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Boys names for girls

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Tstevens · 14/08/2019 07:55

Hi
I really like boys names for girls
I have Billie, Bobbie, Georgie and Jaime
Any others to through into the mix?
I think Billie is my fav though - thoughts on that?
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thismeansnothing · 14/08/2019 15:08

Billie, Stevie and Robyn were on our list for DD. In the end we went with Frankie

FrancisCrawford · 14/08/2019 14:56

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Vivi890 · 14/08/2019 14:29

LOVE Billie for a girl!

AdelaideK · 14/08/2019 14:15

I wanted to call my son Kelly. I don't like it for a girl but I love it for a boy. It sounded silly with my surname though.

BertrandRussell · 14/08/2019 14:13

“I know a young female (22) called Micah, and I think it is a lovely name for both male and female.”
I’d just think her parents were pretty ignorant, frankly.

Mrsfrumble · 14/08/2019 14:10

I think 40 or 50-something Judes are most likely to actually be shortened Judiths

Bertrand I agree with you, but when people are openly admitting that they don’t want to use traditionally feminine names because they associate them with weakness and inferiority, what can be done?

Shadow1234 · 14/08/2019 13:56

I know a young female (22) called Micah, and I think it is a lovely name for both male and female.

Also love Frankie. (my favourite on your list).

Hayden
Reese
Cameron
Eden
Rowan
Quinn
Blake
Avery

thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 14/08/2019 13:47

Jeff

TheVanguardSix · 14/08/2019 12:43

I love Blake, Frankie, and Jaime.

Blair
Rani or Ronnie
Joud or Jude
Alix
Frances (for which Frankie can be a nn)
Izzy (Isadora)

AnneKipanki · 14/08/2019 12:37

Rudy

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/08/2019 12:34

Cody. Finley. Jo. Elliot. Jaqueline (Jack)

neverornow · 14/08/2019 12:22

Alex is my fav boys name for a girl

Antonin · 14/08/2019 12:05

The problem is that when traditionally boys names become commonly used for girls, parents shy away from using those names for boys. I’ve seen queries on MN from parents asking if it’s ok to use such names for a boy. The way things are trending, in a hundred years there will be very few names not used for girls and parents will be agonising over what to name their sons if they want a really masculine name.
We have an Alexis in our family and I love the name . A hundred years ago it was regarded as a totally Male name and rather foreign, at that. It’s still unisex but more girls than boys are named Alexis now and some people have questioned whether it is in fact a boys’ name.

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bridgetreilly · 14/08/2019 11:30

It's absolutely sexist to think it's fine to give girls boy names and not vice versa. It perpetuates the ingrained sexism in society which says that being male or masculine is aspirational and being female or feminine is not. Please, please, please do not keep doing this. Celebrate the female-ness of your daughters and teach them they can succeed, no matter how girly and feminine they want to be.

Xraydog · 14/08/2019 11:17

The only female Jude’s I know are in their 40s and 50s. Lots and lots of little male Jude’s around. I know two male Robins one is 70 the other 10.

Names like Steven/Stephen, George, Albert, Alexander, Oliver, Robert have had popular feminised versions for centuries and remain popular for boys too. You could argue that one name is just a version of the other name but the pet names are often the same for boys and girls but remain very popular for boys - Sam is another example.

As it happens both my boys have biblical names that sit just as well on girls as boys and neither have ever raised an eyebrow. I get far more comment because my female dogs have traditionally male names Confused

BertrandRussell · 14/08/2019 11:04

I don’t think it means they weren’t wanted- but I do think it might mane a girl wonder whether they really wanted a boy. And I have never had an answer to the question why does it never go the other way round. Except that it’s aspirational for a girl to have a boy’s name- and the opposite for a boy to have a girl’s. Which is crap, really.

golddustwomen · 14/08/2019 10:59

@FrancisCrawford that's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on this site. My dd has a 'boys' name and she was very much wanted!!!

BertrandRussell · 14/08/2019 10:50

“Evelyn, Jocelyn, Jude and Robyn are examples of names that work perfectly well for boys and girls (with slightly different spellings) and are just as popular now for boys as they were 100 yeas ago”

No boys have been called Evelyn or Joscelyn in England for the last 20 years. Robin ins decreasing in popularity for boys. Jude is a Biblical boy’s name that has only recently been used for girls.

And I don’t understand your ooh t about Oliver or Alexander.

FrancisCrawford · 14/08/2019 10:48

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pontiouspilates · 14/08/2019 10:44

I love Billie and Frankie for girls.

Colourfulest · 14/08/2019 10:41

@BertrandRussell because Jane is an awful name 😬

But really... It's fine if you wanna call your son Jane or Emily. Nobody is stopping you.

Colourfulest · 14/08/2019 10:40

Riley
Parker
Morgan
James

Xraydog · 14/08/2019 10:38

Evelyn, Jocelyn, Jude and Robyn are examples of names that work perfectly well for boys and girls (with slightly different spellings) and are just as popular now for boys as they were 100 yeas ago. If it was true that feminised boys names dropped out of usage how is it that Oliver and Alexander are so popular?

BertrandRussell · 14/08/2019 09:26

Names travel from boy to girl then they stop being boys names. This never happens the other way.