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

Why will nobody ever address why it's OK- even in some opinions desirable- to give a girl a boy's name, but unacceptable to give a boy a girl's name?

I think it's just a matter of choice. Not sure why it upsets you so much. Why does it matter what people chose to name a child? I understand
You think it's weird but it is what it is. Maybe in years from now we will have hundreds of boy Gemma's.

I think you're attributing too much significance to a name.

Connell is also a lovely name, I know a boy cornel whose name suits him so much

Harper
Jaimie
Samantha (Sam)
Willow
Josephine (jo)
And it's not a masculine name as such but how about pia?

Pia James is lovely

Oo or esme James? Esme can be a boys name too...

I don't understand what is wrong with girls having girls names? If child doesn't like it later they can be called by something else.

OP you ask why does it matter what you call your child then go on a public forum to ask opinions about it. I think I agree it is up to you what you call your child but if you don't like opinions why ask for them?

Nothing's wrong with girls having "girls names", but what's wrong with a girl having a traditionally masculine name, if that's what the parent likes?

One does not preclude the other.

crumbs I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for peoples input, I probably just found it a bit extreme to suggest her name could make her contemplate suicide. Seems a bit of an overstatement, but of course people are entitled to think that

I know a girl called Adrian, it's a pretty name!

We choose names we like but are hopefully mindful of the fact that we're not the ones who have to live with them. I wouldn't give a boys name to a girl as I can't imagine many would like it, same as a girls name to a boy.

What's the thinking behind specifically looking for a boy's name to give a girl? I can see why you might love a particular boy's name, and decide that it would work for a girl too. But why actively seek out a boy's name?

All our kids have names that can be shortened to the opposite genders names or elongated to form a name of the opposite gender. People often think DD has 2 brothers when she actually has a brother and a sister.

None of them are far out though.

I think with one child called Fox it'd be weird to have a normal run of the mill name for the other child.

Sid/Sidney/Syd/Sydney/Sydney - Ann

bertrand I'm not looking for a boys name for a girl, but a more unisex name, it's just a preference.

cauli having a Fox certainly sets a tone of sorts, to be honest. It wouldn't have been my first thought, but he suits it very well as it turns out.

Sidney is another lovely one.

I know a Rowan who goes by the NN Ro but at school she gets Rosie a lot (think she likes it but her parents don't) so you may find that even though you have given a unisex name with a boyish NN it can get changed by friends. My DD has had her beautiful name shortened to what I think an ugly NN as kids like to shorten or lengthen names when at school.

Yea, my brothers wife calls him by a NN that makes us all cringe . I think we'll pick something we like and whatever happens, happens with it

Less traditional, possibly not good matches with Atticus:
Carly
Marlowe
Jay(e)

Somewhat unisex but with a classical tone that might go well with Atticus:
Arden
Avery
Eden

Surnames that have enough gravitas to go with Atticus:
Greer
Quinn
Hollis

Girls' names that have enough heft to go with Atticus:
Stella
Claudia
Georgia

Willow nn Billie would work

I know a Ryann (pronounced Ryan) which really suits her.

How about Charley (Charlotte), Frankie (Francesca/Frances), Alex (Alexandra), Rowan, George (Georgia)

I'm not entirely convinced people recognise this as a female name

You don't say.

fluentinsarcasm I love your username

How on earth can these parents seriously expect Ryann to be pronounced Ryan, when the second syllable should be pronounced exactly like Ann and the child is a girl? Things like that piss me off an irrational amount and I always assume the child's parents must be really quite dim.

I love Noa for a girl

I wanted to call our DD Morgan but was talked out of it by my DM as she hated it. I also really LOVE Noa for a girl but I don't think Noa James would work......definitely too boyish. I agree with others in that if you are using James as a middle name you need something a bit more 'girly' in front of it!!