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Dee for a boy?

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Babyfeverdrivingmecrazy · 17/07/2015 22:02

We r ttc and I'm being a bit premature in thinking of names. We find girls names easy but boys a bit harder. What do ppl think of Eden for a boy?

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rockybalboa · 17/07/2015 22:06

Eden is a well established girls name I believe. Aidan is close?

ManicPixieDream · 17/07/2015 22:07

I've known an Eden that was a girl. I know a Dee who is male but it's short for Daniel.

LondonRocks · 17/07/2015 22:08

Edan is a boy's name.

Dee - nah.

Littlefish · 17/07/2015 22:13

I know a Dee, but she's a woman and it's short for Deirdre.

Eden is a girl's name.

SnakeWitch · 17/07/2015 22:17

I know of a Damien whose Mum calls him Dee.

Sophronia · 17/07/2015 22:29

I also know a Damien nn Dee, and I know a male Eden.

BothEndsBurning · 17/07/2015 22:32

Hard to tell, really, as it might just be a name beginning with D shortened to an initial, rather than actually Dee, iyswim. Like I know a Victoria who is often called V by her husband.

I think it would be super-mean to give a child a name that can't even be shortened to an initial! I feel so sorry for Dee, Jay and Kay.

MarchLikeAnAnt · 17/07/2015 22:33

No to both.

brusselsproutwarning · 17/07/2015 22:34

No.
Dee is short for a full name. Please don't call your son the letter D. And anyways the only Dee I know is short for Deirdre .

brusselsproutwarning · 17/07/2015 22:37

Eden?People will ask him has he seen Adam or Eve around.

Babyfeverdrivingmecrazy · 17/07/2015 22:41

Sorry I didn't read it before I posted...my post was supposed to say Eden for a boy.... I won't be calling my son dee. Xx

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Lottiedoubtie · 17/07/2015 22:42

I know a teen male Eden, had no idea it was usually a girls name (is it?).

DontKillMyVibe · 18/07/2015 15:53

Dee seems to be a common nickname where I live for grown men who are called David. They generally wear shiny track suits so it's a no from me.

DontKillMyVibe · 18/07/2015 15:54

Oh, just saw your last post! Eden seems more like a girls name to me

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 19/07/2015 11:36

No

reuset · 19/07/2015 11:41

I won't be calling my son dee. Xx

Well thank goodness for that Grin

Eden very much unisex. You can use for a boy

UrethraFranklin1 · 19/07/2015 11:45

Eden is just as much a boys name as girls, moreso in fact as in other countries its predominantly for boy.

Marcipex · 19/07/2015 14:47

I know one male Eden, who must be forty-something, and three little girls called Eden. I do think it's now perceived as a girls name in the UK.

BikeRunSki · 19/07/2015 14:50

I like Eden, although the only one I've ever known was a cat.

DramaQueenofHighCs · 19/07/2015 14:52

Has nobody here heard of the goth magician Dee Christopher?? He was my first thought when I read this thread title. I think its a cool name cos of him. Grin

DramaQueenofHighCs · 19/07/2015 14:53

I'm ambivalent about 'Eden' for a bit though.

LavenderLeigh · 20/07/2015 18:50

Eden is the name of one of the male members of the Whiteoak family, in Mazo De La Roche's series of books. The first one (in which Eden featured) was published in 1927. So I always think of Eden as a boy's name.
I don't see why it couldnt be unisex though - there is nothing intrinsically male or female about it and as it is still relatively unusual as a name there isn't a set precedent.

Plus it's about time some names were reclaimed as male! what with Blake Lively's "James" and Ashton Kutcher's "Wyatt" - why not a male Eden? Its a cool and classy name.

ch1134 · 20/07/2015 18:57

I always thought Eden was a boy's name.

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