Just wondering of those who don't like the boy/girl switch-a-roo... what do you think of feminizing a male saint's name when naming a daughter? (Johanna, for example)
I would not see this as a problem at all.
But maybe this whole topic should be seen in a wider perspective. E.g. the name
Andrea is a perfectly masculine name in Italian, while being in feminine in most other languages or countries.
And definitely don´t forget "Maria" as a second name for males.
The same for the length of hair. I seems to me that long hair for men was the ordinary thing during most of the centuries of Christendom (there is even a liturgical comb for the Priests hair!). Short hair was more a sign of poverty or serfdom. at least in the Celtic and Germanic areas.
The fashion of shorter hair really started in the middle of the 19th century - maybe as a final brake with the whole old order? At least in Germany, the revolutionaries of 1848/49 threw braids in bonfires as a sign of a political change away from "antiquated traditions".
One of the last famous Catholics with longer hair might be the Holy Cure of Ars.