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George for a girl?

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Sophisticatedsarcasm · 06/03/2018 22:29

I just saw actress Hilarie Burton and actor JEffrey dean Morgan have had a little girl and named her George, it’s first time I’ve heard it on a girl. Please tell me I’m not going mad. Although it doesn’t sound as bad as I thought would.

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k2p2k2tog · 09/03/2018 12:46

Bloody awful.

Nothing wrong with Georgina, Georgette or Georgia. And I don't think anyone should be looking to Kerry Katona for naming inspiration.

pipilangstrumpf · 09/03/2018 12:45

I know a female Georgie too. Don't know if her proper name is George, Georgia, Georgina or just Georgie.

ajb17 · 09/03/2018 09:22

I know a little girl called Georgie which I think is lovely, just a tad more feminine than George in my opinion, but if you like George go for it. Georgia is also nice.

harrietm87 · 09/03/2018 09:08

George Eliot was a pen name - no one called her that in daily life! It's just the name under which her books were published. She was Mary Ann.

I agree with the other posters. Call her Georgina or something and George can be a nickname.

SomeKnobend · 08/03/2018 19:33

What about Bernard?

Alisvolatpropiis · 08/03/2018 19:29

As a nickname for Georgina/Georgia, sure.

On its own, no. It sounds ridiculous.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 07/03/2018 19:47

Plus Kerry Katona has a DD called Dylan-Jorge,which is enough to make you rethink

Claricestarling1 · 07/03/2018 19:31

I know a little girl called Jorge

LoveInTokyo · 07/03/2018 19:28

It worked for George Eliot because she literally wanted people to believe she was a man.

Plus she chose it herself.

BattleaxeGalactica · 07/03/2018 19:16

Well it worked for George Eliot but then again she had a good reason for it. This lot don't other than waving a flag for their right-on credentials. It's nice as a diminutive for any number of lovely girl's names but far too try hard as a standalone.

Pemba · 07/03/2018 19:09

Yes, what pps said, it is actually a bit cruel. Fine as a nickname for Georgina, Georgia, Georgette (maybe) and even Georgiana, (that one's a bit of a mouthful), Not fine as a given name for a little girl, poor kid.

LoveInTokyo · 07/03/2018 19:06

I think people who do this are idiots.

And yes, I think it’s a Hollywood thing. People see that Blake Lively called her daughter James and they think it’s a cool thing to do. But they’re putting their own (probably short-lived) ideas about what is trendy above choosing a name that their child can actually live with.

For god’s sake, don’t do this. Unisex names are one thing (I’m not really a fan, but whatever) - calling your child a name that is clearly for the opposite sex is just stupid and a bit cruel.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 07/03/2018 17:32

Nice as a nn but wouldn't just call a DD it.

Georgette is lovely.

Glumglowworm · 07/03/2018 16:44

I love George as a nn for a girl (I blame a 90s casualty character that I had a crush on )

But she will spend her life correcting people if her actual name is George. Because it’s a boys name.

pipilangstrumpf · 07/03/2018 13:43

George nickname Georgie

CheeseTheDay · 07/03/2018 11:28

George in the Famous Fave was actually Georgina.

As others have said, it's double standards, as none of these people who use boy names on girls, would ever name a son Elizabeth.

Kokeshi123 · 07/03/2018 04:30

Hate hate hate boys' names on girls. As others have said, nobody calls their son Margaret.

Very American, very stupid.

toffee1000 · 07/03/2018 04:28

Not as a given name, no. NN for Georgina/Georgia/etc, that’s fine.

lakeshoreliving · 07/03/2018 03:38

Wasn't the girl in the famous five called George? Based on a girls name I think.

AltheaorDonna · 07/03/2018 03:26

George Foreman called his five sons George, also he has five daughters including a Freda George and a Georgetta

Bellamuerte · 07/03/2018 03:20

I'd use George as a nickname but not a given name. Georgina is lovely!

Joeybee · 07/03/2018 02:29

I get really frustrated at girls being given 'boys' names and that being seen as cool and different. Why is it never the other way around? It tells me a lot that giving a girl a boys name is cool, but it's not seen as acceptable to give a boy and typically girly name.
George is okay as a nickname for Georgia or something, but not as a name in it's own right. Celebs can get away with stuff like that....but I really don't think George is a nice name for a girl...particularly with how popular George is for boys right now.

BeastInView · 07/03/2018 00:58

George is fine as a nickname for Georgina or Georgia etc. but to officially call a daughter George gives me the major eye rolls. It seems to be a Hollywood thing, Blake Lively's daughter is called James, someone else has a daughter called Wyatt and now this George. Is Jennifer Lawrence going to have a daughter called Bert?

One thing's for sure though, no star is going to have a son called Sophie!

SuperBeagle · 07/03/2018 00:47

I saw that. Have been a Hilarie Burton fan since the ol' One Tree Hill days.

I don't love George, but I do love Georgia, so I suppose it's not too far off. They call their son Gus for short, so they may call her Georgie or something else as a nickname. I have to admit that I did wonder whether "George" was simply a mistype of "Georgie", but I think it's actually George.

madeyemoodysmum · 06/03/2018 23:15

One of my good friends is georgette but I ALWAYs call her George.

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