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Rory for a girl

157 replies

MissMoodyMoo · 07/05/2023 14:45

So what are peoples opinions on Rory for a girl? I really like it. We are struggling to agree on a girls name. My husband likes Ivy, Daisy, Lily and fern but think they are too cutesy and I want a strong but pretty name

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SkiingIsHeaven · 08/05/2023 09:29

It will cause loads of confusion, questioning and bullying throughout her life. I personally wouldn't want that for my daughter.

CurlewKate · 08/05/2023 09:23

@Startwithamimosa "Why can't a boy be Daisey." Of course a boy could be Daisy. My point is that he just wouldn't be. People who think it's absolutely fine to give a girl a boy's name because it's "strong" wouldn't DREAM of giving a boy a girl's name. All the "unisex" names are actually boy's names that fall out of favour for boys the moment they become associated with girls.

TheBirdintheCave · 08/05/2023 09:22

@Startwithamimosa If parents were routinely calling boys Isabella, Melanie, Sophia etc then there wouldn't be an issue with girls being given traditionally male names. Everything would be unisex and evenly distributed. It never works that way though. Girls are being given traditionally male names as parents equate them with power and strength, qualities they may or may not realise they are imagining as male.

It irks me in films as well, Gravity's astronaut called 'Ryan' for example or Star Trek Discovery's leading female character 'Michael'. Discovery is perhaps the worst for this kind of crime. Of its two leading female characters the one they called Michael is portrayed as strong and confident. Her friend Sylvia by contrast is portrayed as weak and cowardly. What is this teaching girls/women other than if you want to be cool, strong and successful then having a male name is better?

Startwithamimosa · 08/05/2023 09:01

Reugny · 07/05/2023 23:43

OP have you checked the meaning of the name?

You are aware that lots of people do business and communicate with people worldwide so people from other cultures will be interested in why her parents gave a girl a name that means "red king". Many will think it is because you didn't want a girl.

I seriously doubt this. Do you google the origin and meaning of foreign names? Can't say I ever have.

Startwithamimosa · 08/05/2023 08:59

TheBirdintheCave · 08/05/2023 08:13

...those are all originally boy's names co-opted by parents of girls who wanted something 'edgy' 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I remember when I first met a Stacey and I was so confused. I thought this may have been the case for some of those names. Personally I don't understand why people on here are so upright with names, as names evolve over time and with language etc. Why can't a boy be Daisey. We are too uptight over these things (clothes shopping yesterday for my toddler and am so sick of seeing the sexist divide even at such a young age).

Soozikinzii · 08/05/2023 08:42

I do know a female Rauri -is how I think they spell it in tgat family - and thought why give her a boy's name ? Exactly the same as everyone else on here I see . Aurora shortened to Rory called Rory by family every single day would be fine because it's a girls name and she won't have to explain it every time she meets someone ! IMHO.

CurlewKate · 08/05/2023 08:35

They don't even think "I want my son to have a gentle, nurturing name. I know, I'll call him Daisy."

gettingoldisshit · 08/05/2023 08:35

I think its hideous, however i don't like it for a boy either.

CurlewKate · 08/05/2023 08:34

@Startwithamimosa Those are all originally boys names. Surprisingly 🤔 once people started to use them for girls, they suddenly stopped being popular for boys. Because nobody-and I mean nobody ever thinks "I want my son to have a strong name. I know, I'll call him Daisy."

TheBirdintheCave · 08/05/2023 08:13

Startwithamimosa · 08/05/2023 02:42

I like it. If boys can be Stacey, Ashley, Lee, Shannon, Kim ... why can't a girl be Rory. As long as you're OK with people assuming she's going to be a boy, then go for it

...those are all originally boy's names co-opted by parents of girls who wanted something 'edgy' 🤷🏻‍♀️

TrashyPanda · 08/05/2023 06:51

It’s a boys name.

literally and in practice

CurlewKate · 08/05/2023 06:50

Only if you'd call a boy Rose.

UseOfWeapons · 08/05/2023 06:48

No, sorry.

user1492757084 · 08/05/2023 06:05

No, your other names are nicer, by far.

Even Lily, which is not on my top fifty names, I prefer to Rory for a girl.

As a nick name for Aurora it is acceptable - giving your daughter options.
Aurora is nice though I prefer Fern, Flora, Ida and Daisy.

Do you like Victoria - Ori; Maurilla or Laura?

gerispringer · 08/05/2023 05:09

It’s a no from me - a nice name for a boy but will she grow up gender confused with everyone thinking she’s a boy/ trans / her parents really wanted a boy so they gave her a boys name.?

Oblomov23 · 08/05/2023 05:00

Please don't. It's a boys name. Don't do that to her.

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 08/05/2023 03:25

No, it's awful. Dislike the roar sound in it. Aurora is awful too. Wor wor wor said by some.

giggly · 08/05/2023 03:22

SargentSagittarius · 08/05/2023 02:53

I wouldn’t want to be called Rory.

Mainly because it would be beyond tedious to have to continually explain why my parents are such dunderheads that yes, they gave me a name meaning King.

Not quite what was asked but I’ve not heard “dunderheeds” for years

echt · 08/05/2023 03:19

Robert and Ethel Kennedy's posthumous child was a girl and is called Rory. 1968.

embolass · 08/05/2023 03:13

Eh no, it’s a boys name
Call her Strong instead 😁

SargentSagittarius · 08/05/2023 02:53

I wouldn’t want to be called Rory.

Mainly because it would be beyond tedious to have to continually explain why my parents are such dunderheads that yes, they gave me a name meaning King.

Elieza · 08/05/2023 02:47

Boys name. Sorry op.

Startwithamimosa · 08/05/2023 02:42

I like it. If boys can be Stacey, Ashley, Lee, Shannon, Kim ... why can't a girl be Rory. As long as you're OK with people assuming she's going to be a boy, then go for it

LadyJ2023 · 08/05/2023 01:31

Rory for a girl huh 🤪

Beeswood · 08/05/2023 01:18

No. Definitely a boy's name.

I like the names your DH has chosen.