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Any masculine names for DD??

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ElisaMay · 22/07/2020 12:02

I was wondering if there were any good more masculine names for my DD like Billie, Wren, etc??

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NeedToKnow101 · 22/07/2020 15:45

Nigel.

wildthingsinthenight · 22/07/2020 15:43

Scout

MrsFogi · 22/07/2020 15:41

One of the coolest girls I have ever met was called Claude. DH vetoed it for our dds.

drspouse · 22/07/2020 15:37

There are plenty of non frilly, strong sounding girls names that won’t make it seem like a rejection of her biological sex.

Indeed, lots of old-fashioned names that are not unisex but not trying too hard to sound girly either. More feminine names seem to be associated with an -ee or -ia or -a ending and likewise with real objects that are either gemstones, flowers, or "light" natural phenomena or concepts such as rain, spring, hope, love etc.

Elizabeth
Catherine
Margaret
Maud
Anne
Susan
Deborah
Jane
Abigail
Alice
Eleanor
Enid
Helen
Jocelyn
Meredith
Penelope
Ruth
Sarah

wivenbaskey · 22/07/2020 15:25

For me, giving a child a name that you more often associate with the opposite sex is something that will help a child stand out. I went to school with a male Kerry and Stacey (80's) and I thought they were so cool because their names bucked a trend. My son is dual nationality and has a N European first and surname and is always told how cool his name sounds, people remember him partly because of it.

Alex is fabulous name for a girl.

GarlicMcAtackney · 22/07/2020 15:20

Why did you spam the board with so many threads OP? You could have made one. Sabre Witch Man Surname 🙌

MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2020 15:20

DS is Samantha, DD1 is called Nigel and DD2 is Jeremiah.

AdaHopper · 22/07/2020 15:18
  • Sam (short for Samantha?)
  • Jools
  • Alex (short for Alexandra?)
SoupDragon · 22/07/2020 15:09

Derek.
Malcolm
Boris
Wilfred

iwontfloaaatt · 22/07/2020 15:02

@NameChange84 thank you! Finally someone gets it. It's totally sexist.

NameChange84 · 22/07/2020 14:57

I think it’s quite misogynistic to intentionally saddle a female child with a male name. It’s like you are encouraging them to be more masculine because being feminine or indeed female is unacceptable and inferior to being male and masculine.

There are plenty of non frilly, strong sounding girls names that won’t make it seem like a rejection of her biological sex.

Interesting that we never see any threads about calling a son Martha or Caitlin or Francesca etc.

applecatchers36 · 22/07/2020 14:53

Parker
Reilly
Harper
Alex
Bobby
Kieron

Waffleswaffles · 22/07/2020 14:48

But why is it nice? What names do you like?

DigitalGhost · 22/07/2020 14:44

Clarke
Billie
Eden
Alexa

MikeUniformMike · 22/07/2020 14:26

Wewantedaboy?

IggyAce · 22/07/2020 14:20

Frankie (Francesca)
Charlie (Charlotte)
Robyn
Blake
Max (Maxine)
Matty (Matilda)
Toni
Terri

LovingLola · 22/07/2020 14:17

Maxine is pretty masculine

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TeetotalKoala · 22/07/2020 14:14

I know I Dylen (yes spelled like that), a Stevie and a Frankie.

Agree that you could use a masculine nickname so as suggested above but also Alexandra/Alex

Persephone/Percy

Rowan
Robyn
Robbie

MorbidMuch · 22/07/2020 14:08

What about names that can be shortened to masculine sounding nicknames? I'm drawing on some Blyton inspiration here:

Roberta nn Bobby
Georgina nn George
Wilhemina nn Bill
Francesca nn Frankie or Frank
Jacqueline nn Jack
Josephine nn Jo

user58 · 22/07/2020 13:25

Kirby?

LittleRa · 22/07/2020 13:07

I know of a little girl called Owen

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ElisaMay · 22/07/2020 13:02

Just thinking of different options!

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user58 · 22/07/2020 12:57

@ElisaMay but in your other thread, you gave Lily-Rose as a possible name for your DD? That's about the least masculine name I can think of! Hmm

Ignoremeiaminvisible · 22/07/2020 12:47

Why not Charlotte then you can call her Charlie but she will have the option as she gets older to be called either

chunkyrun · 22/07/2020 12:43

Ray
Alex
Shay
Reece
Morgan
Robyn

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