Masculine sounding girls names wwyd

[Harrysmummysarah1]

Wwyd if you knew you were having a girl but loved the name Eric for a boy and wanted to call a future son that but you also like Erica do you use Erica ? Even though you like Eric better but you may never have a son then not be able to use either if you don't use Erica?

[Harrysmummysarah1]

Hope that makes sense also suggestions instead of Erica ? This is for my dear cousin. She was talking about it the other day

[Harrysmummysarah1]

She doesn't like names like Penelope verity daisy etc etc... Nothing to frilly and girly sounding

[juneau]

As there is never a guarantee that you'll have another baby of any gender, I say go with Erica, if that's a name she likes.

Girl versions of boy names:
Philippa
Andrea
Nigella
Roberta ...

Shall I go on?

[HappyJustToBe]

I prefer Erin to Erica.

[IncognitoIsMyFavouriteWord]

Use Erica. You like the name just use it.

[omri]

I like Erica. Other potential names:
Carla/carlie (or with a K)
Charlotte but forever only known as Charlie
Georgina but forever known only as George
Quinn
Francesca known only as Frankie
I also like Petra which is derived from Peter
Hope that helps

[HoratiaWinwood]

I had the reverse. I didn't call DS2 Kit even though it was my absolute top favourite boy name, because Kitty for a hypothetical DC3/DD1 was even more of a favourite.

Is this definitely her last child?

FWIW I hate Eric but quite like Erica. Odd !

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

Parker
Blaire
Robyn

[Harrysmummysarah1]

Can't have an Erin and a Eric though but Erin is a nice name.
They will proberly try for another baby after this but if she never has a son she has lost her chance to use erica or Eric if she doesn't call her daughter erica. There's no other girls name she likes than boys eric and Luca/lucas but my sister has a lucas are the only two she really loves that her and her dh agree on.
Erica and Luca/lucas is that too similar?

[Harrysmummysarah1]

I mean theres no other boys names she likes other than

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

I think Erica and Lucas would be fine, but by DC2 they might have thought of a whole new set of parameters,

[TheDarkSideOfTheSpoon]

We did this, well DH did as DD1s name was his choice. He chose the female version of a boys name because he loves the shortened version (which is the same for boy or girl). I was pleased because I love DDs name but really don't like the male form, and now it means if we have a boy he can't use it :)

[TheDarkSideOfTheSpoon]

Oh, and I think Eric's is a lovely name that I don't hear very often.

[TheDarkSideOfTheSpoon]

Erica that should have read. Afraid I don't really like Eric much...

[SneezySnatcher]

I'm in exactly this position. We're having a DS. DH wants to call him George. I like that but if we have DC3 and it's a girl I'd want to use Georgina. Obviously there's no guarantee of having DC3 and it being a girl so I feel silly vetoing the name for that reason.

[MadBusLady]

There's a whole thread going at the moment about non-frilly girls' names if any of those appeal to her? I'm just thinking if she found something she liked even better than Erica, she'd still have Eric in reserve.

But I think I would use Erica.

[HotPanda]

I might be being dumb, but if she doesn't use Eric/Erica for this one and has another why has she missed her chance?
Surely she could just use for the 2nd child which you say she is planning.

I had a similar dilemma over Oliva and Oliver but since I was only ever having 1 child it actually made things easier.

[mumzy]

Hilary
Jocelyn
Evelyn
Robyn
Sydney
Horatia
Geraldine
Wilma
Dominque
Octavia

[Yfronts]

Erin

[Yfronts]

Can't she name the girl erica but call her eric?

[eachtigertires]

Probably unhelpful but I do know a brother and sister Daniel and Daniella!

[Devora]

Kay
Jo
Robyn

[BourbonsandTea]

^ what hotpanda said. Use Eric or Erica for last planned child unless a boy comes along sooner

[DonderandBlitzen]

Amica
Anica
Danica
Domenica

[seeker]

Roger
Norman
Frederick