Are there any very common first names for gay guys?

are there any names that for whatever reason seem to be very common for gay guys? I'm talking birth names (including translations to English), not nicknames or if someone has a stage name etc

Steve.

Brian.

Michael. And not "Mike," but Michael.

James, Robert, Edward, etc.

Jim, Rob, Ed are likely straight.

They must never be one syllable or, if one syllable, spelled creatively. Always: David, Michael, Stephen, Jaymes.

Yes - Jonathan. Just about every Jonathan I've known has turned out to be gay. Maybe it has something to do with the story of Jonathan and David in the Bible.

R5 Maybe more than friends?

I like how Jonathan has his hand on his big sword when David is near him.

Thomas,Tom or Tommy. They are the biggest bottoms, have the worst case of gayface and are the worst little princesses.

No. None. No stereotypes exist about this, OP. You’ve really stumbled upon uncharted territory.

the most cliche has always been Lance.

I think Tom’s a really sexy common name. Also Adam. If you’re a Tom or an Adam then please, by all means, send me your nudes. x

All gay men have track lighting. And all gay men are named Mark, Rick, or Steve.

I second, Jonathan. I know one.

Based on experience I would guess Darren, Adam, Cole, Patrick, Paul & Shaun as fairly sure things.

Those named Robert, Austin, Curtis, Brian & Christopher are almost always bi, ime. The Jonathan (Jon, at his insistence) I knew of only fucked guys for money or drugs when extremely strung out, a very messy closet case.

Not just Jonathan, but especialy when spelled Johnathan.

Full, complete first names are the well-known and rather tired old stereotype. Mike, Bill and Steve are straight, Michael, William and Stephen are GaygayGAY. Jonathan is another as seen in this thread. This stereotype is becoming less reliable as younger guys have less hangups and sometimes like old-timey stuff in reaction to their parents. There was also a trend a couple decades ago among some upwardly mobile types to give kids old-fashioned sounding names and not use nicknames. So I actually know a straight Jonathan and a straight Michael, but they’re a generation younger than me.

More recently I think the stereotype of using nonstandard spellings as R3 mentions is more accurate. Also “backwards” nicknames like Xander instead of Alex or Topher instead of Chris. Liam is another, but it's also a traditional nickname in the Anglosphere outside of the US.

Many gay men I have known use “fake names” publicly that differ from their legal name, and the fake name is always very cosmopolitan, or carries connotations of higher classes or exoticism. This is how a John Stevens from Bumfucke becomes Estaban Saint John, who will haughtily correct you that it’s pronounced “Sin Jin.”

This subject has been done to death here MANY times. Here's the latest resurrection fem a few days ago:

My straight cousins' names are Jonathan and Christopher.

There are no common “gay” male names. It’s random. Yet, there are names that are perceived as gay, thanks to heterosexual idiocy. Authors Marshall Kirk and Hunter Masden, explained the following:

Names that could sound like a lisp:

Bruce Percy

Names that are too fancy:

Byron Miles Guy Sebastian

Names that end in a “y”, making it juvenile or effeminate:

Tommy Bobby Danny Stevie Davy Donnie Sammy

Names that are too “bookish”:

Pierpont Poindexter Egbert

Of course, there are unisex names:

Kelly Blair Tracy Clair

Names of gay characters and gay celebrities:

Monroe (Too Close for Comfort) Will (Will and Grace) Barry (Manilow) Elton

Names with first and middle names:

George Michael Jean Paul

Any other suggestions?

Gay men always go by their full names when there are, typically, shortened versions used. And they always correct you. I hate that.

It's Ste-VEN, not Steve!

It's Chris-to-PHER, not Chris!

It's Mich-AEL, NOT MIKE!!!!!!!

In the old days they knew how to throw people off the scent:

Rock

Rod

Chuck

Faggot/fag/queer/poof/shirt lifter - take your pick.

The top ten names of Dataloungers:

10. Chester

9. Frank

8. Hal

7. Leonard

6. Ralph

5. Herman

4. Walter

3. Milton

2. Horace

1. Clarence

Bruce is the ultimate gay name.

SENTENCES OF MYSTERY AND WONDER:

[quote] Those named Robert, Austin, Curtis, Brian & Christopher are almost always bi, ime. The Jonathan (Jon, at his insistence) I knew of only fucked guys for money or drugs when extremely strung out, a very messy closet case.

Andy. It’s always Andy.

R23, I express my regret.

No one has mentioned Christian yet?

R36 is right, Bruce is top of the list - all men named Bruce are gay. All of them.

For lesbians, Pat has to be top of the list.

Is this the Cocksucker residence?

I've run across an unusual number of gay Brandons of late, but the sample size is too small to extrapolate to the entire male population of North America.

Zachary, nicknamed Zack or Zach, for the younger crowd.

Lots of Armandos are hoe toes.

Mind if we call you Bruce?

Mind if we call you Bruce?

In the African American community, if your name is Dondré, Percy or Darnell, it means you're all kinds of gay.

I here Yertle is very popular for gay men in Russia.

R25 'Chad' is one of those fantastic uber-jock/prep names that is so gay and yet so comically fraught about it. 'Chet' or 'Brent' or 'Greg' have a similar feel, like the father named his son that as an anti-homo precaution but it backfired. It just screams fratboy asshole who lets pledges suck him off with nary a blush and enjoys dreams of fucking his hockey/football/swim captain but like, totally isn't a fag, man. These guys are a dying breed, though.

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