Why don't people give boys girl's names?

[CurlewKate]

Just that. Why do people think it's OK to call a girl Rory or Jamie or Michael but not to call a boy Daisy or Ada or Sylvia?

Patinkin sorry. Miss spelt.
Right off to Google Carol Reed....

Okay....Carol Reed was Carol.

It’s definitely a phenomenon, and I suppose it’s similar to tomboys being cool and girly boys still not. Femaleness and femininity are stigmatised.

I actually love Gale for a boy, but my (male) partner is vetoing it for any future male offspring. It’s funny because in some ways it seems a very ‘masculine’ name in meaning and sound to me, but I guess the gender stereotypes outweigh that in most people’s hearing of it.

Ds knew a male Kerry ar school.

Yes Sandy - Sandra Dee

Jonny Cash - boy named Sue

We know a boy called Pam.

My old landlord was called Kim. Lovely guy

You can, if you wanted to, I think, there aren't any law to prevent you from it?

My ex bf had a girl name, not in this country though. And he said he hated his name when he was younger, he was bullied and ridiculed. By the time I met him, it was in UNI, so people were more mature and appreciate the difference. But it's quite heartbreaking to think about what he had to go through as a child.

My DP is called Barbara. It really suits him.

But it was originally Carol for a boy and Carole for a girl. And Rory is a boys name, saying it's a diminutive for Aurora doesn't turn it into the male name. Rory means red king. And it's always been Leslie /Lesley. Jamie is short for James. And I agree no one would call their son Sue.

Oh yes they do. My sister is called Michael. She hated it when she was a child but loves it now.
The bass player from the Bangles is called Michael as well.

Thanks for the biggest laugh I had all day!

I have a friend called Vyvyan. It suits him

The wrestler Big Daddy, was named Shirley Crabtree. John Wayne was christened Marian.

My boys have unisex names that are more commonly used for girls. No one has ever questioned it

I've known a Kimberley and a Lindsay both Men.

I know a man called Jane .

Why would anyone want to subject their son to a life time of piss taking?

I also know a Shannon and a Courtney, I was wondering your region?

@LakeTiticaca "Why would anyone want to subject their son to a life time of piss taking?"

But why is being a girl called Rory OK but being a boy called Daisy an invitation to piss taking?

@YoureAMeanOneMrGrinch "My boys have unisex names that are more commonly used for girls. No one has ever questioned it"

Would you mind sharing at least one of them?

Jamie isn't a boys name.

It's used for both sexes and nowadays even just the usual spelling.

Never heard of Rory for a girl or Michael.

Seen boys called Kelly, Leslie, Jesse/Jessie

Plenty of unisex names out there

I have, but in America.

So a boy would get teased for having a girl's name, but would a girl be teased as much for having a boy's name like Sam or James?

And why do you think that would be?