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James as a girls name?

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CaitlinEJ · 22/06/2019 17:01

Hi all,

I met a little girl called James the other day, at first I thought it was weird but now I’ve got to know her it’s really cute and suits her. I’ve heard of a few other girls names James and I was wondering what everyone thought of it as a girls name?

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formerbabe · 22/06/2019 17:20

James is a great name for a boy.

It seems terribly 'try hard' and hipster to call a girl James.

CarolDanvers · 22/06/2019 17:19

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have a dd called James. As does Kristin Cavallari.

Walkamileinmyshoesbeforeujudge · 22/06/2019 17:16

School friend was Kelly. A boy. Years of being on the girl's list and ridiculed.
Jamie maybe but not James.

userabcname · 22/06/2019 17:15

I think a celebrity has a girl James? Jaime is a girl's name and it's not a million miles away so I don't see a problem really.

CarolDanvers · 22/06/2019 17:13

I think they use it as a girls name more often in the U.S. I quite like it. Wouldn't use it though.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 22/06/2019 17:12

We have "boy Ali and girl Ally" in the same class at my children's school. "Boy James and girl James" would be somewhat bizarre, but that is, I suspect, what would end up happening

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CaitlinEJ · 22/06/2019 17:09

Just clarifying, I’m never going to use it as a girls name.

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DonkeyHohtay · 22/06/2019 17:05

Don't be ridiculous. James is a boys' name.

Would you call a boy Rebecca, Lucy or Susan? No? So don't call a girl James.

UnderPompeii · 22/06/2019 17:04

What now? That's like having Alice as a boys name.

QueenofCBA · 22/06/2019 17:03

Why? I teach a “Dylan, but she is a girl”. Your dd would forever be known as “James the girl” and, at my school, be ridiculed for it, too.