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'Masculine' sounding girls names.

157 replies

mixedberrymilkshake · 18/05/2012 22:54

I cannot abide overly twee girls names, and am hoping to find something that sounds 'masculine' and almost surnamey.

At the moment I like-
Sloane
Tate
Blair
Peyton
Quinn
Whittier

Any other suggestions? Ideally they'd go with classical, albeit more feminine name like Charlotte, Alice, Jane...

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Marisaurus · 27/05/2012 19:51

Anna
Tess/a
Tamsin
Beth/Bess
Dani/Danielle
Hannah
Hazel
Heather
Lauren
Lilian
Nat/Natalie
Alys/Alyssa
Cat/Kate/Katherine

CousinCairngormMcWomble · 27/05/2012 19:05

Alison
Dawn
Bree

malakadoush · 26/05/2012 22:18

Bridget
Robyn
Jess
Kate
Lauren
Jess
Georgia

EskimoPie · 26/05/2012 22:09

Antonia

MacaroniPie · 25/05/2012 15:08

Frances is good.
Jo short for something is good. I like Joss, too.
Alex

Names like Peyton and Piper and Avery and Mackenzie are just hideous, sorry. They arent masculine. They sound like 90210 characters.

CheerfulYank · 25/05/2012 00:34

Yup, I'm American and know probably 8-10 little Aubreys, all girls. And quite a few little girls named Brynn. I was Confused when I started mumsnetting and realized they're for boys there!

MerryMarigold · 24/05/2012 22:14

Stella is a cool name. I forgot that one.

MerryMarigold · 24/05/2012 22:12

Aubrey for a GIRL is no. 20 on that US list Shock

Whatever next?!

CheerfulYank · 24/05/2012 22:06

Ooh yes, Frances is great! :)

Mayisout · 24/05/2012 19:55

Haven't read whole thread, apologies if this has been done.
American top baby names here

Looks like Harper is 32nd so not that unusual after all.

MerryMarigold · 24/05/2012 19:24

Frances D...g sounds REALLY great.

And strangely enough, most girl's names do sound really twee with Brown as well. I think it sort of shows them up.

lifesrichpageant · 24/05/2012 19:09

I always loved Dale. Reminds me of a sassy private eye from the 1920s.

And Rae was my choice if we'd had a girl, I also don't like overly twee/feminine names .

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mixedberrymilkshake · 24/05/2012 18:59

So many amazing suggestions :) Thank you all so much!

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CrumpettyTree · 24/05/2012 16:34

Couldn't you lose the L in your surname to make it sound a bit more feisty! Wink

HuggyPomBear · 24/05/2012 16:23

For a brief moment I wondered why a twee name with the surname Brown would be an issue.....then I though some more on ex-chancellors!

You are right, I have just said these not too twee names and they sounded twee with the surname:
Jennifer
Catherine
Susan

However, these are some names I think stand up well to that surname:

Joanne
Jocelyn
Caitlin
Catriona
Rachel
Seren
Lorna

And more masculine
Brooke
Frances (I think this sounds great)
Thomasina
Drew

PercyFilth · 24/05/2012 14:46

I do see your difficulty with the surname, but I can't see how a masculine name solves it. Think Blackadder Goes Forth :o

I think whatever name you choose, be it butch, girlie or unisex, there will always be the occasional irritating twat who tries to make a joke out of it. Same goes if it was a boy. Actually I think it's a nice name, jokes or not, there are many much worse.

ripsishere · 24/05/2012 13:56

Bernard
Richard
Thomasina
Nigella
Roberta
Leslie/ey
Kim

SilkStalkings · 24/05/2012 13:49

One of The Bangles (and The Runaways) was called Michael. She did look a bit like a bloke though iirc.

UnnamedFemaleProtagonist · 24/05/2012 11:53

I just had to google the list of chancellor's to workout your surname . I can understand why you would prefer something masculine. You really shoudl consult the American baby name websites, you will get plenty of suggestionson there. What about Meredith?

miaowmix · 24/05/2012 11:41

Curtis (like the author: www.curtissittenfeld.com/)? Maybe because of the book Prep, I always associate this name with strong, preppie Ivy League kind of girls
I love Parker and Sidney (like Neve Campbell's character in Scream).
I'm also a fan of Harper, disregard the Beckhams if you love it.

redrubyshoes · 24/05/2012 11:30

Sting has a DD called Michael.

I always think the name Timothy is nicer as a girl's name. It is actually quite pretty.

MrTumblesCrackWhore · 24/05/2012 11:25

I was like you - wanted a non girly name for dd. Called her Sydney.

MerryMarigold · 24/05/2012 11:19

Ahhhhh, I see. DEFINITELY not Sloane then. Can you imagine!

CheerfulYank · 24/05/2012 11:16

I don't think the surname is Brown... I think the surname is Wendy, John, and Michael's last name from Peter Pan. In which case Michael is definitely out!

PercyFilth · 24/05/2012 11:06

"Michael is often used as a girls name"? Really? I've never heard of any female Michaels.