Feelings on now feminine names for boys?

[user1489577919]

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?

[NotYoda]

I also like Jodie


The names I prefer for girls are:

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

[MrsLettuce]

Vivian is good.

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

[FlappyRose]

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

[MrsLettuce]

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]

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]

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

I like Jesse and Kit too.

[NotYoda]

Flappy

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

[MyNameIsAlexDrake]

I have known male
Taylor
Morgan
Brooke

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

[deste]

Jordan or J'aime.