Per the suggestion about "merula," languages that are Latin-based or heavily Latin-influenced often have genders embedded in names. English is a German core (also has genders embedded in nouns, like Latin does), so it's influenced towards that twice, but we don't often think about the meanings anymore. "E" and "A" sounds word-final are strongly associated with name gender. Alexander, Alexandra, Bert, Bertha, Donald, Donna, Ed, Edna, Henry, Henrietta, Justin, Justina, Louis, Louise, Michael, Michaela, Oliver, Olivia, Reggie, Regina, Robert, Roberta, Patrick, Patricia, Stephen, Stephanie, and of course, Victor, Victoria. It's possible to notice this even if you never really spend any time thinking about it.
So I agree with you about "merula" and its possible implication to an English speaker, but a lot of people don't even read names at first. You're on the internet with a forum of folks who are especially interested in boiling down math, engineering, and construction facts. The approach is most often goal-oriented (it's about the problem) rather than team-oriented (it's about the participants), but the high potential to misconstrue condescension there doesn't depend on a feminine forum name.