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

Findley James and Dylan James they are boy names. Imagine growing up with those names and wondering why your parents were so determined for your names to be what almost everyone would assume for a male!

I know two people with names very much associated with the opposite sex who often were asked if their parents were disappointed. Liking a unisex name is very different to specifically seeking a name boy's name for a girl.

I have a Robyn nn Bobby which would also work for Roberta. We chose the name because we love it, though, and the unisex aspect was incidental. We wouldn't have set out to choose a unisex or male name. I think middle name James needs a different, feminine first name tbh

You're probably right, will have a think about more feminine first names.

Linden, Robin, other plant/nature names like Storm, Fox etc would work. Riley, Marley, those kind of names could work. Or surname/placename/occupation type names like Paris, Taylor, Brooklyn, etc. James is very much a male name in the UK so a gender neutral first name will make most people assume male. I don't know if you want the ambiguity, or just have a preference for those kinds of names.

I think Daviana is a beautiful one, shortened to Dave/Davi. Troian is another shortened to Troy.

Why would you want your daughter to think you wanted a boy it reminds me of Black Adder "we realised a boy without a winkle was a girl, and everyone was very disappointed" (I paraphrase). Unisex nickname or name fine, but please don't lumber the poor girl with a boys name!

I'm a bit baffled by this too. I understand unisex, if you want to be gender neutral, but giving a girl a boy's name just seems confusing. Would you do it the other way, eg call a boy Tilly? Out of interest OP, what's your thinking?

I think Katherine/Kit is gorgeous. That would be top of my list.

Antonia/Toni
Michaela/Mickey
Jemima/Jim
Petronella/Pete
How about a place name. Kent, Paris, Tamar...

TheCakes's suggestion is good

My DS is called Fox, but he came pre-named. I think I just like "boy" names on girls is all, I wouldn't call a son Matilda to be honest, but Tilly as a NN on a Tommy or something (can't think of anything too similar)

I can see the collective wisdom on a more traditional girls name, and Katherine James sounds lovely. Also like Olivia but since that would shorten too nicely to ollie I'll try and stay clear. Not sure how often middle names are ever used though to be fair, but don't want as some suggest, for her to feel like we wanted a boy or anything like that

We have a DD with a very traditional feminine first name but she's knows as her predominantly boys' middle name.

I have to defend it every single time on here so I just don't bother anymore - it has special meaning to us and we chose it with this in mind. She loves both her names and if she chooses to be known as her first one later in life then that is absolutely her choice.

I hated my name growing up and still to tbh so all of our DC have choices within their names.

Do whatever you choose Op, just remember she'll have to live with it so give her a choice

Names I think are properly unisex are Robyn, Rowan, Ashley, Linden.

Then things like Alex, Sam/Sammy, Bobbie, Stevie, Billie, Frankie, Charley etc, but they are all diminutives of feminine versions of names. Samantha, Stephanie, Alexandra, Francesca, Wilhemena, Charlotte etc.

Choosing something like Dylan, Rory, Cameron or James isn't choosing a unixes name, it's just giving a boy's name to a girl. Not the same thing.

I could name a boy Emma or Rebecca tomorrow. That wouldn't make it unisex, it would just make people pull funny faces and feel sorry for him.

I know an Amelia James, I love her name!

I'm also in the process of finalising girls names (due now!) and Robyn is a possibility which I love. I really don't get some of these choices though....seriously think about your daughter spending the rest of her life with people assuming she's a boy when they read her name. I know of someone who has just named their daughter Blair and she is exasperated by the number of people who assume she's a boy. Well if you live in Scotland and call your daughter a Scottish boys name, seriously what do you expect?!

Amelia is a lovely name 😊

Just wondering why as well?

Harper
Elliot
Robyn
Jude
Sydney

Also Billie.

What about spelling James as Jaymes? It is the same sound but a bit more feminine?

I just like boy type names on girls I think, but since we're going with a more boyish middle name will stick with girlish first name so she can have a bit of an option in later life.

Camden/Camdyn with Cami as a nn.

Artemis - Arty/Art/Tem/Temi
My 3mo DD is an Artemis It's actually a very feminine name if you think of the goddess but most people in the UK seem to think it's a boys name.

I agree with others though, Dylan/James/Adrian/Findley are really not unisex names.

Alice could also be an Ally
Rowan
Samia nn Sam
Thomasina
Alberta
Georgette or Georgina nn George
Lorelei nn Lori
Jessie, Jess, Jessa
Noa
Riley
Hartley
Nicola nn Nicky
Josephine or Joanna nn Jo
Jocelyn
Most J names could be Jay
Toby
Roberta nn Bertie

Artemis is a gorgeous name, but we also have an Atticus so possibly too similar?