A girl...with a boy's middle name?

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MrsPotatohead1 · 04/12/2014 20:41

Hi, what do you all think of a pretty girl name with the middle name James?

E.g. Elizabeth James... (Not our name choice)

I really like the sound to it, plus it's DH's name... Here in Wales it is popular to use the father's first name as the child's surname, e.g. Cadi Rhys...

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Nightstar · 04/12/2014 23:52

James is fairly inoffensive, but I still think it might be a tiny bit mean. But hey, it is just a middle name. I would go with Jane or something like that as a compromise

MsHighwater · 04/12/2014 23:46

In Scotland, it's quite common to have a family surname as a middle name and some of those can be similar to boy's names. My dd has dh's mother's maiden name as her middle name. If the names fit together, why not?

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KatieKaye · 04/12/2014 23:40

Really dislike it.
Makes me think the parents wanted a boy and were disappointed when they had a girl. Not a positive message to give.
There are literally thousands of girl's names - why would you give her a boy's name instead?

myotherusernameisbetter · 04/12/2014 23:38

Could you use Jamie or Jaime instead as they are more acceptably used for girls?

Theas18 · 04/12/2014 20:47

No thank you! I'm a girl with my paternal grandmothers maiden name as a 2nd middle name, it's also used as a boys name. It was not popular with me as a kid and I don't use it much now.

Bowlersarm · 04/12/2014 20:47

No don't do it.

I have one and I hate it. It's really embarrassing as a child at school etc.

I just don't use it. It's on my passport, that's it. I just leave it off everything.

HonestLie · 04/12/2014 20:42

I like it and wanted to do the same for DD but her Dad didn't agree. If you like it go for it x

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