Masculine girls names

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Any suggestions? Think Dylan, James, Aaron, etc for a little girl.

The most obvious are Charlie and Jamie but I'm not so keen on those.

I love American "surname for first names" especially unisex ones, already used Parker and Carter.

I feel like im tearing my hair out here I don't think they are better

Never once claimed it I JUST LIKE THEM

Bloody hell

anyway I wasnt have a real go at you honestly just trying to make the point that there is nothing wrong with gendered names I like Riley and it would fit with the other names you have

That's ok MrsJayy thanks for the suggestion

Where did OP say that boys names were better?!

What's wrong with preferring masculine names for girls (not necessarily boys' names), I don't like cutesy names for boys or girls and like surnames for first names (I have a Carter as well OP!)

I just didn't want "of the time" names for either of my kids.

OP what about Theo/Thea for a girl, Theo is a very cool nickname for a girl.

PS - you can call me Jeffrey any time you'd like (mwah!)

Ellis
Denver
Mitchell

My cousins youngest DD is called Adrienne, I think it's beautiful, really suits her. I love Jesse for a boy but DH is having none of it

I love boyish names for girls, I just like the way they sound. Alex is my all-time favourite name for a boy or a girl. Stevie is brilliant and definitely on my list for future DC. I also love Jude for a boy or a girl and Max and Harry are cool. I know two women who are called Alexandra but known exclusively as Alex and it gives me serious name envy.

I don't think boy names are 'better' per se, there are definite girl names that I like too (Elena, Catherine/Kate, Eve), but I'm not girly at all and cutesy girly names/nicknames make me cringe so I just like the sound of all the names I listed above. I mostly go by a short version of my name which is also the very commonly used short form of the male equivalent of my name. My name actually IS a male name in most other European countries. There is a 'female' short form too with a 'y/ie' sound on the end and I absolutely hate it, have done since I was a child - nobody ever calls me that more than once!

Are you forgetting Hilary Benn and Dr Hilary Jones

Not exactly youngsters, though, are they? They're both in their 60s in fact, born and named in the mid 20th century, when, as I said, the name was thought to be fine for boys or girls.
I doubt that many boys are called Hilary these days. And there are probably ever fewer boy Evelyns, it's pretty much only used for girls now.

But it's just a trend I suppose. still pushing for Roger

Interesting thread. i don't think the type of names that the OP is asking for really fall into the category of gender specific names anyway, although they are quite masculine. Personally I really like feminin sounding boys names like Jocelyn, Dorian and Evelyn. My DS's both have this type of name and neither has been bullied because of it.

I came on to point out that you can take most boys names and stick an "a" or "et" on the end and you have a girls version; Alberta, Roberta, Harriet, Michaela... I'm trying to work out if there is a Rogera

Cameron
Sydney
Spencer
Dylan
Drew
Taylor

Alex(andra)(ander)

Evelyn- but it doesn't go with your other names

Lou
Skye
Skyler
Reece/Rhys
Chris
Christian
Oscar was a girls name before it became a boys name
Austin
Jean/Gene (nn for eugenie)
Ash/Ashton
Asher
Brooklyn
Bronx
Saxon
Glen
Mackenzie/ kenzie
Micky
Jo/jo jo
Hadley
Martel
Cooper
Bailey
Baxter
Monte
Fabian
Devon
Ricki
Sal
Sean
Dale
Kane
Archie
Vic
Fox
Mason
Harris- this was used for a girl in Roseanne
Arran
Tiger
Tierney
Tiernan
Ty
Chester
Chesney
Kelsey
Eddie
Sacha
Xander
Cody
River
Finlay
Sonny
Ripley
Tennessee
Dallas
Kale
Lex
Jules
Bristol
Noah
Red

I have two sons, and a youngest (daughter) called Frankie. I love the coolness of it, and felt she would have the choice when older to be Francesca (her actual name), gran or frankie depending on how she felt.

I think it was rebellion in my part-I was so fed up of people thinking I had a third child to have a girl, and comments about how I could now dress her up and do the pink thing. I love the fact that, even at only 4, she is strong, stubborn, fearless and loyal, and more typically 'boyish' than her brothers.

I can't bear weak women so I felt Frankie was a strong name for a hopefully strong women!

Gran? Fran!

Rowan is a name I consider to be unisex.

Rowan's an interesting one. I would probably assume a Rowan was a girl (because it's a nature name?) but actually it's 5 times more likely to be a boy......

she is strong, stubborn, fearless and loyal, and more typically 'boyish'

I know you have said and more typically boyish, but it does sound a bit like you wouldn't expect those traits in a girl. But why not? I do agree Bertrand that girls' names are not usually used for boys, and that when boys' names are used for girls they lose currency for boys. And that makes me cross.

" she is strong, stubborn, fearless and loyal, and more typically 'boyish' than her brothers."

Blimey.
And they say that all the feminist battles have been won.........

What is typically boyish ?

"Strong, stubborn, fearless and loyal" apparently.
As opposed to "weak, vaccilating, timid and disloyal" like girls are.

Soo that must mean a girl is weak dependent and feeble then

Well, unless she's got a boy's name. That'll help her "grow a pair".........

Jaime

I used to go to school with a girl called Ryan. I think it's so unique. I've always liked Erin, I know it''s a girls name, but I think it is quite masculine.

If I had a girl I wanted to call it Hadley - I've seen it on this list - I wouldn't have said it was masculine though. I love it. I have to admit I prefer the vintage names for girls at the moment, like I LOVE Edith, or Edie for short. I can't wait to see what sort of girls names are about this year though.