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Thoughts on Casey for a boy???

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Browndog15 · 27/09/2026 21:17

Hello 👋 Basically, I’m 20 weeks pregnant and we have just found out we’re having a boy. I LOVE the name Casey, but my partner says it’s a girl name/too girly. Will we get that from a lot of other people (e.g our judgmental parents) and more importantly, will he be picked on in high school for having a “girls” name?? We are in England, which I thought to mention as the stats between boys vs girls with the name seems to vary by country but google says UK is 70% girls to 30% boy. What do you think????

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Bananacrepewithnuts · 27/09/2026 21:21

I'm with your DH on this one. Maybe go for something else and have this for a middle name (or wait to see if you have a girl on the future).
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Seashor · 27/09/2026 21:22

My thought is that it’s a terrible name for a boy or a girl. I feel for any adult stuck with a name like that.

B9waiting · 27/09/2026 21:25

I love it but think in the UK it’s more of a girl’s name (definitely more of a boy’s name in the US)

MudandMoet · 27/09/2026 21:52

Having recently watched Yellowstone (very late to the party I know!) I love it. I would think as pp has mentioned it’s more popular in the US. I also like Jesse for a boy so I’m not surprised I like Casey.

GlaikitWeeNyaff · 27/09/2026 21:53

Is your surname Jones?

catdistributionsystem · 27/09/2026 21:58

There was a boy called Casey in my class at primary school, so it’s always been a masculine name to me. I don’t like it for a girl at all!

Besidemyselfwithworry · 27/09/2026 21:59

I’m not a fan of Casey for a girl or a boy but it’s your baby, you decide
congratulations on your baby boy pregnancy

ComeOnJolene · 27/09/2026 22:10

I went to primary school with a boy called Casey 15ish years ago but all other Casey's I have known have been girls.

FeralWoman · 27/09/2026 22:15

Don’t do it. Choose a different name. Have it as his middle name if you really love it.

HorseandHeron · 27/09/2026 22:18

It reminds me of the very sad John Denver song Casey's Last Ride and Town Centre Casey from The Responder, so it's unisex for me, but linked to very bleak, tough lives.

TheFormidableMrsC · 27/09/2026 22:24

I know a Casey and he’s a lovely young man and it really suits him.

ChocolateCinderToffee · Yesterday 02:05

I think it’s horrible. I’m old enough to remember an American TV series called Casey Jones. He was a middle aged engine driver.

Notbuiltforheat · Yesterday 03:22

Casey is a football. No.

Daffodilsinthespring · Yesterday 07:32

Too girly.

TurquoiseGoldPeaches · Yesterday 08:17

I once knew a beautiful, funny, kind man called Casey. He was American.
Anyway for this reason I love it!!

TurquoiseGoldPeaches · Yesterday 08:18

nn will end up being Case though.

dizzydizzydizzy · Yesterday 08:27

I’ve only met female Caseys, although I do realise it is a gender neutral name. Personally OP, I’d go for something safer ie a name that is less likely to cause teasing or confusion. Maybe use Casey as middle name and if your son really likes it, he can decide to use that? You can also use his middle name within the family but put something more ‘normal’ as the first name on the birth certificate. Eg my grandmother was always known as Louise and that was her middle name but she had a completely different first name.

MyFavouriteGame · Yesterday 08:29

I went to school with a Casey who’s a boy.

HugoThatway · Yesterday 15:18

It's a surname. Would you call a baby Rooney or Carney?

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · Yesterday 15:30

Casey is my brothers name. I also know another man called Casey. Biased but I think it's lovely

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · Yesterday 15:31

Also I adore Casey Affleck

Calliopespa · Today 00:58

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · Yesterday 15:30

Casey is my brothers name. I also know another man called Casey. Biased but I think it's lovely

Shouldn't there only be four Jolenes in your username?

I'm singing it to myself and can't get five - or was four taken?

EveryoneUsingOutro · Today 02:47

To me it is a girls name. I know 2, both women. Could be a difficult one as he grows up.

purpleblast · Today 03:10

It’s not girly enough or even common enough to be a girls name. Kids won’t think anything of it by the time they’re at high school anyway, it’s only adults who judge names, kids don’t

mathanxiety · Today 03:48

HugoThatway · Yesterday 15:18

It's a surname. Would you call a baby Rooney or Carney?

Rooney Mara, Carey Mulligan...

Lots of surnames are names. Especially Irish surnames.
Ryan
Quinn
Kelly
Riley
Kiernan
Redmond
Rafferty
Raftery
Cassidy
Nolan
Brady
Grady
Logan
...and more...

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