Full name for Rory?

Roberta
Roxanne
Rosemary - the best ROxxxxRY

Veronica

The only female Rory I know of is Rory Kennedy, a US documentary film maker, the youngest daughter of former US Attorney General, Robert Kennedy and Ethel Skakel.
She was born 6 months after her father was murdered.
She is the niece of the late John F Kennedy, President of the United States.
Her first cousin John F Kennedy and his wife Carolyn Bessette died in a plane crash en route to Rory’s wedding in Hyannis. 😢

Just because it's common where you are, it doesn't mean it's common everywhere.

In my 30+ years of teaching, I've seen a lot of names come and go. I've taught a few boys called Rory. I haven't met any girls called Rory (given name or shortening) or Aurora.

I'm sure there are but I think the difference is that Rory has been a mainstream, popular name in Scotland for decades for boys whereas it has only really gained mainstream popularity in England in the past 10, for girls and boys. It's like an English teacher reading the register and seeing James - they will probably assume it's a boy.

She loves her name! ☺️

Does your daughter mind people think she is a boy?

Call her Rory! I have a girl called Brodie, same kind of thing. Every now and then people expect a boy, it really isn't a big deal though. ☺️

Ha! My Scottish teacher niece has had two female pupils called Rory. One Aurora and the other a completely different name but always called Rory as her toddler brother insisted on calling the new baby that regardless of fact it was a girl and not the wee brother he’d wanted !

You could spell it Rori / Rorie x

Rory is most definitely a boy's name in Scotland and always has been. If I'd seen Rory on my class list I would never think it was a girl.

I’m also surprised that some posters regard Rory as a boys name as I too know female Rorys (short for Aurora). I think it’s a cute nickname for a girl.

Are people living under rocks? I've met loads of little Rory's that are usually Aurora, from baby up to teen. Aurora is in the top 50 most popular names, and most Auroras end up with the nickname Rory.

I disagree, I know many, many people who introduce the baby/child by the preferred nickname so that is what they are known as. One of mine didn't even know what their full name was until they were closer to 4, and schools etc always ask if they have a preferred name, my child's name on the register and coat peg etc was their known as name. It was only when they got to secondary that teachers would try to use the full name from the register, and they quickly take the nickname because nobody can pronounce her full name.

Isn’t traditionally a nickname - it’s the anglicised version of the Gaelic boy’s name Ruaridh.

Aurelia is a lovely name and I would never connect it with Rory. It's only got the letter R in common.

Rory is the anglicanisation of the Scottish boys name Ruaridh. It is a proper boys name, not a nickname for a girl. Americans have a terrible habit of bastardising other cultures. Stop using Scottish boys names for girls (see also: Lindsay, Leslie, Cameron, Blair, McKenzie, Logan etc etc). They are not gender neutral names.

If you have to use a Scottish name at least go for a proper gender neutral nickname like Sandy (Alexander/Alexandra) or Robin (Robert/Roberta), although there is also Robina for a traditional feminisation of Robert (see also Jamesina, Williamina, Georgina etc etc).

If you want Rory to be her nickname, then it doesn't matter what you call her. You could call her Wendy for all that a nickname bears relation to the actual name. My son is called William. His nickname is 'Stilton', for reasons too tedious to go into.

If you want a name you can shorten to Rory, that is a different matter.

Aurelia?

Oh give up, I'm not claiming anything. If you want to call a girl Rory do so but I think it's awful.
I'm out.

Lilian is a French man’s name. I absolutely would ‘do it’ to any name because it’s absolutely not the colonialism you’re claiming it to be. It’s embarrassing to equate the two.

One has killed millions of Irish people and one has… been used as the first name for a girl who never contributed and will never contribute anything to that act.

The Irish, Scottish and Welsh each have their own language and culture.
I'm not claiming it's political, I'm stating that you wouldn't do it to a name from outside the UK.

Michelle was a French girl's name before it was used in the UK. Lilian is from lily not Lille so your reasoning doesn't hold.

I probably wouldn't say 'would you use a Nigerian name' because I understand that there are many tribes in Nigeria who each have their own culture and language and some of them have many unisex names with meanings that you might stereotype to one gender but I wouldn't, and some of them don't.

Regardless, choosing the name Rory isn't the political act you are claiming it is, any more than Michelle was when it was plucked from 'Michel' or 'Lilian' was when it was changed to a girls name in the UK (and no, the citizens of Lille were not enslaved in the process).

Just call her Rory! Then you don’t have to find a name you like just so you can use Rory