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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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Winchester13 · 29/04/2018 16:02

I like Evan, Rowan and Robyn

MillicentF · 29/04/2018 15:59

How many boys called Jade do you know?

youarenotkiddingme · 29/04/2018 15:53

Not true milli I think their are more gender neutral names that are often used more for boys but names like Jade etc are predominantly female and are gender neutral.

kitcatdog · 29/04/2018 15:15

Stevie

felicitythemangyfox · 29/04/2018 15:14

Why is e.g. Sam a boys name? I know more female Sam's than males. Ditto Frankie.

MillicentF · 29/04/2018 15:09

Have you noticed that all “gender neutral” names are actually boy’s names that girls use? There aren’t any the other way round.

felicitythemangyfox · 29/04/2018 14:43

MillicentF

But they're mostly not really "boys" names - they're gender neutral names/nicknames. I don't know about anyone else but I like gender neutral names on boys too - Ali, Sam, Alex, Jude, Rowan, Robin etc

I don't see what the issue is.

ooobisto · 29/04/2018 12:27

Frankie
Stevie
Paula
Robyn
Ricky
Jesse(ie)
Georgie/a
Simone
Glenda
Blue
Alex
Luca
Ianthe
Harry

MillicentF · 29/04/2018 12:12

Seriously- why on earth would you give a girl’s name? Particularly as nobody would do it the other way round.

KimKsButt · 29/04/2018 11:19

I absolutely love Stevie

JingsMahBucket · 29/04/2018 10:31

I love Isabel going to Izzy.

fleshmarketclose · 29/04/2018 09:38

Alannah, Morgan, Elliott, Phillipa, Georgina.

Dancingmonkey87 · 29/04/2018 09:27

I knew a girl called Ryan

LexieLulu · 29/04/2018 09:24

Jaime (said like Jamie)
Toni - Antonia
Andi- Andrea
Bobby/i

Joinourclub · 29/04/2018 09:21

Hilary
Vivian
Lesley

scrivette · 29/04/2018 09:19

I knew a female Ryan
Otherwise Harriet (Hattie) or Henrietta (Henry) Georgina (George)

delilabell · 29/04/2018 09:17

Ellis.

AsAProfessionalFekko · 29/04/2018 09:13

Sue?

TheKimJongUnofFeminism · 29/04/2018 08:57

And you will presumably be calling any future son Rose or Elizabeth?

youarenotkiddingme · 29/04/2018 08:56

I know lots that are naturally shortened too.

Charlotte = Charlie
Harriet =Harry
Alexandra = Alex
Jacquline = Jaq
Nichola = Nic

They're just the ones I know off the top of my head.

Oysterbabe · 29/04/2018 08:54

The Francesca I know goes by Frankie, which I think is pretty cute.

RosieCotton · 28/04/2018 23:47

I know an adorable little girl named Billie. She is the sweetest girl ever.

StringyPotatoes · 28/04/2018 22:22

One of the characters on Channel 4's "Humans" was a Mathilda shortened to Matt/Matty which I quite liked.

I also knew a little girl who told me her little sister was to be called "Harrison". At first I was surprised but it really grew on me. Turns out, she'd misheard "Harriet" but nonetheless I now quite like Harrison for a girl...

Mamabear1475 · 28/04/2018 22:16

Frankie
Alex
Stevie
Toni

youarenotkiddingme · 28/04/2018 22:14

Jamie

Nicky, Bobby, Matty.

Usually nn for Nicola, Roberta and Matilda.