Ezra for a girl?

[hellogirlies]

Hey everyone, i was wondering is the name Ezra acceptable for a girl? I personally think the a ending makes it sound feminine. I know its not common for a girl but more boy names are being used for girls right? I would hate to not be able to use it :/ need some feedback / opinions?

Cote, just because Esra is a turkish girls name. I prefer with a Z, as esra backwards is a bit rude :) Thanks for the suggestion xx

Asra?

I know two really fabulous Turkish women called Eylem and Lale. I personally really like these names. But I don't know anything about Turkish names, tbh. So maybe these names are outdated or something...

Asra isn't a name but Azra is.

Lale ("tulip") is OK but maybe a bit outdated. I would be careful with a name like Eylem ("political action") - it's usually children of committed communists left-wing activists who get called this name, quite often those born around 1970s-1980s. Similar politically loaded names: Emek ("labour"), Ekin ("harvest"), Nazim (after Nazim Hikmet), Diren ("resist"), Devrim ("revolution"), etc.

Cote

Ah, I have heard it before but really didn't know how to spell it. Thanks :) I personally think Lale is super lovely. Similar to Lilah/Lailah/Láila etc and really pretty (plus, there's a imo pretty cool singer called Laleh).

Ezra = boy's name. Seems very male and biblical to me.
You know that other languages don't usually have this rule about name ending in 'a' = feminine, right? That's why over here and in the US we now have loads of female Sashas, though I understand it was originally a Russian male name, the short form of 'Alexander'.

And like a pp said, you wouldn't name a girl Joshua, would you?

I know of a couple of female Ezras - Ezra Cetin for example .
However my SIL has a boys name - it has caused her many problems - she is routinely confused as male in her job. Like calling a girl George it is kind of difficult for her.