-95 percent of male names have a first syllable which is strongly stressed, whereas only 75 percent of female names show this pattern. It is not difficult to think of female names which begin with an unstressed syllable (Patricia, Elizabeth, Amanda, Rebecca, Michelle), but male names are few and far between (Jerome, Demetrius).In fact, none of the popular British male names in the past 75 years has had an unstressed initial syllable and only three American names. the stressed syllables of female names tend to make much more use of the high front vowel/I/, such as Lisa, Tina, Celia,Maxine, and the archetypal Fifi and Mimi. Male names in /I/are far less common(Steve,Keith,Peter).