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Feelings on now feminine names for boys?

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user1489577919 · 16/03/2017 18:04

Previous post... Selwyn didn't seem too popular.

Now I'm thinking about names that lean a bit more feminine these days:

Vivian

Hilary

Kelly

Thoughts? Also any other suggestions of feminine names for boys?

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NotYoda · 19/03/2017 19:24

I also like Jodie

The names I prefer for girls are:

Robyn
Stevie
Billie (although Billy is OK for a young boy)

MrsLettuce · 19/03/2017 19:26

Vivian is good.

Would Fabian or Florian (often nn Floris) work in English?

FlappyRose · 19/03/2017 19:29

As a child, I knew a boy called Kelly. He was so badly bullied he changed it at 11. Kids can be cruel.

MrsLettuce · 19/03/2017 19:36

Oh, is Fabian prn Fay-bee-N in English? I fear it is and am not keen. Sorry. I'm used to Fab-ee-aN which I do quite like.

DumbledoresApprentice · 19/03/2017 19:39

When I was on teaching placement I taught a boy called Kelly. He was definitely one of the cool kids and not teased at all. IME of secondary schools children aren't teased for their names. Some kids with fairly run-of-the-mill names get teased, including with horrible puns on their names and jokes about them. Others with names that lots of people claim will attract ridicule have no trouble at all.

captainproton · 19/03/2017 19:40

What about Joe? Lots of Josephs and Joannes get call Joe. It's gender neutral IMO.

I like Jesse and Kit too.

NotYoda · 19/03/2017 21:44

Flappy

I wonder if Kelly was a common girls' name at that point, whereas less so now?

MyNameIsAlexDrake · 19/03/2017 22:09

I have known male
Taylor
Morgan
Brooke

Though I think they're more commonly used as female names now.

deste · 19/03/2017 22:31

Jordan or J'aime.

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