Giving a 'boys' name as a middle name for a girl?

[FrancoisLaPrune]

I'm looking for some opinions on using the name Roy as a middle name for my DD who is due in March. Roy is my father's middle name and was my grandfather's first name and I'd like to carry on the tradition but not to the detriment of my DD!!

I'm thinking something along the lines of:

Louisa Roy L......
Evie Roy L.....
Georgia Roy L....
Sydney Roy L....

I've looked for girls names that start with Roy like Roya but I don't really like them!! I love the sound of Roy but not sure if it's off for a girl.

I'd love to hear some honest opinions

Thank you Eat. I was sure I hadn't completely dreamt it.

Along the surname vein, I think it's actually quite nice.
If you have a shortish surname, I'd consider a second middle name. Do consider what you'd do if you were to have a small cond baby.
Lousia Roy, and Roy James would be a bit odd.

Like the second middle name idea. I can imagine myself being self conscious about a boy's name as a young child but embracing it as I got older.

Just a different view to some responses (not to OP) - it's lovely if the names you choose for your child have deep meaning for you but that doesn't mean that fresh names with no link to your past are bad. Also the popular middle names might be anathema to you but not others. I have one of the most obvious middle names of the 70s (Louise/Jane) but I really like it. If I passed it on to my DC then would be one of your 'accepted' names with meaning?

My DD1 has a middle name to honour her late paternal grandmother. I like DD1's name and appreciate why DH was desperate for it but I LOVE DD2's hated Mumsnet filler middle name

Oops - that should say 'Mumsnet hated'

I think Roy works fairly well as a girls middle name (a lot better than Brian or Nigel for example!) but I agree with op who've said it might work better as a second middle name.

Louisa Jane Roy L......
Evie Grace Roy L.....
Georgia Elle Roy L....
Sydney May Roy L...

What about Roi ?

What about royal or royalty

I'd go for it- a good friend has her mother's family name as her middle name, it's definitely a male sounding name.

Goes very well with her first name & surname, sounds quite cool and there's never been any issues.

I'd just say, make sure you give your daughter a first name that is a 'proper' girl's name or on paper it may come across that she is a man.

Hope that last bit came across ok and made sense!!

It's very common in Scotland to give the mother's maiden name as a middle name. I would just think it was a family name so don't see the issue.

Well there are a lot less haters than I had anticipated. Thank you all for the feedback.

I like the idea of going for 2 middle names as suggested by a quite a few of you too.

Now to convince DH!!

I think its a lovely idea.

Louisa Roy is lovely.

A few more for the mix:

Elizabeth Roy
Antonia Roy
Verity Roy
Eleanor Roy
Athena Roy
Beatrice Roy
Lauren Roy

Why not Rosy, only one letter out.

My brother and my sister and I all have a boy's name as a middle name ("it's a family name", they said) and although actually I think Roy is quite cute, I have hated having my one alllll my life. It's a pretty awful name though and I've had endless jokes about it my whole life. My sister secretly got rid of it when she changed her name when she got married - I wish I'd thought of doing that!

I'm not too keen. The first thing I thought about was when they found out Chandler's middle name was Muriel in Friends.

I have a technically unisex but more commonly a boys name as a middle name (named for a great-grandfather although I have the female spelling) and I completely hated it as a child because it was a 'boys name' however I love it as an adult for the meaning behind it.

my DC all have very unfashionable family names, the boys both have surnames for middle names - they may well not like them as youngesters but I hope as adults they will understand the importance behind the name choices.

upcoming DC will have a middle name that I really don't like much but it was too important to me not to honour my father so the name will be used anyway and hopefully in the future the DC will understand why.

Basically I think go for it! I would make sure she had a 'girly' first name so it doesn't sound like 'my parents clearly wanted a boy'!

Please don't I had a male middle name and was bullied relentlessly throughout school & even sometimes it was brought up in adult hood!

I think Roy is neutral and goes well with Louisa. It's a lovely tribute to your dad. Perhaps you could adjust the spelling. Just a quick google search has shown the french spell the name Roi which looks more feminim to me. Or the Gaelic version is Ruadh.

My girl has Rae as her middle name. She's our ray of sunshine. A bit cheesy but I love a bit of cheese on toast!

Should correct myself. Not implying Roy is a neural name. Just my opinion that it doesn't sound overly masculine.

This is really common in North Wales where I live! I know loads of girls with Wyn, Llwyd, Dafydd, Fôn as middle names (all 'male' names) and if I had a daughter I'd use James as a second middle name as it's a family name! I also know a girl with the middle name Bob. So wouldn't even worry about it!!

I have a male name as my middle name. It was a maiden name a few generations back, but also a first name.

It would have been ok if it was clearly only a surname like McDonald or something, but the fact that it was also a first name meant I was bullied over 'having a boy's name'

It can still cause problems as sometimes it is mistaken for a double barrelled surname