James - for a girl

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Is this too "out there"? Have liked it since I heard of that actress James King.

names are a personal thing,as all name threads attest
and inevitably reflect class,culture,preference
the only name I've ever cautioned against in rl was ned. in Scotland Ned= rough chavvy.and it would attract such derision. otherwise I would opine on thread,in rl no.

my dc names have been slated on mn - thems is the breaks
if you're particularly touchy about chosen names (or prone to thinking folks are angry) best not do name threads

Oh do piss off scottishmummy.

Why, because she doesn't agree with you? Nobody else agrees with you either -
James is not a good name for a girl

James is just setting up the DC to have to explain for life - as in 'I have nutty parents' or more likely change it. I like to just introduce myself and not have to have a conversation about it- it must get very tedious.

how deliciously obnoxious alexander
seeing you called me angry and aggressive
let's see, kettle..pot...

I think what it comes down to is a bit common sense. Think of how the child will be treated in school, amongst their peers. It's not rocket science to work out that the child will be picked on.

Why not just call her Jamesina, and James for short.
I agree James is a beautiful name - it has a wonderful sound and i've always loved it. I think it would be fine for a girl when she's a teenager. But only as a shortened version for Jamesina (which i think is quite nice anyway).

You could just settle for Jemima and save a lot of tedious discussion.

I worked with a jamesina
solid gold wee wifie

did you call her James for shourt though?

*short, obvs

no because James is a boy name
and I imagine shed no like it
understandably

I wouldn't, it doesn't work as a girl's name for me. I would definitely not have liked to have such a masculine-associated name, especially as a young girl/teenager. I would have hated it, actually.

It is OK for a boy, but a bit ordinary. I wouldn't say it was a beautiful name, though that's obviously a matter of opinion.

Jamesina is horrible IMO.

we automatically think "I'd love to be called Kenneth!" or whatever

Laughing my head off at that for some reason!

I think if the OP is determined to call her girl James then she will do so. Sadly the poor kid will spend the rest of her life dealing with it, but hey, it's every parent's right to call their poor offspring whatever they please, right?

I'm still waiting to see if anyone chose tallulah for boy
to push it
aye

There's hundreds of girls names you could choose from , so I can't understand how you could even contemplate giving your dd a boys name !
If you call her James then you're being cruel in my opinion .

She would have to live her life with people either getting confused or taking the piss out of her . Don't do it .

Hmm. What about Jane?

Soupy, I wasn't really thinking it was feminist, but more thinking that it wasn't anti-feminist, IYKWIM!

Purely hypothetical around here anyway! Ds1 won't even have a pink freezer pack in his lunch bag to keep his lunch cool, never mind tolerate having a girl's name!

I'm Brian and I'm a girl. Never done me no harm.

DSis & I used to dress up our little DBro in our old dresses and call him Danielle to pretend he was our little sister. All great fun until he got big enough to be aware of the differences between boys and girls.

And then he started throwing tantrums if we even tried to call him Danielle, never mind put a dress on him. He'd have been mortified if our parents had actually given him a girls name like Danielle

Storm, dsis and I used to to that to our brother as well. My mother thought it would turn him gay. We thought it brought out his feminine side!

Jasmine is a nice, and uncommon, name.

If I have another son I'll call him Mariella, if I ever have a daughter she will be Nigel. Or Clive.

beautiful names.wee Clive in her party dress
ahhh bless

I can imagine it now: Introducing her, all tiny and pink-cheeked, to the world. I shall have an emotional tear in my eye as I say, "This is my daughter... My beautiful little Clive Raymond..."