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Girls with predominantly boys names - anyone?

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dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 18:04

has anyone given their dd a name more commonly used for a boy?

any regrets? problems? any opinions (very stupid question on MN!!!)

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redrobin · 19/06/2008 21:10

i have a Robin - i loved the Chalet Girls stories and named her for the Robin in them! if people don't see her (ie when i phone for doctor's appointment) its automatically assumed that she is a boy...but she is obviously a girl face to face! i've had some negative comments from old grannies, but who cares. Her small sister has just started calling her Bobby, i didn't really like it until i remembered the Railway Children. but really if you like it...who cares?

girlandboy · 19/06/2008 21:08

I know 2 girls called Robyn, but I also went to school with a boy called Tracy.

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dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 21:06

beansontoast my dad always says they should've called me Georgina so they could shorten it to Georgie as I never suited my obber girly double barralled poncy name that my mother gave me

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dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 21:05

wrinkly sorry, will try to explain better

we already have two dd's
Isabella known as Ella and
Alexandra known as Lexie

dh has now announced he likes Dylan for a girl, which was what I really pushed for when we had dd2 but am wondering can I use it after two girly names - esp as people are already annoying me by constantly asking if we were trying for a boy iyswim?

a compromise would be to give her a more 'girly' first name and Dylan as her second name but use it everyday instead of a shortened version of a fn

god I overthink things

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beansontoast · 19/06/2008 21:02

i know someone with daughters called
georgie,alex,charlie and frankie...another true story!

wrinklytum · 19/06/2008 21:00

Dizzy I'm sorry you've lost me!!!

I LOVE my name,I think it is pretty and actually more feminine than masculine,but it gets very wearing as it is joked about in the context of a famous guy having the name.I have met other people with my name - 2 boys and 1 girl

LuLuBai · 19/06/2008 20:55

LOL Alan

James, Andy and Robin are all becoming popular girls names these days - esp in the US.

Sacha is usually used for girls in this country but is actually a Russian boys name short for Alexander.

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dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 20:37

wrinklytum sorry to pester you BUT would you have preferred it to have been a mn?

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wrinklytum · 19/06/2008 20:32

I have a unisex name,it has been mentioned on this thread.I do like it but get tired of people saying "Oh I thought that was a boys name??".

cheesesarnie · 19/06/2008 20:31

my ds middle name in robin and ive been told off for giving him a girls name!

StealthPolarBear · 19/06/2008 20:28

lol enid - I am noticing

NotDoingTheHousework · 19/06/2008 20:27

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Enid · 19/06/2008 20:26

yy

embrace femininity man

Hulababy · 19/06/2008 20:25

I personally like proper girl's names for girls. I go in for girly girl names

Enid · 19/06/2008 20:24

my niece is called Dave

MarkStretch · 19/06/2008 20:24

Stevie is my favourite girls name ever.

I wasn't allowed to use it for dd

willow · 19/06/2008 20:21

I know a Robyn, a Charlie and a Stevie.

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dizzydixies · 19/06/2008 20:20

Dylan is welsh meaning son of the sea
Dillon is Irish meaning trust

my dd2 is Alexandra known as Lexie

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PortBlacksandResident · 19/06/2008 20:20

My friends DD is called Mike.

Enid · 19/06/2008 20:18

my friends dd is called Alan

micci25 · 19/06/2008 20:15

i like dylan for a girl and if any one has watched the wicker man the young girl at the center of that story is called rowen!

my dd1s name is a girls name (its welsh) and the end of it is gaelic (hyphonated name) but both names sound quite masculine, and some people think that its a boys name! others (dp's family) think that it is a name i just made up!! but most of he commments i get are about how nice and unusual her name is. and she loves her name although she sometimes tells people that she is called rhiannon! but i think that is because thats what the ta at her nursery thinks she is called!

bikerunski · 19/06/2008 20:08

I know a male Kim. I know it's meant to be a unisex name, but it seems far more common on girls.I've also come across a male Beverley.
Both and Kim and Bev are big burly blokes, and you wouldn't want to mention that they have girl's names....

I thought female Dylan tended to be spelt Dillon ?

And then there's Billie Piper of course. Not keen on Billie for a girl actually.

Am loving the trend for abbreviating Alexandra to Lexie, leaving Alex to the boys. I like names to be gender distinctive too,

NutterlyUts · 19/06/2008 20:04

I went to school with Stevies of both sexes..

expatinscotland · 19/06/2008 20:00

Very naff and American trend.

funnypeculiar · 19/06/2008 19:59

According to my dad (who lectures in child psych) girls with unisex shortenings (think Charlie, Sam etc) are more likely to have well paid/traditionally masculine jobs than girls with highly feminised names. Some study or so found.
Obviously, lots of mitigating factors in there (eg parents who give girls girly names more likely to reinforce girly behaviour)

I do slightly wonder about the current rash of imo uber-girly (not just feminine but young) names...