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6 days old and no name.

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Dinosaurdrip · 27/12/2012 23:24

Dd1 is 6 days old and we have have decided on either Dylan or Morgan. I know the general consensus on mn is that unisex names are a no no but we like them. Mn will be Emily, so my question is, if you HAD to choose one which would you choose? Ds1 is Rowan and Ds2 is Sebastian (yes rhyming names too)

Please help we have been going back and forth for weeks now and even now that she is here can't decide.

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Sucksoutthejoy · 30/12/2012 02:23

Another who thinks Dylan is a male name, sorry. Emily is beautiful....

laidbackinengland · 30/12/2012 02:08

I have a friend called Dilla, similar sounding to Dylan , but more feminine , without being too girly.

KitchenandJumble · 30/12/2012 02:05

I like Morgan for a girl. I actually love the name Dylan, but only for boys.

KittieCat · 29/12/2012 23:45

Dylan is so much nicer than Morgan. Morgan always makes me think of that dreadful clothes shop.

Surely those who think Rowan is female moniker must have heard of Rowan Atkinson?! Love the names Rowan and Sebastian btw.

Congrats!

SleighbellsRingInYourLife · 29/12/2012 23:40

Morgan

Ruprekt · 29/12/2012 23:38

Dylan for a girl is awful!

Morgan is OK but it is odd how different we all are. If I had a girl after 2 boys I would choose a really feminine name for her.

Emily Morgan is lovely.

MushyPeace · 29/12/2012 23:35

What about Dillon?

Dillon Emily.

GreatCongas · 29/12/2012 23:27

I don't mind unisex names but to me they're both historical welsh male names

TwoFacedCows · 29/12/2012 23:20

love Dylan! it is what we call our not-yet-conceived-baby Blush

dont mind morgan, i have not heard it for a while, but Dylan for a girl is fab

SanctuaryMoon · 29/12/2012 23:15

Another one for Morgan here, I'm afraid i think Dylan is a male name. I too think of Rowan as being the girl's name :-) i think if you can't decide, it might be time to go for something else as clearly neither name suits your lovely little bundle. Congratulations by the way x

bananaramma · 29/12/2012 22:10

Dylan Emily is lovely.

Don't like Morgan at all, sorry.

almapudden · 29/12/2012 21:53

Morgan.

TheCatIsEatingIt · 29/12/2012 21:46

Morgan is nice. Dylan is a boy's name.

NeverQuiteSure · 28/12/2012 10:18

Both nice, inoffensive names. I would assume Dylan to be a boy and Morgan to be a girl (although would not be surprised to meet a boy named Morgan). Doesn't sound like this matters though.

I know you already have two names that you love and are not looking for any more ideas, but I shall throw one in anyway. I was lurking on the Mallory Towers thread last night and thinking how much I liked the name Darrell for a girl ignoring the fact that Mallory Towers' Darrell is perhaps not the best role model I have only met one Darrell in RL and he was male, but it is fairly well known as a name for either sex.

Shybairns · 28/12/2012 10:14

Morgan definitely

LittleWhiteWolf · 28/12/2012 10:05

Dylan.
It's funny because if you said you had two boys and a girl and gave those names I'd assume Rowan was the girl; I have only ever met girls with that name.

sunnyday123 · 28/12/2012 09:59

I'm not sure Dylan is unisex? I've never heard of a girl called Dylan? Morgan is too common IMO sorry, and all I think of is that tacky clothes shop!

I have 2 girls and there are so many pretty girls names out there that I can't understand wanting to choose such a masculine name, esp with 2 boys already but understand its personal choice.

I think both are more popular and common than your two other names either way so don't really 'go'?

bitbot · 28/12/2012 09:48

I like both, but in case this helps you decide...our dd surname is Dylan. At weigh in clinic the health visitor got mistaken and called out her surname instead of her first name...she had a look of utter confusion as to why a Dylan was dressed in pink and checked her list and I had to explain it was her surname Wink is Morgan more commonly used for a girl? If incidents like this wouldn't bother you then go for Dylan...It's obviously ruled out if I ever have a ds otherwise it would be on my list as love the name! Congratulations Grin

ArtigeneAuberchoke · 28/12/2012 08:53

If I heard of a Dylan I would totally assume he was male and I'd be really shocked to find out it was a girl. Morgan I would probably still expect a make but I would not be shocked.

I think Rowan and Sebastian are lovely names and your two choices fir your daughter are, in my opinion, nowhere near as lovely.

Using a boy's name makes it sound a bit like you wanted three boys.

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Dinosaurdrip · 28/12/2012 08:47

Thank you everyone, I know it is our decision I just wanted to put the feelers out and see how the names were received. I knew/know there will be people who hate our chosen name as with any name. Thanks again.

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JumpingJackSprat · 28/12/2012 07:46

dylan - i first heard it in a film for a girl and thought it was beautiful and to my ears is a feminine sounding name - much more so than morgan.

KnockMeDown · 28/12/2012 07:15

I think def Morgan! Dylan sounds more masculine than Rowan, and Sebastian even though that is an actual boys name! If I met you and you said you had 3 DC named Rowan, Sebastian and Dylan, I would assume they were all boys. Or, as someone upthread said, how about an actual girls name? Embrace the fact that after 2 boys you now have a little girl?

FaLaLaLaLauraPalmer · 28/12/2012 07:08

Dylan is lovely for a girl. Modern, fresh and it doesn't matter if it was originally a boys name.

Morgan sounds very 80's to me (Morgan Fairchild, perhaps?!)

Congrats on new DD.

ItLooksLikeRainDear · 28/12/2012 07:01

Morgan

My cat is called Dylan

notnagging · 28/12/2012 06:59

Op, it's down to you. Who cares what other people think. Give your child a name that means something to you not other people.