masculine names for girls

[Missyb15]

i really like names that are quite masculine and are either unisex or seen as more male

for example the names for girls that i like are james, andi, frances, bobbie, Robyn, Jaime, charley and billie.

What are you opinions on using unisex/more masculine names for a girl

My friend called her DD toni but I she told me she regretted such a masculine name

I was actually talking with my best friend about this the other day. We both like more masculine sounding girls names and both have more traditionally male names.

The only problems we have ever encountered is that in work or situations we're someone sees your name without knowing who you are it's assumed you're a man. It doesn't bother us.

Peta.

When I was pregnant with my 2nd, we didn't know the sex. We settled on Camden for a boy but never settled on a girl's name. I truly believed we were having another boy so I didn't worry. On the way to the hospital, I said to my husband that if it's a girl, we can name her Camdyn like my middle name which is Robyn. He loved it but we laughed because we were SO SURE we were having a boy. Anyway, Camdyn Grace was born an hour later. She's 17 now and she gets compliments on her name ALL the time.

Joe

Alex

Darryl (Hannah)
Sidney.
Roberta - I love!!!

Both mine & my sisters name have been mentioned already.

Eddie
Davina
Nigella
Joni

Such cool names!

Ray/Rae

Freddie

Oh you asked for an opinion too.

I don't have one, I grew with lots of girls with unisex names, it's wasn't trail blazing or anything just as normal to have girls with names that boys had too.

I went to school with a Billie. I didn't know until we graduated that her name was actually Wilhelmina as she had never been called it. Super cool name.

I like Harley. It reminds me of Harley Quinn.

I like Wren, Quinn, Roberta (Robbie or Bobbie for short).

Also, I'm always reminded of Thoroughly Modern Millie where Millie is adamant that she be called John. Who would've thought Julie Andrews could make John work?

Didn't add my opinion on unisex names: I don't mind most of them. I looked at a couple of names that were unisex or had masculine shortenings for my DDs, but decided against them because with our two DS' names, it would've sounded like we had all boys. If I'd just had a girl, I probably would've considered a masculine name more strongly.

Oh, I also went to school with a Jasper. Her name was very ahead of the trend, I think. She was super cool too. Really suited her name.

I like Elliot, Peta and Quinn. I have a distant cousin who has always been known as Fin - her full name is Fionnuala.

I went to school with a girl called Stevie and always loved her name, it really suited her.

Allannah
Terri
Bobbi
Danni
Charley
Alex
Dylan
Robyn
Jamie
Nigella
Thomasina

Daniel or Danielle

Sam

I agree with a previous post about being mistaken for male if they havent seen you.

My dd gets that alot. The masculine names i ve come across are..

Noa
River
Devon
Robyn
Bobbie
Billie
Charley
Ashley
Teddie
Stevie

Lee
Harriet (Harri)
Cameron

Would you call a boy Susannah?

I knew an Antonia who went by Toni and it was cool. Also know Alex, Jo, Geri and Erica. Erica has really grown on me

I saw Blake lively called one of her daughters Ines which is a beautiful and in Scotland Innes is a boys names

There's no such thing as a unisex names-except possibly Frances/is ---there are boys names which girls have too. And they very quickly become girls names. Because people don't want their boys mistaken for girls.

Personally I think it's sad that there seems to be a double standard - while it's often socially acceptable for a girl to have a masculine name, it's rarely socially acceptable for a boy to have a feminine name. For that reason I would always give a girl a name that is strong but very firmly in the "girl's name" category, because I think girls' names should be valued just as highly as boys'.

That's just my two cents though, and I wouldn't judge anyone for giving their daughter a more masculine name. If it means she will sometimes get mistaken for a man (when a recruiter or employer reads her CV, for example) it's more likely to give her an advantage than a disadvantage!

There are very few names that are truly unisex, but that could be a good compromise. Alex or Sam for example.

Cross post Bertrand

I like masculine sounding girls names, Billie probably being my favourite.

I also have a male name with ie on the end. My version is pretty uncommon for a man or woman though but generally people think I'm male if they haven't seen me or think it's a misprint of the male name. Doesn't bother me anymore though.

I really like masculine/unisex names for girls, my favourites are Frances and Bobbie.