Morgan Freeman is a man, Morgan Fairchild is a woman. Why do they have the same first name?

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Well, that's not my fault, it's their fault (or rather, their parents' fault) for not using the correct spellings.

Lol:)

Many names are not gender specific, though often they are spelled differently. Mine is one where the spelling is the same. I recall dating a guy in high school for a couple of weeks whose name was the same as mine. :)

Tracy Morgan and Piers Morgan are both men.  So, there's also that to consider. 

There have been quite a few names over time, that have been used or given to both males and females. I can think of quite a few, especially the shortened versions of given names.  A boy named Sue might be a bit of a problem for him. :)  

It could be confusing, I guess, if one was seeking a particular gender for whatever they were seeking them for. 

because their mommy and daddy loved them so much that each parent named their own baby Morgan.

It's not so much seeking a particular gender, it's all about expecting a particular gender based only on the name.

What sort of parents would give their son such a girly name as Tracy?

They are looking for wife and mother Morgan Slavewoman

The only "correct" spelling of someone's name is how it is intended to be spelled by the namer. Just because the spelling of someone's name does not match the most common spelling, doesn't make it incorrect. Telling someone their name is "wrong" because it doesn't meet up to your expectations is disrespectful.

What do you mean, "my expectations"? I did not invent the conventional spelling system, it existed a very long time before I came into this world. I think it is in a way disrespectful (not to mention cruel) to a child to give him or her a gender-inappropriate name because it leaves the child wide open to mockery from other kids in school.

Your last comment is only a few short steps away from the unexplained modern-day tendency to use incorrect words just because they are pronounced like the intended words, never mind that they are spelled differently and have different meanings (e.g. using "there" instead of "their" or vice versa). There is not a great deal of difference between that and mixing up the gender-specific spellings of names that are phonetically "unisex". In other words, spelling is totally important, getting it wrong is disrespectful to the English language and there is no getting away from that fact.

And Justin Morgan was a horse (named Figure before being named Justin Morgan) that was the foundation stallion for the Morgan breed. (And a damned fine equine breed the Morgan is!) What's your point?

My real point is that male names don't suit women, or vice versa. Justin Morgan doesn't count because Morgan is his surname, not his first name. If he was a woman the name would be Justine Morgan. So what is your point? Your answer is not really relevant to my question.

Yeah, it is. Surely you can see that. (And stop calling me Shirley!)   ;>)

Lol:)

Ask Andy McDowell.

Hey, wait a second . . .

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The only "correct" spelling of a person's name, is what that person has chosen it to be. 

Mark my words, just the other day I was having a cup of joe and some johnny cakes, just when I asked the waitress for the bill, the butch lawyer who tried to sue me last year walked in and spun the lazy susan so fast that the syrup spilled all over my clothes. I stepped into the john to try and clean up. The terry-cloth towels they had in there were useless, so I had to don the spare pants I always carry in my backpack. I pat myself on the back for thinking ahead like that.
On the way out of the men's room, I saw a rear exit leading to the sally port out back. I needed to avoid that lawyer, so I took the exit, even though I had to jimmy the lock to get out. I almost made a clean getaway, too, except that there was an empty jerry can on the bottom step, I tripped over it and it clamored all over the concrete, making a racket that caused everyone inside to go to the windows.
The attorney was right in front, so I needed to find a way out of there where they wouldn't have the will to follow me, wouldn't give chase. I headed for what I thought was a small brook that ran parallel to the alley. It was actually a deep-water channel with a swift eddy that would peter me out if I tried to make it upstream, so I went the other way instead. I made good time, and I was miles away within 15 minutes. I had to chuck the wet clothing when I climbed the bank near a steep cliff, so there I was, as naked as a jay bird, but I had yet another change of clothes in the waterproof backpack.
Listen, I don't mean to be curt, but I'll have to tell you the rest later, roger over?
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The are plenty of women who spell it "Terry" also.
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No no no.  No way.  I won.  :)

i knew some ladies that spelled it terry  i asked them and they said how it was on thier birth certificate

I don't know very many ladies who are even called Teri, let alone Terry. Blokish names on women are not very popular in the UK as far as I can see, and all I can say is thank goodness for that. If they have it spelt like that on the birth certificate it makes me wonder what their parents were thinking at the time.

Well, don't blame me if they get made fun of. I came up with an already well-known suggestion to avoid that, it's called convention. You can hardly blame me for someone else's decision to go against convention. Why would a woman choose a masculine name anyway?

Eh? What are you on about? Where is a win-or-lose situation in this?