Boys names for girls.....

These threads never go down well on MN. People can be so very judgy.

I have similar taste to you and have always LOVED Andi for a girl. Since the first time I saw a The Devil Wears Prada when I was about 12 years old. Other unisex type names I really like are Alex (much prefer it for a girl than a boy) Robyn, Brynn, Eddie, Frankie, Jamie.

I love Elliot or Benji (my DD's name)!!

How about danni or Toby/Tobie. I think they are cute

I think you're right there, Babs.

Pepper and Pixie definitely got my attention more but I definitely think names fade into personalities and you soon forget that you ever felt that way.

I agree Babs I've heard much worse. It's growing on me.

My neighbour has 2 grand-daughters Pepper and Pixie. She and I both raised our eyes to heaven when they were born, but I quite like them now they're cute, mischievous toddlers.

I quite like Dylan actually, something appeals to me. I do like Bob Dylan but not a massive fan. Definitely heard worse (IMO)!

My niece has just named her baby girl Dylan (3 days old and divine). I'm not sure tbh. They're a cool couple into their tattoos and music so it probably seems right to them. I'd never say i was a bit iffy about the name, each to.their own.

I like some of these boysie unisex names.

But might it not make a girl think you'd have rather had a boy?

Goodness knows what Nigella and her sisters Thomasina and Horatia thought. ..
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Stevie is cool though. Stevie Smith...Stevie Nicks...

Monty?

As someone who can't stand 99% of girls names I so agree with the OP! I was so chuffed we ended up having a boy as I only liked fairly masculine names, I also love Billie/Billy and Robyn/Robin

Why????
Poor child.

Gotta be Stevie because of Nicks

I know a female Finley and a female Elliott

I can see both sides of this argument and have found the discussion interesting

Whilst "Alice Cooper" exists, in everyday life I'm yet to meet any boy called Emma, Katherine, or any other "strong" girl name.
I know girls called Rory Billy and Noah though.

The expressions "crying like a girl", "throwing like a girl" "acting like a girl" are still alive and well and I've heard dads using these expressions in the playground, directed at their sons, without giving a second thought.

@sel2223
Maybe it WAS rare and shocking in the era they chose their stage names (re. Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper), i wouldn't say that's the case now.

Oh come on, how many boys called Alice and Marylin do you really know?! You mention a 'trend' but I really do not see it. You listed some examples (of which many were stage names anyway), but as far as I know there isn't a long list of traditionally female names that have become used for boys now.

I don't think anyone is saying that the OP or parents chosing similar names are sexist themselves (at least not consciously), but that the reason why these names are used in the way they are, shows underlying sexism. That's all. No one is offended.

I shave my legs. I do not like having hairy armipts. I am still aware that the reason I do this is because of sexists stereotypes.

I like Charlie or Billie. X

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@sel2223 completely agree with everything you’ve said. How this has become a topic on demoting females is so narrow minded.

It doesn’t matter if you like the name Paul, Sage or Lucy for your baby, call it whatever you want. It doesn’t mean you’re sexist or trying to prove a point

Because addressing little details of other people's posts to prove them wrong rather than the actual point is tiresome.

Oh the irony since that is literally what you have done in all your replies!

We will have to agree to disagree. I too have lived and worked in several countries and have travelled around the world. It's not sexist.

'contrary teenagers' because we don't all agree with your outdated viewpoint?

Nope. Because addressing little details of other people's posts to prove them wrong rather than the actual point is tiresome.

Maybe things are different where you're from but in my area, the people I know etc, nobody would bat an eyelid.

I've lived in three countries and travelled in 40 more. No one would raise an eyebrow here either. Doesn't stop it being sexist.

@MrsTerryPratchett 'contrary teenagers' because we don't all agree with your outdated viewpoint? I'm 37 so it's quite refreshing being described as such 😉 thank you.

Moving forward, it's probably best you don't comment on threads like this with controversial and inflammatory replies if you're not prepared to have people offer a different opinion to your own.

As i've said several times previously, I think names follow different trends at different times. It really is that simple. It's not sexism just like it's not cultural appropriation if you want to name your child a name used in another country or culture. It's just people choosing a name they like for their DC.

FFS people just give up with probably and you believe you've 'won'.

Do you broadly agree that stereotypically male names become unisex and then female more frequently than the opposite? And what is the reason for that?

It's like writing an essay question for contrary teenagers.

A few examples like Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper who are literally doing that BECAUSE it's rare and shocking, don't mean it's not mostly one way. They also wear make up

Maybe it WAS rare and shocking in the era they chose their stage names, i wouldn't say that's the case now.

Maybe things are different where you're from but in my area, the people I know etc, nobody would bat an eyelid. You'd get more comments and raised eyebrows for some of the made up, modern names I've seen on here than you ever would for bucking tradition with a traditionally boys or girls name and using it for the opposite sex.

Lol yes one of those would have been better . Steff is short for Steffan which is the Welsh Stephen.
Off hand I can think of three male Steffs under 30 that I know....