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Eden - is it too 'feminine'?

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namechange097 · 05/06/2019 10:23

DP and I both loved the name Eden for a boy (I've loved it for years), but have had several comments that it's a girls name and that a boy would be made fun of with it.

Opinions? Would it cause confusion/bullying? It is a unisex name.

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Penny4Thoughts · 05/06/2019 20:18

Porny ????

holdupwaitamin · 05/06/2019 20:14

I know one girl Eden and three boy Edens. The boys are all French and pronounced more like "edden" whereas the girls name is pronounced like the garden of Eden ...

To me, a boy's name.

TheHammock · 05/06/2019 20:03

I love it for a boy.

I like names like Jem, kit and Kim for boys though, so maybe that rules out my vote!

juliainthedeepwater · 05/06/2019 20:00

The only Eden I know is a boy - I think from the responses on here you can tell it's a genuinely unisex name.

Greyhound22 · 05/06/2019 19:43

I know a little girl called Eden and I was telling my DM about her and she presumed I meant a boy so I guess it's both.

MyDcAreMarvel · 05/06/2019 17:58

It’s a girls name like Tracey that used to be a boys.

anothernotherone · 05/06/2019 17:56

I know it can be a boy's name but the only Eden I know is a woman in her 50s.

I have a unisex name and found it really embarrassing as a tenager and somewhat annoying in my 20s, I guess it helped me develop a thick skin but having lived 45 years with a unisex name I am not a fan of them at all and didn't give any of my children unisex names.

taylorlynn · 05/06/2019 17:49

I know more boy Eden then girls

Crushedvelvetcouch · 05/06/2019 17:20

Porny GrinGrinGrin

Jaspermcsween · 05/06/2019 17:18

I think it’s a bit porny

Newmumma83 · 05/06/2019 17:16

My mate has a little boy called Eden and it really suits him ... go for it x x

Pinkvoid · 05/06/2019 17:15

It is a boys name imo, the only Eden I have met was male.

Quintella · 05/06/2019 14:10

I named my Dd Eden after first hearing the name in Ruth Rendell's A Dark Adapted Eye, which was on TV when i was a teenager.

Oh I loved that book and adaptation! Haven't read it in 20 years....but didn't things ends badly for all characters?

DramaAlpaca · 05/06/2019 14:08

I consider it a girls' name.

KatherineJaneway · 05/06/2019 14:03

To me it is female name, I would give it to a boy as I wouldn't want them bullied.

BertrandRussell · 05/06/2019 14:01

Nearly 4 times as many girls than boys.

TatianaLarina · 05/06/2019 13:50

My impression is that it’s more commonly a female name in the U.K, but without looking at the stats I don’t know.

The other problem is accents - with an estuary accent it comes out Aydern, so I think it depends where you live.

spanishwife · 05/06/2019 13:34

Works for both and is lovely!

Lots of names don't give away the gender, and I actually think this is a good thing.
Think of Ashleigh, or Jo or Frances (unless written down)

floramcdougal · 05/06/2019 13:27

I’d think you were Chelsea fans too

Princessfaffalot · 05/06/2019 13:17

I love it for both a girl and a boy. My dd’s middle name is Eden and if she’d been a boy it would have been his first name.

FizzyGreenWater · 05/06/2019 13:17

Yes absolutely a girl's name to me.

I honestly think that you should go with the stats on this one - it's becoming only more popular as a girl's name and will end up as one - a bit like Lindsey, Hilary etc.

Aquilla · 05/06/2019 13:16

I would assume it was a girl but ok as a boys names i guess.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 05/06/2019 12:59

I know both so wouldn't presume either way.
I also know an Aden (boy).

mclady · 05/06/2019 12:53

I know two male Eden's, yet I feel it's a girls name.

Cookit · 05/06/2019 12:47

I also think that it being so uncommon doesn’t really help it being seen by most people commenting as a unisex name - I’ve only ever met two Edens, one would have been born late 1990s and the other about 4 years a go. Both were girls so I assumed it was a girls’ name.

This is probably quite helpful to you if you use it though as it will then be a unisex name or a boys’ name to everyone who then meets your Eden, if you choose it.

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