This is a question to you all... specially the non-Arabic speakers;
Ansam... sounds masculine or feminine to you?
Apparently they thought I was a male and corrected it when they saw me... hehehe The lady kept telling me how sorry she is, I was not upset but kept wondering about it, specially when this happened twice in May so far.. There is this nice lady who works in HR and only contacted me by email, so I pick up the phone to call her because I wanted to ask her a question and she was shocked to her a female voice! LOL
Tell me?
In Spanish female names usually finish with an ‘a’. I have no idea what to think. For me Ansam was always female, but that is because I knew you and your name at the same time.
ReplyDeleteIts bisexual in enlish just like anwar. Obviously i arabic its much easier to differentiate
ReplyDeletemmm the name can be used for both m/f :)
ReplyDeletePablo-
ReplyDeleteI dont know but I find it funny that it happened twice within a period of 10 days! hehee
Hasan-
I know what you mean
amu-
ReplyDeleteyeah yeah! meanie! hehehehe
sounds feminine to me!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know Ansam was used as a male's name as well! Feminine all the way!! :)
ReplyDelete7ada feminine!
ReplyDeleteI think of you as it
ReplyDeleteSounds very girly if you ask me.... :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's a very womanly name...
ReplyDeletecould be both ...
ReplyDeletebut if I would not know that you are female and only see the name I would tend to male... sorry ...!
But I have this as well ... I have a firstname that for some reasons people consider female as well (specially when spelled wrong)... and no ... it's not 'Evil' :P
I would have thought it was a male name. No particular reason, to me (native English speaker) it just has a masculine sound.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I don't know any makes who would use the theme "gather ye rosebuds while ye may!"
Big Pearls-
ReplyDeleteCould be because its Arabic and it means breeze so = female!
Sou said...
For non-Arab speakers... they seem to call me MR hehehe
Squirreliya-
Thats good to know
Purgatory-
HITTING YOU WITH A STICK ON YOUR HEAD!
Hamitaf La B.-
Cool hehehehe
pocketfullofsunshine-
Thats good to know, thanks
Evil Knievel-
No need to say sorry! I asked hehehehe... EVIL! LOL
intlxpatr-
I am used to it... specially when I was in the States... its their first assumption!
Why you hit my beautiful head, jealous?
ReplyDeletePurg-
ReplyDeleteWhat! says who! Beautiful head huh! YEAH RIGHT! I am an "IT"?
Aww ! thats OK, its a honest mistake , at least your first name don't sound like a falafil like mine does ! they are confused if i am some kind of vegitable
ReplyDeleteGrey-
ReplyDeleteLOL hehehe ok I like ur comment
my name is ansam and i had that problem happen to me once :D:D
ReplyDeleteAnonymous-
ReplyDeletehehehehe... are you the "Ansam" I know?
Sure it is a female name...
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ansam and I like it so much :)don't be sad!!
Anon-
ReplyDelete3ashat el asaaami :-) I am not sad hehehe