Small pointless observation:
Most male names seem to end in consonants.
Most female names seem to end in vowels.
At least in the Western cultural linguistic tradition. Indeed a masculine name can be feminised by adding a vowel. Paul > Paula, Brendan > Brenda, Peter > Petra, Patrick > Patricia, Fred > Freda, etc.
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The same is broadly true in Thai.
It should be borne in mind that all first names in Thai are Pali-Sanskrit in origin (except about half of the Muslims). Pali-Sanskrit are Indo-European languages. Since you almost certainly took your point of reference as Indo-European languages (but not Italian with its male names ending in vowels), you could widen your research to include other language groups to see if your hypothesis holds fast.
Nigel --> Nigella
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