[kimlastname]

My name is Kim <Lastname> and I'm a male. Try convincing Americans (and other English speaking countries) about that...

One example: Many years ago I subscribed to TIME and filled out a form where I checked "Mr." Apparently the person who typed in my name decided to "correct" this error and I became a "Mrs."... and I wasn't even married :-)

The company I work at has offices in different cities, so most of the communication are done by email and instant messaging. I see a clear difference between the messages from people who know my gender, and those who probably think I'm female. Even attempts at flirting...

[shirro]

I went to school with a male Kim in Aus. Never even realised it could be a girls name until the 80s when there were several female singers called Kim. Lots of male names seem to become girls names. Ashley is another that seems to have been lost in living memory. Apparently Shirley was once a male name and I am not joking. Between that and boys once wearing dresses until breaching along with pink clothes and long hair and time travel must be really confusing.

[D_hemming]

All the Ashley's I went to school with in the 70s were boys. I often wonder if it's an issue for them these days...

[caf]

Males named Kim go relatively unremarked in Australia at least, perhaps because there have been three well-known male national political figures named Kim in the last 40 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Edward_Beazley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Beazley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Carr

[Mvandenbergh]

Kim, like Hilary and Evelyn is a traditional boys name that has somehow become exclusively female over that last half-century or so.

[smcl]

In Scotland there's a fair amount of male Kellys and Lesleys which also appear to have slowly evolved into female names in the rest of the English speaking world (as far as I can see)