Is it just me?

[Crunchymum]

I only like to look at threads re: girls names?

I have no interest in boys names. I have a son (love his name and it is perfect for him!) But I get zero excitement about boys names. Here or in RL

I am always intrigued about girls names though.

I have x2 DD as well as DS so I've had my experience with naming babies.

Why do I prefer girls names? Is it just me?

Not just you. Boys names are less interesting and I think because I have 2 boys I'm done with thinking of them and it's harder now but I bet I'll have another boy and be stuck on his name even when he's here lol

I find boys names much harder as well. IMO 99% of them are either dull or just awful.

Then there are a few which are okay but I don't love.

There are a miniscule number (probably about 3) that I absolutely love however invariably DH hates these. Sigh.

In comparison there are lots of girls names that I like enough, and not loads but more that I love. And DH seems to have nice overlap, which helps.

Haha, I'm the opposite. I got obsessed with names while expecting DS1 and since then can just never muster up any interest in girls names!

If a thread title isn't gender specific (i.e. "Thoughts on my shortlist") and I click on it and then see a list of girls names only, I just press back. I'm outta there.

I do the same Nickname but with threads on boys names

I'm the opposite, obsessed with boys names! Leave a thread if it's girls, zero interest.

I love boys names probably because I think it's harder to find a really nice boys name and it's fun to find one. Girls names are a bit boring to me sometimes but I like both.

:)

Boys names are a nightmare, I have 4 weeks left and liked Elliot all along now I don’t 🤷🏻‍♀️

I love my boys names, even now they're older, but not my DD's name, I struggled finding one and threw a few out, she was our first and born by ecs. When she was born, it was like a bolt out of the blue for DH, he was smitten and, whilst she was much wanted and planned, these feelings were like a switch had been flipped, and he chose her name out of one I'd mentioned in passing, I was out of it at the time.

In my life, that is one of my favourite memories, seeing him change in an instant.

Now, there are loads of girls names I like, bizarrely, as I'd struggled all those years before.

I love naming boys just as much as girls.

I always think boys names are either ordinary or ridiculous without many options for nice unusual names.

There are lots and lots of great classic normal boys names outside the top 100!

It might be because there is a higher number of girls' names to choose from. Also girls' names go in and out of fashion quicker than boys'.

@NelleB do you like Emmett? I like it but DP doesn’t. I have almost zero interest in boys names as well, I don’t like many!

Same but only because I'm totally stumped and know I'm expecting a girl and we had a boy name and now we can't agree at all on girl name. I found it so much easier to find boy names I like than girls, nothing is calling out to me (well nothing that my husband doesn't immediately veto).

@ahoydelboy no... my second is Luca... it’s hard isn’t?

Luca is lovely NelleB!

Similar in that I'm only interested in boys names. Girls names just don't interest me, even though I have A DD they all seem a bit meh