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Dylan for a girl?

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MeerkatMerkin · 22/06/2013 17:06

Any thoughts on this?

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Leeds2 · 27/06/2013 21:24

No.

Elquota · 27/06/2013 20:42

Magic Roundabout, or boys name.

wafflingworrier · 27/06/2013 19:48

i dont like it, sorry. i think its a boys name, not gender neutral eg something like francis

Rhubarbgarden · 27/06/2013 19:41

I don't like it.

Onetwo34 · 27/06/2013 15:47

I know a Dilani as well. Wonder if it is the same one. I like that. Don't really like Dylan for a girl though.

KLou1105 · 27/06/2013 15:33

I really like Dylan but prefer it for a boy x

plannedshock · 27/06/2013 08:37

I love it! My dd has a "boys" name so does my friends dd.

LalyRawr · 26/06/2013 22:43

I love boys names as girls names.

I wanted to call DD Aiden, but OH vetoed it. I got Riley as the middle name though.

I like it.

As a side note, I love how MN is very gender neutral when it comes to toys (up in arms about a toy shop being split into boy and girl sections!) yet perfectly good names have to be discounted because they are boys names. Girls have to have a girls name.

beedles17 · 26/06/2013 21:54

dylan is a boy's name

isitsnowingyet · 23/06/2013 07:31

I like Dylan for a boy - Dylan Thomas and so on - but for a girl? No. There are so many lovely girl names to go for, why pick a boy's name for a girl?

Vickibee · 23/06/2013 07:28

I know a gilt of six called Dillon spelt differently it gets shortened to dilly.

bugsybill · 23/06/2013 07:09

I like it but prefer it as a boys name.

For some reason I don't like any girl names that begin with D, just my opinion.

Also I think there are too many young boy Dylans around for it to be used by a girl, maybe in a few years when those boy Dylans grow up, there can be a new generation of girl Dylans as I suspect it will eventually become more of a girls name. Similarities with lyla, Lila, lily. Also Riley is becoming more of a girls name and it is very similar.

ItCameFromOuterSpace · 22/06/2013 21:45

I like it as a girls name.

dubstarr73 · 22/06/2013 21:33

I love Dylan its my eldest ds name but i dont think it suits a girl.It would be too confusing and she would always be explaining.Not worth the hassle

Alisvolatpropiis · 22/06/2013 20:11

No.

MarianneBrandon · 22/06/2013 18:52

Reminds me of the Charlie's Angels film. Drew Barrymore's character was called Dylan.

5madthings · 22/06/2013 18:50

What exactly is wrong with Dylan as a name? We were going to call ds3 arlo but a week before a friend used that name and ds2 always said I was having a rabbit not a baby.,. So Dylan he became,Dylan lucas. Its a perfectly normal name and bizarrely he has always been the only one in his year at school, whereas ds4 who has a more unusual name, rudi... Has a child in his year with the same name.

ScentedCandlestickMaker · 22/06/2013 18:45

I'm not that coooool either. I'm thinking of the cool mom from mean girls now. "I'm not a regular mom Wink I'm a cool mom".

expatinscotland · 22/06/2013 18:41

No.

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MeerkatMerkin · 22/06/2013 18:40

I'm not pregnant, it just occurred to me whilst watching Fireman Sam with my 2yo that the name Dilys (as in Auntie Dylis!) could be adapted by two letters and that actually Dylan sounds nice for a girl. Wouldn't call a boy Dylan. We're just not that cool. Wink

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Autumn12 · 22/06/2013 18:21

What is wrong with Dylan for a boy?

MrsBungle · 22/06/2013 18:08

I know a 4 year old girl Dylan. She really suits her name. I like it.

BalloonSlayer · 22/06/2013 18:07

I think Daryl was probably originally a girl's name (I am thinking of Darrell Rivers here, Enid Blyton was certainly not normally adventurous in picking names) and became a boy's name later.

themilkmonster · 22/06/2013 18:07

I quite like Dylan for a girl. I was considering Elliot for a girl when I was pg with my DD (didn't end up using it though!)

blueemerald · 22/06/2013 18:05

I knew sisters called Dylan and Tobey when I was growing up. Yes, their dad wanted boys.

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