Reese

[Jojo13]

Love the sound of this name (for a girl) but don't really like the spelling for some reason.
Prefer the spelling of Reece, but don't particularly like the idea of people assuming boy. Do you think they would? Any suggestions? Obviously Rhys, but again, that's the male version?

I would assume boy because it's a boys name.

I wouldn't assume Reece was a boy, I would think it could be either. Definitely prefer Reece to Reese(looks like cheese)

However Rhys is a boy's name.

Reese Witherspoon's first name isn't even Reese, it's Laura.

I think it's more a boy's name.

I quite like it. I quite like a lot of 'boys' names used for girls.

I think people will generally assume she's a boy though because it is a boys name.

I would use the spelling Reese, because Reese Witherspoon is well know enough that seeing Reese might as least suggest 'girl' to some people. Also, if she says her name I think people will assume it's 'Reese' because she's a girl. If you go for Rhys or Reece it's likely to be constantly misspelt.

It does sound a lot like grease though. Greasy Reesey.

People will probably think boy initially, I was coming into this thread with a quote from Malcolm in the Middle for example, but they'll learn otherwise. If you like it, go for it.

Wow! A mixed bag of opinions there, thanks all!

Luna, pretty sure Reece is usually listed as a unisex name (although, granted, it is much more common for a boy) certainly not suggesting it because i think the movie star makes it ok!

Generally I like short, not too sickly/girlie names so feel free to help me add to my list (reese remains firmly on the list btw!)

Thanks everyone!

I love Reece, and my husband really wanted it. However, I'm a teacher and would assume it was a boy but it is really nice and once teachers knew it was girl in reception it wouldn't be a problem for the rest of her school days.

I think it's worth bearing in mind that not only will people initially assume it's a boy's name on paper, the various spellings of Rhys / Reese / Reece / Reiss are pretty popular right now (the British baby names blog puts the combined spellings at #81 nationally). Certainly in the school where I teach a female Reese would very likely be in a class with at least one male Rhys / Reese etc. Depends on whether or not that would bother you.