Unisex name/NN for DD

[Beachedwh4le]

Looking for a nice unisex/boy-type name for a girl.

List at the minute:

James
Andrea - NN Andy
Adrian
Allison - NN Ally
Charlie
Alex

Also accepting things that don't begin with A

And Peta, always loved that

James isn't used as a female name in the UK Beached - Jamie would be okay.

I have a unisex name and absolutely hated the fact it was when I was pretty teen and teen. Not crazy about it now and often wish I'd had the initiative to change it (feels to late now). My mother swears I always loved it - presumably I did when I was 3...

I agree with Minipie

Choose a name with unisex nickname options.

Billie
Harley
Sawyer
Riley

Peyton

• pre teen not pretty teen

Christian?

James this is not a unisex name. Just because some idiot in America calls their DD James doesn't make It a unisex name.

Andrea - NN Andy. I don't think enough people associate the name with boys for it to be considered a unisex name. Most people will just think it's a very 60's/70's girls name. But if you like it, so what?

Adrian. That is not a unisex name. to the best of my knowledge no girl was ever called Adrian. Adrienne is the feminine version.

Allison - NN Ally Same as Andrea. I don't think enough people associate it with being a boys a unisex name, in most people's book it's a pretty dated girl's name.

Charlie Nice but I prefer Charley for a girl, just to distinguish it a bit.

Alex Bit overused for my tastes

For a truly unisex name I love Robyn/Robin.

Christian would be Christine / Christina surely?

You probably need to go with something more off the wall if you don't want to do a classic name with a unisex nickname or just give your DD an actual male name which she may love or may bitterly resent.

Something like Trinity or River or Rain I guess. Very marmite though. Bit too try hard.

Sascha ist unisex and a nice name, but in the UK most people assume girl where in the rest of Europe it's a boy's name (often only a boy's name)

Why not just

Georgia
Harriet
Charlotte
Alexandra

Type names with the unisex nickname?

Actually Christian would be Christiana and Christina is the feminine form of Christopher isn't it?

Christie (I know both a boy and a girl with this name)
Jude
Leah
Lou

Robin is a good unisex name, I know a Robin (m) but goes by Rob most of the time.

Also FYI
Leslie - male
Lesley - female

I went to school with a girl James when I was little, and in Spain it is apparently a girls name, but I take the point that it's more for boys here.

May try and stick with a "girls" name but with a "boy" NN on advice. Probably will keep James as a middle name to please DH though, then if she hates it she'll not have to use it often or we can call her James until she expresses discord?

Leah is definitely not a unisex name...

Alexandra (Alex, Xan, Sandy, Andy)
Charlotte (Charlie)
Christina (Chris, Kit)
Davina (Davy)
Daniella (Danny)
Francesca, Frances (Frankie)
Frederica, Winifred (Freddie)
Georgina, Georgia (Georgie)
Harriet (Harry)
Henrietta (Henry)
Judith (Jude)
Joanna, Josephine (Jo, Joey)
Jamesina (James, Jamie, Jem)
Julia, Juliana, Juliet (Jules)
Katherine, Catherine (Kit)
Louisa (Louie)
Leonora, Leonie (Leo, Lenny)
Matilda, Mattea (Matty)
Michaela (Mickey, Mikey)
Martha (Marty)
Nicole (Nick, Nicky, Nico)
Natalie, Natalia (Nat)
Olivia (Ollie)
Philippa (Phil, Pip)
Roberta (Robbie, Bobby)
Samantha (Sam, Sammy)
Stephanie (Stevie)
Thomasina (Tom, Tommy)
Theodora (Theo, Teddy)
Wilhelmina (Will, Billie)

I know a Leah (girl), who pronounces her name Lee, as opposed to Lee-ah. I guess the spelling is that of a girl's name though.

Finley
Rowan
Rory

I love "boy's" names for girls.

I love winifred nn fred / freddy. I may be an old fan of angel...

Billie
Bobbie

Sidney (Sid)
Vivienne (viv)

Ellis

Rowan

Leigh
Dale

So many good suggestions!

Favourites so far:

Findley James
Dylan James
Olivia James
Matilda James

Probably now going to stay away from river if we're going with the weirder middle name thing.

Why?

I would suggest you use a feminine first name if you're going with James as a middle name. Give her a choice later on.

And I say this as the mother of three girls. One of whom who has a completely unisex name and the youngest of whom has a name predominately used for boys and frowned upon by all who hear it.......