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Boys names on girls... Ideas please!

94 replies

charlie1234567 · 28/04/2018 12:33

I'm a Charlie and have always loved it, but am trying to think of others in case we have a girl....

Ideas so far
Robyn
Mikaela (Mikky)
Andrea (Andy)
Francesca (Frances)
Rory

Any others please help, I'm a teacher so I need a big list as have bad connotations with a few already 😄

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MillicentF · 01/05/2018 09:28

Gabrielle is not a boy's name.

donnaeastman · 01/05/2018 09:21

Gabrielle is a nice boys name for girls. It's very classy and never gets old.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 01/05/2018 07:28

know a little girl Reggie

Poor little girl. It's bad enough on a boy.

Boredoftryingusernames · 01/05/2018 07:05

For those asking why the OP would want to do this she says she is a Charlie and has always loved it.....surely that answers your question?
Some really good suggestions on here OP, haven't got any to add, but looking for a girl's name myself too!

Twelve8Ts · 30/04/2018 23:30

I work with a beautiful Freddi (Frederica), I love Teddie and Harry/Harrie, Loui, know a little girl Reggie, generally really like boys names for girls. I too have a boys name which I’ve always loved!
For those asking ‘why would you give your daughter a boys name?’, she literally wrote the explanation out for you.

Hushabyelullaby · 30/04/2018 19:49

I know someone with a daughter Noa

bangwhistle · 30/04/2018 19:39

I have a Bertie short for Beatrice. I love it. She's more Bertie now. It really suits her. I've always liked boys names on girls there really isn't an issue. I have a son too with quite a flouncy name I suppose. I can't imagine my daughter ever feeling we wished we'd had a boy instead. That's just odd. My name which is more traditionally a girls name is also quite often a boys name too.

daisypond · 30/04/2018 19:32

Francesca and Frances are both girls' names, though. Do you mean Francis, which is a boy's name? But it's pronounced differently.

MillicentF · 30/04/2018 18:56

Tracey was iriginally a male name.

Not sure about Gill- the only one I ever met was Gil, short for Gilbert, but he kept the -bert bit very quiet!

The fact remains- nobody would
ever start a thread about liking lovely feminine names for boys and be flooded with responses suggesting Susan and Rose and Verity.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 30/04/2018 18:54

Why do you want a boys name for a girl?

Would you call a boy a girls name?

AlrightBabby · 30/04/2018 18:50

I know two boys (men) named Tracey and one called Gill (not short for anything apparently!)

I like Peta for a girl

emmaliz · 30/04/2018 18:49

Drew

emelsie · 30/04/2018 18:49

Kiran

goldangel · 30/04/2018 18:48

Ryan or James

duckingfisaster · 30/04/2018 18:48

Stevie or Jaime - or George as a shortening of Georgina? Also like Frankie and Billie.

boomboom1234 · 30/04/2018 18:45

Bobbie and Billie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/04/2018 18:45

Alex. Andi (Alexandra)
Leigh
Jay
Harri (Harriet)
Jaime
Tommi (Thomasina)
Dani (Danielle)
George (Georgina)
Frankie (Frances Francesca)
Freddie (Winifred)
Bernie (Bernadette)

Strokethefurrywall · 30/04/2018 18:42

If DS1 was a girl, he would have been called Dylan. Prefer the sound of it for a girl rather than a boy for some reason.

Also have always loved Stevie (Stephanie).

bridgetreilly · 30/04/2018 18:35

Winifred (Freddy).

BringMeCoffeePlease · 29/04/2018 16:56

Stevie (quite like this!)
Tyler
Taylor
Sam (Samantha)
Alex (Alexandra)

youarenotkiddingme · 29/04/2018 16:54

Milli 2. Why?

IWouldLikeToKnow · 29/04/2018 16:10

I love Stevie for a girl. Also, Jamie, Alex, Frankie

felicitythemangyfox · 29/04/2018 16:07

True MillicentF. The Jody is a proper cockney though.

MillicentF · 29/04/2018 16:06

Presumably the male Grace does not have British heritage.

felicitythemangyfox · 29/04/2018 16:03

Personally I don't one any Jade's but I know a male Jody and a male Grace.