Boys names for girls.....

Would you rather nitpick the individual names or address the wider issue?

Literally what you just did when I gave a few examples of males using traditionally female names

You specifically mentioned ' Steff' as a name that boys don't have. But they do. Lots of them....

Would you rather nitpick the individual names are address the wider issue? Stef was a poor choice. Poopy? Maisie? Floella? Tamesha? Eva?

it's become trendy to be offended these days

I'm not offended. Where would the offence cone from? I'm pointing out that it's sexist that stereotypically male names are given to girls commonly and female names aren't commonly given to boys. There's a reason for that and it's sexist. If the OP doesn't care about that, she can fill her boots.

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. It doesn't mean the sexist expectation to wear make up is now randomly unisex.

But I'm not offended. I'm just not blind to sexism.
And as PP pointed out, you can see the like to 'throw/cry like a girl'. Female qualities are derided. Same reason.

You specifically mentioned ' Steff' as a name that boys don't have. But they do. Lots of them....

I like 'boys' names for girls too.

I like James, George, Henry and Bobby/Robbie. Would probably put the longer version on the birth certificate like Georgia/Georgina, Henrietta and Roberta where possible.

I like Stevie and Drew from your list. What about Sidney?

@MrsTerryPratchett so they chose to go by those names but that doesn't count?
This thread is full of 'boys names' which are commonly used as female names in other countries and vice versa. That's the point.

Like I said, it's become trendy to be offended these days and create problems where they don't exist. The fact that you consider so-called male names 'superior' and a 'promotion' says more about you and your views than it does about anyone else choosing to name their child whatever name they want.

I would quite like to call a boy Hilary or Evelyn. I don’t think I’ve ever met boys with those names despite being boys names.

Well, people will have varying opinions on what is ridiculous.

I'm a female Ellis 🤣
Often hear mums in the park calling over the name, turn round and it's a little boy x

You knew what I meant Destroyed, come on.

For that matter Kelly is a normal Welsh male name and Lindsey is a normal male name too.

I know several boys called' Steff'...it's a normal British name.....

Alice Cooper is Vincent. Same reason.

Marilyn Manson?

You mean Brian? I've met him. Utter wanker. It's almost like he did it for shock value.

It's oh so cute to hear all the female Freds and Andys and Charlies and Stevies. But you don't go to the playground and hear male Fredas and Andreas (well, except in Italy) and Carlas and Steffs. That would be weird not cute. Because goodness knows you can't saddle a poor boy with a GIRLS' name.

@IamAporcupine I disagree.... Marilyn Manson? Lindsay Buckingham? Joyce Kilmer? Shelby Foote? Evelyn Waugh? Kelly Slater? Kelly Jones? Alice Cooper?

Names go in trends and have done for a long, long time. Unfortunately, it's become trendy now to be offended at everything and look for issues where they don't exist. It's ridiculous.

For me it is a bit strange. My cousin named her girls Stevie and Charlie ( in their 20s/ 30s now) and everyone thought it was strange, not cool. Everyone asked if she was a bit of a hippy, but she wasn't. It was suggested by some that it was a bit 'common' (gasp). At the time people thought they'd have issues if they chose certain professions- I'm not sure.

As a PP said Rowan ( pronounced like cow and the name of the tree ) is clearly a girl's name here in Scotland and was my choice if DC3 was a girl: he wasn't but didn't want Rowan ( pronounced like crow) for a boy.

I always struggled with girl's names as I'm not girly at all so found many girl's names too feminine, but I wouldn't have used a boy's name. I have 3 boys and for one of them and have always used shortened version of his name (at school too) but I feel very strongly that he has his full name to use if he ever wants to.

Don't like the idea of it. Boys' names are boys' names, but one or two unisex ones are nice, for example Jay or Kim.

@iloveyoubutilovememore - sorry, you are missing the point entirely.
But even if I follow, your logic, it would be a promotion, not a demotion.

What a few of us are trying to say is that you would never see this below as a thread

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Really love girl names for boys. Our faves our below, please could you let me know your thoughts on them and whether you think they work for a boy

Emma
Carla
Penelope

So because someone wants to give their daughter a more masculine name they're demoting their child. I really have heard it all!

@iloveyoubutilovememore

I would consider Charlie a unisex nickname but Charles and Charlotte (the actual names) I would considered to be pretty clearly gendered. Same with Alex vs Alexander and Alexandra. Or Sam vs Samantha and Samuel.

But what I meant was the OP called the thread "boys names for girls" and said that they "really love boy names for girls." So the OP is not asking for unisex names but boys' names.

Secretly I would quite like every name to be unisex, what I am sick of is the one-way drift of boys' names becoming unisex and then feminine. Never goes the other way.

@lukasiak - they can decide to be genderqueer as much as they like, and we will love them anyhow, but they will still always be boys/girls....

@worstwitch18 - so what is a unisex name to you? Because Charlie was a boy's name many years ago. Even when I was born thirty years ago it was very out there to call your daughter that. It may not be now but it WAS a male name. Names like Noah and River are used all the time on boys and girls. It's down to the individual, some would say they are categorically a boys or girls name but why can't they be for either? Why can't Andie be used for a girl? Or Dylan? In fact I work with a girl called Dylan and her name, or the 'affect' it's had on her life has never ever come up in conversation.

@sel2223 - I think you are missing the point of some of these 'ridiculous' PP.

It's fine if you or the OP like using boys names for girls (which is different to clearly unisex names), but what some PP are highlighting is that this 'trend' does not happen the other way around, and that there is a reason for that.

As MrsTerryPratchett put it:

It happens this way round because being a boy is a promotion and being a girl is a demotion.

I was discussing the expression 'you throw like a girl' with my 8yo son recently. I tried to turn it around (eg. 'you dance/run like a boy') and it just does not work - this promotion/demotion is so bloody engrained that 'like a boy' does not sound derogatory.

There is nothing wrong with questioning or reflecting upon these things.

@daisypond - yes she did but is there the need to be so harsh? Really? Just be kind people.......

@iloveyoubutilovememore

OP isn't suggesting unisex names.