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Is it cruel to give your son a “unisex name” nowadays

78 replies

Elizabethdelver11 · 21/05/2022 13:21

This is random but i was just looking through the new US Name list and names that were once male names are predominantly girls names and have been for the past 20 years. It just got me thinking about how it would be cruel to give your little boy a name like Ashley, Taylor, Addison, Avery nowadays. (I Always thought Ashley sounded like a girls name anyway)They don’t even make the top 200 now for boys. I would imagine boys today would be heavily bullied to have such “feminine” style names. They are unisex but I think many people now associate them with girls! I know I do. What’s everyone’s opinion on this? Is it just me

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pinklavenders · 21/05/2022 13:53

I would imagine boys today would be heavily bullied to have such “feminine” style names.

Only if parents support such narrow minded behaviour.

pinklavenders · 21/05/2022 13:52

No! Kids are pretty open minded about different names and tend to 'accept' the names of their mates.

GiltEdges · 21/05/2022 13:22

Nope, still sound like very unisex names to me.