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

Bobbie

Yea, we are definitely going with James, so will go "girlie" for the first name. Elidah and Olivia are the front runners

Attitcus, fox and Olivia

The other two are called Atticus and Fox?

Aurora for DC3 then.

inNeedOfAHoliday I can't tell which one you're objecting to

Esme James is lovely! I wanted esme but dh didn't.

Esme atticus and fox works ok I think, better than Olivia I reckon. She'll spend her life spelling out/correcting people if you go for elidah. I like it though

Esme is very cute and does sound nice with James

Elidah?

Common Scottish name bertrand

...like Hayley without the H

Eilidh, possibly?

oops, didn't notice that rogue A.

I'll maybe bring you with us when we register the poor thing bertrand

speaking as a Cis male, I feel that giving a girl a unisex or masculine name is latent sexism - do we really want our female children to follow masculine ideals?

As someone pointed out elsewhere on MN, why can't Elizabeth Anne be "strong" and "make her a baby feminist"?

lawrence you make an interesting point, and obviously can view this from a different perspective than me.

My personal preference for a unisex name is nothing to do with thinking there is a lack of strength in traditionally female names. I'm a strong, independent woman myself, and will strive to raise my daughter similarly. I don't think I accept that a unisex name will determine her destiny in any true sense.

I also think most things that challenge traditional gender norms have value, including names, but I'm not saying that's what I am trying to do, just saying what may be viewed as sexism by some may be viewed as a feminist stance by others. Why allow males to own these names anymore than females?

"just saying what may be viewed as sexism by some may be viewed as a feminist stance by others"

It could- if people were equally likely to post looking for a "nice unisex/girl type name for ds"

But "unisex" in names as in most things means "male but used by women"

bertrand from little acorns grow mighty oaks. Who is to say what the next generation will look like. Though I can imagine many people kicking up a fuss if someone posted trying to call their DS Mary.

Maybe in the future they'll all be named after fruit and inanimate objects and it won't matter

naming your daughter Jamie or a masculine sounding surname such as Taylor or Tyler is not suddenly not sexist if they are "Taylor Anne" or "Tyler Marie"

I've never met or heard of an Elidah (plenty of Eilidhs though) and live in Scotland. Maybe it's only popular in some areas.

iggi I got spell corrected on that one, definitely an Eilidh rather than anything else 😄

Oops, sorry

One of the things i really hate about other name nerd boards is their common and snooty elitist view that "legit names" stopped being created at the end of the 19th century.

But... giving masculine names to girls is not feminist. Not by a long shot.

lawrence I don't see the problem personally, but we all have individual views on these kind of things, I'm sure it won't make a massive amount of difference to her at any rate. I'm just excited to get to meet her and want a nice name.

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. We definitely have a longer list of possibilities than before 😊