Would it be gay to name your son Josey... Seems most think it is a girl's name, but I think it'd be cool to be named after him :P
shareMaybe it's short for Joseph. Or in the case of a girl, Josephine.
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name him Joseph or Josiah, and call him "Josey" - if it catches, good. If it doesn't, oh well, but he's not stuck with a ridiculous given name.
Me? I'm gonna have much more trouble getting my favorite western name onto my offspring, "Django"...
Many names have crossed gender lines-you probably wouldn't think of naming your son Ashley today but it was a mans name in the old south.
I have a hard time when I work as a substitute teacher-I look at the class list and see names that I think should be for one sex but turns out to be wrong.
Why would it be "gay" to name your son any name? As far as I'm aware, gay people don't name their kids differently than straight people do. And while sexuality and gender identity are probably determined before birth, there's no way for parents to know at that point, so you can't name your gay son a gay name, whatever that might be.
As others have noted, lots of names have been used for both boys and girls: Marion, Jordan, Ashley, Robin, Bailey, etc. Then there's the ambiguous short forms of gender-specific names: Al, Pat, Bob, Fred, etc. I think that applies to this case; probably the man's name was Joseph, but that was too stuffy for him, so he went by Josey.
Given the seemingly rapidly-increasing diversity in names (even down to varied spelling of same-sounding names), I don't think there's a wrong answer to what to name your kid, anymore. I volunteer at a help desk, and while I can make a good guess, I cannot guarantee when I refer to any name whether the person I'm talking about (or calling for) will be male or female. I try to avoid using personal or possessive pronouns there, as a result.
In any case, I don't see how anyone could be upset to be named after Josey Wales. It's a good name.
When I was in high school I knew a kid whose given names were Joseph Charles. He was named after his father, so to avoid confusion his mom and other family members called him "Joe Charles" and "Joe C", which over the years became "Josie".
My point is that nicknames can come from a variety of sources and family situations.
Jesus is coming. Look busy.