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'Masculine' girls names?

110 replies

QuestioningStuff · 12/10/2015 13:10

Posting for my pregnant best friend. She is expecting a girl and really likes 'masculine' girls names (like Alex or Sydney nn Sid) but we're struggling to come up with many.

What masculine girls names are there? Including nick names?

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CremeEggThief · 12/10/2015 16:55

Hadley?

SoftBlocks · 12/10/2015 16:55

Archie
Joan

CremeEggThief · 12/10/2015 16:54

Madison?
Jo (for Joanna)?

HellKitty · 12/10/2015 16:51

I love Stanley and Sidney!

RiverTam · 12/10/2015 16:50

Harper
Rowan

Artemis is a Greek goddess! You can't get more feminine that that!

Strokethefurrywall · 12/10/2015 16:43

Dylan
Darcey
Stevie
Frankie

Love them all.

BlueChampagne · 12/10/2015 15:56

Kay
Julian/Julyan
Lindsay

ALickAndAPromise · 12/10/2015 15:53

Wray

Thurlow · 12/10/2015 15:36

Pretty girly name

Grin

That's made my day (sorry, poster, I suspect you didn't quite mean it that way)

Loads of girls names are "pretty and girly" in the long, and quite masculine in the short - Alex(andra), George/ie(ina), Stevie(Stephanie) etc

Rivercam · 12/10/2015 15:32

Robyn
Edwina (Ed)
Claudia ((Claude)
Georgina (George)
Harriet (Harry)
Henrietta (henry)
Geraldine (Gerry)
Darcy
Taylor
Victoria (victor)
Michaela (Michael)
Michelle
Billie
Alana (Alan)

Pixi2 · 12/10/2015 15:22

Taylor
Quinn
Finlay (primarily a boys name but we had it on our list for a dd)
Harriet (Harry)
Georgia/Georgiana (George)
Eden
Adeline (Adie)
Haydyn?

maybebabybee · 12/10/2015 15:22

I just cant understand why she doesn't want to give her daughter a pretty girly name.

Define 'pretty and girly'. Confused

maybebabybee · 12/10/2015 15:21

The following are on our shortlist:

Georgie
Ronnie

Short for Georgina or Georgia and Veronica respectively but I wouldn't be giving my hypothetical DD the long version of the name as I only like the short versions

Bobbie is also on our shortlist, and I liked Freddie for a girl but DP was not keen.

CakeRattleandRoll · 12/10/2015 15:19

Ainsley
Ashton
Blair
Bobbie
Casey
Cameron
Courtney
Devon
Gerry
Jessie
Joss
Kelsey
Kim
Kelly
Lesley
Lindsay
Quinn
Robyn
Ronnie
Shannon

PrimalLass · 12/10/2015 14:10

Blake. Although I liked Blake Lively until she called her daughter James. Poor kid.

TheCraicDealer · 12/10/2015 13:57

It's her baby but I dislike having a obvious preference for perceived feminine or masculine names. It reinforces preconceptions about gender roles and that boys names are seen as "strong" or somehow better, equally that girls names should simply be pretty and attractive sounding. What happened to just liking a name for its own sake?

insan1tyscartching · 12/10/2015 13:55

Kerry
Georgina
Theodora
Josephine
Billie (Wilhemina)
Tommy (Thomasina)
Edwina
Victoria

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 12/10/2015 13:45

Does she mean unisex.
Ashley
Alex
Toni
Terri
Stevie
Samantha (Sam)
Georgia (George)
Danielle (Danni)
Obviously none of mine or anyone else's business but I just cant understand why she doesn't want to give her daughter a pretty girly name. There are so many gorgeous names out there.

Fugghetaboutit · 12/10/2015 13:34

Because it sounds like a man's name to my ears and a nn of 'Art' is masculine too. Confused for you Smile

CPtart · 12/10/2015 13:25

Erica

BackforGood · 12/10/2015 13:23

Well there are quite a lot that can be used for either sex - is that what you mean?

Chris or Chrissie or Christie
Jo(e)
Robin
Ali (Alistair/Alison)
Bailey
Faith
Eden
Sam (Samantha/Samuel)
Nic (Nicola/Nicole / Nicholas)
Billie/Billy
Fran (Francis / Frances / Francesca)
Alex (as you said)
Rather old fashioned standards such as 'Hilary' which can be for either sex)
Jamie

LisbethSalandersLaptop · 12/10/2015 13:21

how is Artemis "masculine" Confused

BikeRunSki · 12/10/2015 13:19

Sidney

Fugghetaboutit · 12/10/2015 13:18

Artemis
Eden
Avery

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 12/10/2015 13:18

Francesca known as Frankie.

That way your friend gets to use a masculine name, but her DD also has a more feminine name should she want one in the future Grin.