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Cool/tom boy/no frills - girls names

292 replies

Pippathenippa · 20/02/2019 12:01

Appreciate this style isn’t to everyone’s taste & ‘you won’t know what she’ll be like’ has been thrown around but then you don’t know if she’ll be sickly sweet when you call a little girl daisy? You may recognise me from the Connie or Frankie thread! Grin I still feel like I’m looking for that perfect cool name for our second little girl! Please give me all your amazing suggestions, you’ve all been so helpful so far!

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Shadow1234 · 20/02/2019 14:22

Terri
Lori
Raine
Ellis
Stevie
Morgan
Ashleigh
Leigh

Peachbubble · 20/02/2019 14:19

Hazel
Rowan
Robyn
Harper
Saffron
Piper
Willa
Opal
Pearl
Seren
Coral
Olive
Agnes

Ribbonsonabox · 20/02/2019 14:08

What about a name that could be either?

So maybe Leonora... Leo for short? Then dependant on her persoality she can use the longer version or the shorter version.

Failing that I really like
Erin
Merryn
Dorcas (there was a really cool girl at my school called this!)
Vesta
Vita
Dita
Lena
Juno
Hero
Astrid
James
Aphra
Leda
Artemis
Io
Echo
Dagny
Chan
Thora
Robyn
Krista

user1457017537 · 20/02/2019 13:59

Dale/Dayle

MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2019 13:55

I agree Bertrand.
Leigh/Lee is unisex, but seems dated.
Lindsay was very popular for girls in my age group
Riley is very popular as a girl's name now.

I think it is unfair to give a girl a boy's name.

bsc · 20/02/2019 13:39

Eden and Morgan seem to be unisex these days.

Piper?
All the tomboys I know are called Anna (3 of them) or Sophie!

BertrandRussell · 20/02/2019 13:33

“names cannot be asexual, but they can be unisex”

They practically never are. Most “unisex” names are boys names girls use and which rapidly stop being boy’s names.

MikeUniformMike · 20/02/2019 13:28

lady doctor. ffs.

names cannot be asexual, but they can be unisex.

GrapesAndCheese · 20/02/2019 13:27

Lexie
Stevie
Harley
Whinnie
Frieda
Max
Jessie
Birdie

ohmywhattodo · 20/02/2019 13:21

Paris
Quinn
Reece
Robin
Rory
Scout
Winter
Indigo
Grayson

NorthEndGal · 20/02/2019 13:20

Joni
Mara
Lynn
Riley
Lana

AuntMarch · 20/02/2019 13:17

The lady doctored in Scrubs was called Elliot wasn't she? Not sure if it would be a different spelling.
I could never use it as one of my best friends is a (male) Elliot and would think it was all about him though lol.

I know or have known of: Toni, Bob (Roberta though I think), Billie, Jaq, Juda, Lou. They aren't my favourite names but I don't think they're "girly".
I think the way you see a name is quite influenced by people you know who have it so it's unlikely everyone would agree.

Tavannach · 20/02/2019 13:14

Billie
Charlie
Skye
Morven, or Morvern, if she has a bit of Scots
Jude

BertrandRussell · 20/02/2019 13:10

“Audrey was once asexual“

Do you mean Aubrey?

And no it wasn’t. It was a boy’s name that started to be used for girls and was then dropped like a hot brick for boys. Because having a name even remotely associated with girls makes boys’ willies drop off. True fact.

RhymingRabbit · 20/02/2019 13:01

Yes all things girl are just fucking awful aren't they.

RiverTam · 20/02/2019 13:00

cross yes, no doubt (been there, done that, got the T shirt!) but having a deliberately obtuse name is just annoying. My dad spelt my middle name in an unusual (though accepted) way and I have spent a lifetime having to return official documents as they've gone for the usual spelling. It's just a pain in the arse. And that's just a middle name!

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 20/02/2019 12:59

Also there's nothing progressive about thinking girls are so uncool they need boys' names.

SchnitzelVonKrumm · 20/02/2019 12:58

Coco like the clown?

BobbyGentry · 20/02/2019 12:57

Bob short for Kate?

Redcrayonisthebest · 20/02/2019 12:55

Stevie
Billie
Raya
Sienna
Juno
Kamryn
Toni
Georgia
Jessie

crosstalk · 20/02/2019 12:51

river Whatever you call your DC they will hate the name at some stage. Strange abbreviations pop up. My DD is called by her surname and DS has a nickname totally unrelated to his actual name.

OP give them three first names - they can pick the one they prefer later.

I do like the asexual names but even in those fashions change - John Wayne was Marion which sounds strange now, and Audrey was once asexual.

BlueMerchant · 20/02/2019 12:51

Coco is THE coolest name but also elegant and cosmopolitan to me. I would love a daughter called Coco and equally would love to be called it myself.
I've also just thought of another name I love-Dakota.

TatianaLarina · 20/02/2019 12:45

Why does a cool girl’s name have to be unisex or an adaption of a boy’s name?

Why are girls names associated with frills?

What’s wrong with being female?

BertrandRussell · 20/02/2019 12:44

And Coco is one of the frilliest girly names going........

LetsSplashMummy · 20/02/2019 12:44

I think short snappy names fit the bill:

Meg
Tess
Thea

Or nicknames like Kat, Lou, Bess, Nell...

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