Dylan for a girl?

[MeerkatMerkin]

Any thoughts on this?

Dylan for a boy is bad enough - no!

No!

No - but i know of a girl called Dilani.

Dylan for a boy is bad enough. Agreed.

Yes, set her up for a lifetime of teasing, funny looks and misunderstanding.

No, no & no again!

Sorry...

Could be quite cool - prefer the name unthread.
Dylan for a boy is meh

I know a girl Dylan. She's 7 now and it's still confusing and seems wrong calling her.

It always gets the look too.

I wouldn't use it.

no it is bad enough for a boy

I prefer it for a girl and dont think is too bad for a boy either. i dont think it would be confusing. i see a lot of names in my job and some of them are truly weird but you know what most people dont get so confused with spelling etc as people make out... gone are the days of every child being called charlotte/matthew/chloe etc. Id much rather see more unusual names and children cope with it. so long as its not totally out there like moon unit.

I have a female relative called Daryl. And she is older than Daryl Hannah.

So I think Dylan could be a girl's name, and I'm sure it would work but it's too popular currently imo. At least Daryl is not that popular iyswim. So although I find them equally soft/strong and if you just listen to the sound they are equally unisex, I want to suggest Daryl to you instead.

I had a female rabbit called Dylan - but that was only because the vet got the sexing wrong when we bought it

I have an eight year old Dylan, he gets caled deeby of deebystar.

Its OK as a girls named, I think in america they use it more as a girls name.

I knew sisters called Dylan and Tobey when I was growing up. Yes, their dad wanted boys.

I quite like Dylan for a girl. I was considering Elliot for a girl when I was pg with my DD (didn't end up using it though!)

I think Daryl was probably originally a girl's name (I am thinking of Darrell Rivers here, Enid Blyton was certainly not normally adventurous in picking names) and became a boy's name later.

I know a 4 year old girl Dylan. She really suits her name. I like it.

What is wrong with Dylan for a boy?

I'm not pregnant, it just occurred to me whilst watching Fireman Sam with my 2yo that the name Dilys (as in Auntie Dylis!) could be adapted by two letters and that actually Dylan sounds nice for a girl. Wouldn't call a boy Dylan. We're just not that cool.

No.

I'm not that coooool either. I'm thinking of the cool mom from mean girls now. "I'm not a regular mom I'm a cool mom".

What exactly is wrong with Dylan as a name? We were going to call ds3 arlo but a week before a friend used that name and ds2 always said I was having a rabbit not a baby.,. So Dylan he became,Dylan lucas. Its a perfectly normal name and bizarrely he has always been the only one in his year at school, whereas ds4 who has a more unusual name, rudi... Has a child in his year with the same name.

Reminds me of the Charlie's Angels film. Drew Barrymore's character was called Dylan.