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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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mathanxiety · Today 03:52

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underthethree · Today 04:13

I have a boy Casey!! 🥰🥰🥰 my boy is 2 years old but I have had nothing but praise over his name! I also worried people might think it leans more girl name, but in the end that hasn’t been the case at all.

I remember watching home and away in the 2010’s and there was the character Casey Braxton. So to me it was always a gender neutral name. And in recent years the extreme popularity of Yellowstone would no doubt have people of our generation familiarize with Casey being neutral/boy.

My boys name suits him soooo well too. Like there is no other name out there that would suit him as well. I look at him and just see him as a Casey. It feels very natural 🥰 if you choose Casey for your boy I promise you you won’t regret it. It’s such a beautiful name. ❤️ (I did give my boy a very “boy name” middle name, so if someone is looking at his name on a registration form for example they would be able to deduce he’s a boy from looking at the middle name).

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · Today 07:51

Calliopespa · Today 00:58

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?

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4 was taken 😂

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · Today 07:57

DS(18) has a male friend called Casey. They’ve been at school together since YR. He’s never had a problem with his name!

GhostEed · Today 08:36

I love it for a boy

user1492757084 · Today 08:41

Casey is one of those genuine boy or girl names like ..
Kelly
Lindsey
Shane
Jordan
If your DH doesn't like it, maybe he will like ..
Kingsley Carl - KC
Konrad Christopher - KC
Kenneth Charles - KC
Kurt Cedric - KC

HugoThatway · Today 11:12

Kelly - girl
Lindsey - girl, Lindsay might be a boy
Shane - boy
Jordan - boy

I know male and female Caseys.

All apart from Shane are surnames.

BrainSoup · Today 11:13

Are you a Yellowstone fan per chance.

Its a very American name and really only used for females in the UK

midlifeattheoasis · Today 11:20

No - too American for me

Berlinlover · Today 11:20

It’s a very common surname in Ireland so it probably wouldn’t work here but it might work in other countries.

FeralWoman · Today 13:03

The Casey I know has had problems with his name. He’d frequently receive work emails addressed to Ms (surname) instead of Mr. He’d receive mail/post addressed to Ms instead of Mr. He was recorded as female instead of male with a major blood/pathology place, meaning that all of the reference values were incorrect for him for a number of years of blood tests. He was invited to a women’s networking work event for women only. He responded to them and said that he’d love to go and was there any problem with him being a man and not a woman? They had to apologise and explain that no he couldn’t go as it was women only. He then asked why they thought he was a woman. They’d assumed from his first name. He ended up having to have a work email signature containing his name as Mr Casey (surname). It helped to reduce it.

Terrible name for a man. He’s annoyed at his parents for not giving him a clearly male name.

Marcipex · Today 13:13

I only know one Casey, a girl about 15.

Calliopespa · Today 13:16

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · Today 07:51

4 was taken 😂

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That's what I concluded! 😂

plasticplate · Today 13:49

I would assume Casey with that spelling was a boy. The girls I have come across use a K spelling usually Kacie.

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