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Boy or girls name????

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Smilehappy · 27/05/2013 12:20

Oh and I both like Brodie/Brody... Upon telling people we "like" that name they say its a girls name ConfusedHmm (were having a boy)

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HappyJustToBe · 27/05/2013 14:43

I prefer Brody and would assume it is a boys' name.

After some of the comments about DD's name when I was pregnant I would now always wait until baby is here and named before telling people. I was told the name we had chosen for DD was a stripper name...

Gugglebum · 27/05/2013 14:40

I'd assume it was a boy if I saw the name written down. I do prefer it with a 'y'.

HorryIsUpduffed · 27/05/2013 14:32

Boy, definitely.

I don't generally approve of surnames as first names for girls, but for boys and with Scottish surnames there is significant precedent and I get it.

lollypopsicle · 27/05/2013 14:26

Unisex

sjuperyoni · 27/05/2013 14:04

It's a boys name, i've never seen it for a girl. We considered brodie for ds but mymum kept saying bridie..

MortifiedAdams · 27/05/2013 13:51

Both -ie for a girl, -y for a boy.

daimbardiva · 27/05/2013 13:47

Boy. I've never heard of it for a girl.

Lebkuchenlover · 27/05/2013 13:39

I know a male Brodie. To my ears Brodie/Brody is definately a boys' name.

JojoMags · 27/05/2013 12:51

I would always think of it as a boys' name, with either spelling, and prefer Brodie to Brody. The latter looks too much like 'broody', and looks 'wrong' to me.

Chottie · 27/05/2013 12:33

I think it is a unisex name too.

ZolaBuddleia · 27/05/2013 12:32

Me too, Brodie for a girl, Brody for a boy.

2beornot · 27/05/2013 12:24

I'd say it can be either. But if I was using it for a boy id spell it Brody and use Brodie for a girl