Boys names on girls... Ideas please!

[charlie1234567]

I'm a Charlie and have always loved it, but am trying to think of others in case we have a girl....

Ideas so far
Robyn
Mikaela (Mikky)
Andrea (Andy)
Francesca (Frances)
Rory

Any others please help, I'm a teacher so I need a big list as have bad connotations with a few already 😄

"Gabrielle is not a boys name

Tell my Male neighbour that! He's shortened to Gabby"

OK. -elle ending is feminine. Your neighbour's parents do not come from a non European culture or got the spelling of Gabriel wrong. Gabrielle is not a male name.

It seems to me that a lot of the boys names considered suitable for girls are based on the more ‘old fashioned’ male names. I went to school with a girl called Erica and although it’s not a name I’ve used myself it has been one we’ve seriously considered. I like the way it sounds.
I also like Stephanie, Adrienne, Paula Cecily and Clarissa.

Gabriel/Gabrielle tend to be pronounced differently - gay-bree-el / gah-bree-elle

I've never met a girl named Bernard!

There's a Stevie on The Letdown, I quite like that.

Bernadette /Bernie? Wasn't the nanny in blackadder called Bernard?

Or Bernice?

I agree that some names usually given to one gender are great when switched. I have that with my son, sort of. His name was going to be used whether he was a boy or a girl, it's a unisex name but used more on girls these days.
The reason girls names don't often get used for boys is probably because of the widely held idea that boys cannot be seen to be like girls in any way shape or form whatsoever. It's cool and strong for a girl to be like a boy but unacceptable for a boy to be like a girl

Spencer!

Sam

"The reason girls names don't often get used for boys is probably because of the widely held idea that boys cannot be seen to be like girls in any way shape or form whatsoever. It's cool and strong for a girl to be like a boy but unacceptable for a boy to be like a girl"

I agree. That's why I think it's such a bad think to perpetuate it.

George/Georgie for Georgia/Georgina
Stevie
Sydney
Dylan
Met a baby Andi short for Andrea such a good name
Ady for Adrienne
Frankie

Morgan

Noa is a lovely unusual one...

Yeah it's spelt Gabriel. But then we've discussed different spellings of the same names for boys/girls.

Eg Harri v Harry
Jaime V Jamie
Robyn V Robin.

The names themselves though are all unisex - but often stereotypically attributed to a sex - often Male.

Working with children though means I come across names a lot and find stereotypical boys names are often used for girls and aren't considered boys names per se.

"Yeah it's spelt Gabriel. But then we've discussed different spellings of the same names for boys/girls"

So. Show me a girl's name that with a different spelling becomes a boy's name. Roze? Suzn? Yvy?

Milli I'm beginning to think you sit by this thread waiting for me to post just to contradict it

Re read my post and you'll see I never mentioned names stereotypically assigned to the female gender.

Elliot/Elliette
Robin

I'm guessing you're a Charlotte though so you could always just pick a pretty name that abbreviates to sound gender neutral? Like Christina (Crissie), Matilda (Matti/Til) or Georgia (Georgi).

Just thinking I've never heard of a Davina abbreviated to 'Dave', that would be new :-P.

I found out I was having a girl, wanted a girl & I too still liked make sounding names! I didn't want a really sickly girly name... so I totally get why OP is asking, probably not anything to do with wanting a boy? Wasn't in my case anyway...! Andy I really like for a girl! (but not for a guy)