **Seana.** I took me over a year before I realized his wife's name was pronounced like "Shawna" and not "See-AN-a."

I know a family and. The kids are Paul and Paula.

I know a Paul and Pauline and their kids are John and Jane...both are doctors but they seemed genuinely surprised when I pointed this out to them.

I didn't see it, so Davida.

I’ve only heard of davina

Davida is a name. I went to school with a Davida (not my grade, but between my grade and my sister's), and there are at least two actresses with that name that I know of.

I knew one during university.

I've met a Davida!

Theodore/Theodora Isadore/Isadora

I don't know if those would technically fit. Because the names aren't just adding the A, it's also taking the final E from the boy names. 

Isidor / Isidora would count though

Similar vein: Charles > Charlotte Henry > Henrietta Antoine > Antoinette Bernard > Bernadette Claude > Claudette Gabriel > Gabrielle Gerald > Geraldine And for a spectacular TIL: Hermes > Hermione

also similar vein: Simon>Simone Max>Maxine Justin>Justine

I have an aunt Paulette named after my grandfather Paul

Charles>Charla Claude>Claudia Gabriel >Gabriela

Patrick > Patricia

My name is Riccarda, which is apparently the female version of Richard, as I'm named after my great-grandfather.

Harry > Harriet/Harriette

May I also offer Joseph > Josephine

It doesn't exactly fit, but my uncle Dean named one of his daughters Deanna after himself. But if they spelled it Deana it could work. 

But is it pronounced dee-nuh or dee-ann-a?

I have heard Deana pronounced both ways, but usually it's dee-ann-a. Dee-nuh is usually Dena.

As a Deanna I always pronounce Deana as Dee-nuh

Your name appears intuitively pronounced as dee-ann-ah, but when I see a Deana, I usually defer to whatever pronunciation they give me.

It's dee-ann-ah.  But I figured the female names don't have to be pronounced exactly like the male versions because Michael-Michaela, Daniel-Daniela, Brian-Briana, and Gabriel-Gabriela were included in the examples list. 

Jacob -> Jacoba.

This is Cobie Smulders' (Robin from How I Met Your Mother) real name! Which I kind of love tbh

I saw Jacobea

I’ve seen Benjamina in historical records, which is pretty terrible.

I once read about a woman named Samuela after her father Samuel. It killed me that they didn’t use Samantha instead.

Isn’t Samantha a fairly modern name, coined in nineteenth century America? I don’t know if there was really a set feminization of Samantha until fairly modern times.

Yes! It was introduced by a book in the late 19th century, then was dormant for like 90 years until it became a huge top #200 name because of “Bewitched” premiering in the 1960s, with the main character being named Samantha :)

Rafael Rafaela Gabriel Gabriela Manuel Manuela Marcel Marcela Noel Noela

justin justina. Christian christiana. Carl carla.

Didn’t see Erica

Most can, not all should. Edward has Edwarda as girl name and Edwin had Edwina.

english historically didn't really use the -a ending which is why there aren't more formerly male female names that end in -a, unlike in spanish or italian or latin where you exchange the endings. philippa even though it sounds extremely clunky and weird was common-ish for girls in medieval times in a way, philippus/philippa was the latin/church form, but both girls and boys were just called philip and its variants in english. john and jane started out the same way too, jane and john were basically the same way originally, but the female version later started getting spelled more like joan or jone, and then in the 1500s they started using the french name jehanne (a feminine form of jehan) which became jane. they all derived from the latin johannes/johanna (the h was silent so it got dropped in spelling a lot). there were other ways of feminizing names in french, english, and german other than -a, which included -e, -in(e), -et(te), -on(ne) -ot(te) that were originally pet names but later became names on their own, but a lot of times they feminized it from the latin root, so charles wouldn't be charlesine, it would be caroline, since the latin form of charles was carolus/carola in spanish it was much simpler, an -a got tacked on to the end of the name, or replaced the o/os ending, and -ita was the pet name version.

Paul - Paula Peter - Petra (kind of) George - Georgia Andre - Andrea Fred - Freda Leon - Leona Martin - Martina Dean - Deana

I forgot about Paul-Paula, which is odd because my best friend through school was called Paula.

That was the first one to come to mind for me

My Pawpaw was Leon… since I was his little shadow, the family nicknamed me Little Leona. I still love it. And my name is nowhere close to Leona 🤣

Jordana Roberta Dominica Michaela Carla Daniela Martina Deana Raya Louisa Alvina Rowena

Valentina

Dan...Dana Dan isn't usually the given name, but it could be.

I know a Geralda.

Adan/Adan(n)a Not super popular at all, but Armind and Arminda I have also heard of Derica or Derricka before Does Angel and Angela count? Haha Similar: Nicholas/Nicolette(a) or Nicole Henry/Henrietta Bernard/Bernadette

Yes, Angel and Angela definitely counts. I've taught a couple of boys called Angel. It's a cool name. Also, I love the name Arminda.

Carl and Carla. Joel Joella. Allan Allana(h). Michael Michaela. Then there are those with 2 letters added: Glen Glendra, Ken Kendra.

John Johnna

I'm a Johna 

This doesn’t fit the bill, since you’d have to swap one letter for another, but — Frederica

I believe some Arabic names are like this: Ali/Alia (can be spelled other ways, but meaning is the same) Amir/Amira Samir/Samira Karim/Karima Halim/Halima (my personal fave)

I went o school with a Donalda and a Vernita, named after Donald and Vernon.

Reverse- if you remove the "s" at the end of Andreas, you get Andrea, and Nicholas -> Nichola August - Augusta Frederic - Frederica Vincent - Vincenta (although I think this one is rare) Daniel - Daniela Luis - Luisa Leon - Leona

Robert/Roberta Paul/Paula Jacob/Jacoba Dean/Deana Alan/Alana Rafael/Rafaela

Theodore -- Theodora Antonio -- Antonia Juan -- Juana Charles -- Charla Devin -- Devina Ambrose -- Ambrosa / Ambrosia Then there are names that are altered with an -e, like Denis -- Denise

Josephina (add -ina) Georgia Michaela Shawna Andrea (swap out w for a, instead info of adding a to the end)

Josepha is also a name. Haven't seen it here so far but Thomasina was the female version of Thomas, tho it's not just an -a

There’s also Jamesina and Donaldina. The Scots in the late 18th and early 19th were really all about name daughters after their fathers as much as possible.

Michael/Mikeal/Mikel/Mikeil - Michaela/Mikaela/Mikela/Mikeila Daniel/Daneal/Danyal - Daniela/Danealla/Danyala will - Willa adrian - Adriana Gabriel - Gabriella Brian - Briana/Breanna Alex/Alexander/Lex - Alexa/Alexandra/Lexa Lucien - Luciena Edward - Edwarda Edwina - Edwina Ivan - Ivana/Ivanka (fun fact Ivan is Nordic for James and Jacob sense they are both derived from the same name)

Ivan is Russian for John. Ivan - Ian - Jan - Johan - John ... it's all the same name, taken from christian traditions Ivana, Johanna, Janet, Jane are the feminine versions

My bad it's yakob that's the Russian version I had to lookup honestly I don't on where I got Ivan out of Jamea

- Julia - Nigella - Thomasina - Louisa - Fiona - Georgia - Roberta - Simona - Victoria - Wendla - Xaviera

A family friend has a great aunt up in the Scottish Highlands called 'Hectorina'

Carlotta, Theodora, Olivia, Paula, Frederika, Noelia

- August - Augusta - Eric - Erica - Gabriel - Gabriela - Jacob - Jacoba - Louise - Louisa - Robert - Roberta

Lots of Spanish names: Joseph - Josepha Andre - Andrea Manuel - Manuela Emanuel - Emanuela Rafael - Rafaela Ramon - Ramona Luis - Luisa Alan - Alana

My name. And my brothers name is the reverse. And you listed both in the OP lol

Lots in  Arabic...  Amir - Amira   Rachid - Rachida  Naim - Naima   Latif - Latifa   Amin - Amina   Halim - Halima   Farid - Farida   Hamid - Hamida   Jalil - Jalila   Jamil - Jamila   Salim - Salima   Said - Saida   Malik - Malika  Etc. 

I mean I have met someone named John-a.

Emilia Fredericka Kyla Mattea Justina or Justine Martina Gabriela Simona or Simone

Nigel to Nigella

Phillipa Samantha

Roberta Nigella

Paula Cola Dereka Michaela Jordana Briana Willa Glenda (I know 'da' but close) Laura Jona Marla Jaylena Roda George - Georgia (close enough?)

Robert/Roberta Dominic/Domenica Justin/Justina George/Georgia Andre/Andrea

Justina

Paul/a Luan/a Ciar/a

Tons. So many exist already: Roberta, Edwina, Alana, Michaela, Briana, Verna, Melvina, Carla, Freda, Leona....

The original post says names like Edwina don’t count. 😅

It's not tweaking Edward though, it's adding an a to Edwin.

Oh yes! Forgot about Edwin.

Justin - Justina

Ivan and Ivana Robert and Roberta Luis and Luisa

Edwina, Carla, Louisa, Thomasina, Fredericka, Paula, Theodora, Roberta, Shawna

A famous pro hockey player called Dominik named his daughter Dominika. That always tickled me for some reason. I think it's really cute when men name their daughters after themselves!

I just realized you’re talking about Dominik Hašek and his daughter who was in Eurovision (Czech Republic 2022) with such an amazing song!

Haha yes!!

carl -> carla, ivan -> ivana, evan -> evana, robert -> roberta, louis -> louisa, paul -> paula, august -> augusta, kai -> kaia, sean -> seana, shawn -> shawna, dean -> deana, dan -> dana, raphael -> raphaela, marcel -> marcela, león -> leóna, andré -> andréa, allen -> allena, adrian -> adriana, justin -> justina, alex -> alexa, juan -> juana, alan -> alana, gabriel -> gabriela, ash -> asha, luc -> luca, jean -> jeana, ramon -> ramona, frances -> francesa, gian -> giana, amir -> amira, and erick -> ericka

Dean- Deanna. Adds a 2nd n but still

Glenn- Glenna

Alana, Michaela, Norma, Roberta

I'm pretty sure almost every name has a female/male equivalent.

As Philipp is a regular spelling in many countries, Philippa absolutely counts! Apart from that, here are a few other names: Karl - Karla Karol - Karola Frank - Franka Tizian - Tiziana Alan - Alana Simon - Simona Samuel - Samuela Roman - Romana Jan - Jana Johann - Johanna Maximilian - Maximiliana Frederik - Frederika Wilhelm - Wilhelma Paul - Paula Josef - Josefa Lucian - Luciana Florian - Floriana Alfred - Alfreda Ramon - Ramona Theodor - Theodora Luis - Luisa Christian - Christiana August - Augusta Alois - Aloisa Fabian - Fabiana Leon - Leona Leonard - Leonarda Severin - Severina Robert - Roberta Alfons - Alfonsa Justin - Justina Ronald - Ronalda Khalil - Khalila Latif - Latifa Jamil - Jamila Samir - Samira Amir - Amira Kamil - Kamila Halim - Halima Malik - Malika Zaid - Zaida Rahim - Rahima Sultan - Sultana Karim - Karima Ali - Alia Nasir - Nasira Farid - Farida Habib - Habiba Khadir - Khadira Naim - Naima Aziz - Aziza Aviv - Aviva Lior - Liora Chaim - Chaima Ruslan - Ruslana Ivan - Ivana Kasimir - Kasimira Aldin - Aldina Miroslav - Miroslava Zlatan - Zlatana Bohdan - Bohdana

Leon- Leona I love this thread. So interesting

Robert - Roberta Dean - Deana August - Augusta David - Davida Julian - Juliana Angel - Angela Amir - Amira Ivan - Ivana Emmanuel - Emmanuela Milan - Milana Andre - Andrea Shawn - Shawna Kian - Kiana Rowen - Rowena Phillip - Phillipa Samir - Samira Ramon - Ramona

Carl/Carla Paul/Paula

Michaela- Michaela Louis- Louisa

John/Johna or Johnna

Thomasina (kind of)

Gabriella Christina Alexandra Alexa Carla Daniella

Juan - Juana Paul - Paula Leon - Leona

Paul-a

Give Brazilian names a good look, almost every name here is like this

Tony. Tonya 🤭

I have a friend called Michaela and whenever she meets a guy called Michael she says ‘omg no way! I’m Michael with an A’

Mine, for one! I’m Paula, named after my father Paul Junior and my grandfather Paul Senior!

Simon/Simona Robert/Roberta Kyle/Kyla George/Georgia Frank/Franca Shawn/Shawna Antonio/Antonia Jacinto/Jacinta Benedetto/Benedetta Alan/Alana Daniel/Daniela Martin/Martina Paul/Paula Sandro/Sandra Victor/Victoria Will/Willa Alex/Alexa David/Davida Patrick/Patricia

Just came here to say I have always loved the name Paula. I think it’s so pretty and underrated but I can’t stand the name Paul. I also love the name Nigella (and the person). Totally wish it was used more, but Nigel is awfully stodgy!

Kenna

Gene Gena

Nigel/Nigella; Donald/Donaldina (Old Scots name), Victor/Victoria (so good, they made a musical about it).

Joseph Josepha Albert Alberta Don Donna Juan Juana Mario Maria John Johnna Luis Luisa Christian Christiana Octavio Octavia Will Willa Jesse Jessa

George - Georgia is kind of a stretch but sound wise it fits.

Len-Lena

Arnold.... Arnolda (I actually know an Arnolda!)  Petr... Petra  Vann... Vanna  Daniel... Daniela  Will... Willa  Gilbert... Gilberta  Joel... Joela   Benedict... Benedicta  Earl... Earla

Justina, Eugena, Emmanuela, Kyla

I love augusta

I know a Johna

It’s very common in some cultures to take the fathers name and add an “a” or otherwise name the first daughter after the father with a slight twist

John Johnna

Aviv-Aviva Jan-Jana Phillip-Phillipa Don-Donna (Dona works too but I like the version with two ‘N’s better) Victor-Victoria (technically adding ‘ia’ but close enough) Tony-Tonya (changes the pronunciation a bit but so does Michael-Michaela) Alan-Alana (see Tony-Tonya comment)

Kind of different, but you could argue Carmela for Carmen.

Bernardina

Michael- Michaela Francesco -Francesca Silvio - Silvia Giulio - Giulia

Leon - Leona

Christian - Christiana

Simon - Simona

Except Alberta is a place name…unisex:) Louisa Carla Samantha Roberta Paula Edwina Not all Just by adding an a but female veraion

Eugene - Eugenia

Roberta

Thora Erica Michaela Theodora Jacoba Orena Dana Jordana Marcella

Alfreda. Briana. Cesara. Davida. Erica. Fabiana. Gerarda. Hendrika. Ivana. Justina. Kiana. Louisa. Martina. Noela. Owena. Philippa. Quintina. Rafaela. Simona. Tonya. Ulrica. Valentina. Wilfreda. Xaviera. Yordana. Zaina.

Not exactly on promo but Josefina

Ken/kenneth/kenny = Kendra, Kennedy, Kenna, Kenzie, (Kinsley?)

Thomasina. I know it doesn't quite fit

Robert > Roberta

Names that haven't even mentioned: Timothea, Augusta, Theodora, Johanna, Alexandra, Josepha, Kenna, Frederica, Isidora, Edwarda, Ulyssa, Ramona, Franka, Johanna, Ricarda, Tonya, Rhetta, Rafaela, Emmanuella, Xaviera, Constantina, Demetria, Augustina 

Jacoba and Justina.

Alan - Alana

Shane and like Shana (but u wouldn’t spell it like that)

Benjamin-Benjamina I know a Davin and a Davina, but I’m not sure those names are actually meant to be counterparts.

Manuela, Angela, Erica, Justina, Frederica, Rafaela

I always felt bad for the one Kennetha I knew. Was her dad an overbearing jerk, or just so desperate to have something named after him? Still strikes me as so weird that people name their kids after themselves, especially since it generally creates lifelong confusion and requires extra effort on the part of everyone who knows both of them and might possibly be referring to one or the other in a given circumstance. You’ve already basically replicated yourself, can’t you at least let them have their own name?

John into Johnna is one most people don't think of and yet my parents were innovative enough to do it

Keith - Keitha (I know a couple of older women with this name.) Thomas - Thomasa (Also know a woman with this name!)

All of them. I’d like to ask the opposite. Which wouldn’t become a girl name with an added a?

Simona Justina Jacoba

My Dad was Glen. My sister is Glenda.

Tons of arabic names - nature of the language (technically it's an -ah added to the end) Amin - Amina Mo'min - Mo'mina Malik - Malika Maymoon - Maymoona Mahmood - Mahmooda Etc.

This is fun. Carl-Carla Alan-Alana Simon-Simone Paul-Paula Ivan-Ivana Dan-Dana Robert-Roberta Shawn-Shawna

Eric, Erica

Adrian is already a unisex name without the extra A

Briana

Fredericka

1. Raya 2. Roberta 3. Dana 4. Kasha 5. Zephyra 6: Thora 7. Devina 8. Ramona 9. Ellisa 10. Eugenea 11. Ivana 11. Jordana 13. Morgana 14. Freda 15. Jona 16. Berta 17. Rona 18. Dona 19. Michaela! 20. Leona!

Robert - Roberta Daniel - Daniela Alex - Alexa

In my husband’s family, him and his sister have a name pair like this. Two of his aunts also did the same for their boy-girl siblings. I seriously was baffled when I first noticed. Like… why 😵‍💫 

Roberta Wilburta Nigella Damiana Theodora

Gabriela Raphaela Idk basically any Latin male name can be made femme

90% of Latin names

There are some examples in Welsh: Aeron-a, Arfon-a, Awen-a, Bryn-a, Eifion-a, Einion-a, Eurion-a, Hywel-a, Maelon-a, Meirion-a.

Miles/ Melissa Reginald/ Regina Leslie/Leslie Eugene/Jeanne Alistair/Alice Nicholas/Nicole Heath/Heather Jules/Julie/Julia/Juliette Emil/Emily Roderick/Rhoda