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Robin - would you immediately assume boy or girl?

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London2013 · 24/03/2013 21:07

And what do you think of it?

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MrsShrek3 · 24/03/2013 22:49

it's a boys' name. really annoys me when people use it for girlsAngry

the many Robins in history are all male. fact. (rant over)

nooka · 24/03/2013 22:41

I'd I think boy but double check I think. Nice name for either, but really dislike the 'y' spelling.

Love Robert.

Catchingmockingbirds · 24/03/2013 22:39

I would assume boy at first.

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London2013 · 24/03/2013 22:33

That's all right. I can take it Grin.

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BeeBopDingALing · 24/03/2013 22:24

Robin for a boy. Robyn for a girl

It's ok for a girl but for a boy I think it's a bit of a wet name.

sjupes · 24/03/2013 22:20

I should mention i know a 15 year old girl robyn hence my jump to prefer it as a girl name. She's the only one i know.

meditrina · 24/03/2013 22:17

Either: I used to work with one of each sex.

willyoulistentome · 24/03/2013 22:10

I like it for a boy. Its not a girl's name to my ears.

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London2013 · 24/03/2013 22:04

What do you think of it TSC? We share one child's name so I'd be interested to know.

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scottishmummy · 24/03/2013 21:53

Boy,like it
Robyn girl like it too

ArabellaBeaumaris · 24/03/2013 21:52

boy. Don't like it for a girl but love it for a boy.

EvilTwins · 24/03/2013 21:51

I know one male Robin (aged 39) and two females Robyns (aged 12 & 21)

mistressploppy · 24/03/2013 21:51

Boy, definitely. Great name. Rob is a good nickname too.

I'm not fond of it for a girl really.

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London2013 · 24/03/2013 21:49

We're thinking of it for boy and I was really surprised when I searched it on here that lots of people would think of it for a girl.

I'd never heard of it for a girl before that so it's heartening that people think at least 50/50.

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MidnightMasquerader · 24/03/2013 21:41

I wouldn't assume.

I know an 80-year old Robin-with-an-i who's a woman.

MrsCosmopilite · 24/03/2013 21:38

I wouldn't assume. I know one of each gender.

OddBoots · 24/03/2013 21:36

Is it wrong that my answer would be 'neither'? I'd just think BATMAN!

sjupes · 24/03/2013 21:35

I - boy
Y - girl

Makes me think of robin gibb for a boy but it's Very nice for a girl.

KittenOfDoom · 24/03/2013 21:30

Boy. Seems very perverse to suddenly make it a girls name, it was always a boys name when I were a lass.

ChippingInIsEggceptional · 24/03/2013 21:27

I dislike Robyn but like Robin :)

I would have, years ago, assumed Robin = boy, Robyn = girl but my friend has a little girl Robin (named after a female american friend) and now I wouldn't assume either way :) She's a lovely little girl and if there's any confusion over the spelling (nursery teachers kept trying to make her spell it with a Y despite her parents telling them a million times it was with an i) she says it's spelt the same way as the bird with a very 'End of' look about her Grin

TiddlyChocolateBunny · 24/03/2013 21:21

I have a Robin of my own so I assume boy, but if its Robyn with a y I think girl.