Whatever the explanation, it would appear that a name such as Sabrina is as clear-cut a feminine name as we are likely to find: it has more than two syllables, an unstressed first syllable , and a strong /I/ vowel. Another example is Christine , judged by men to be the most sexy female name ,in one US survey. By contrast , Bob is a highly 'masculine' name. Such conclusions shed some light on the way comedians and scriptwriters obtain comic effects, simply by selecting an inappropriate name. Why else would British comedian Rowan Atkinson, in one of his series, call a pretty girl in soldier's uniform Bob, or the British satirical programme Spitting Image advise its listeners, to 'pretend your name is Keith'(in the Chicken Song, Virgin Records, 1986)?
(After A. Cutler, J. McQueen and K. Robinson, 1990.)