Middle name for Casper (Girl)

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Really want a lovely middle name for Casper, something feminine, vintage, pretty etc.
Many thanks in advance and happy new year

I have a boys name and I cannot remember one situation in all my life where I have had to explain if I’m male or female or where it’s left anyone confused or caused outrage or any other examples given here?! Some people do love to be dramatic.

@Twelve8Ts 🙌🙌

Or perhaps people have different experiences Twelve

I said nothing about outrage, but awkwardness and confusion, yes.

@TatianaLarina That comment wasn’t aimed at you directly, it was in response to all of the comments about bullying, confusion, hassle etc.
But if people have different experiences then let’s not generalise and say this will happen. I’ve said it before, but as adults we work with (or will meet) people from around the world (I actually work with a Casper) and we’ll hear all sorts of names. We don’t sit there for hours dazed and confused in total shock about upon hearing an unusual name. I can imagine people really struggling in life if that’s their reaction.

I like Casper for a girl. I also know a female Jasper, she doesnt get any hassle for it. I can't think if a good middle name though, sorry.

Also, maybe if people had more confidence when naming their children and others didnt sh*t all over their more unusual ideas then then we’d see a broader range of names and kids might not (supposedly) bully others and grown adults wouldn’t be left so ‘confused’.
Rant over, sorry everyone!

Just spell it Kasper and pass her off as a Leicester goal keeper in training. Seriously? It’s awful for a girl.

People saying you are female and have a boys' name, do you mean a unisex name like Alex or Chris, or a nickname like Jack, or a crossover name like Jordan or Courtney, or a name like Geoffrey which has almost never been given to a girl?

I think Casper is a great name for a girl, what about something like Casper Grace?

That sounds really nice @JessicaMary87

Ridiculous

Poor child

Fascinating that nobody calls boys Susannah. And there was a thread recently worrying that Ellis sounded too feminine for a boy. Double standard, much?

Cameron is traditionally a boy’s name but no-one bats an eyelid at Cameron Diaz. Or Reece Witherspoon. Casper is fine for a girl. As pp suggested, Casper Grace is nice and funky.

So why not Amelia for a boy?

Don't be ridiculous. there are men called Leslie. And boys called Jesse.

My point was.. if you want to call your daughter Barry or your son Catherine, it's at your complete discretion. People will have their opinion of course, but is there any need for nasty comments? Open your minds

Open minds won't prevent people making fun of the name. Children are not social experiments and shouldn't be used to make a point.

@GummyGoddess I don't think the OP is trying to make a point, I think she genuinely likes the name

Jesse is a boy's name. It's in the Bible. Jessie is the girl's spelling.

Leslie spelled that way is far more often a boy's name. Lesley is the spelling usually used for girls.

There's no logic here, it's all arbitrary which names/spellings we use for girls and which for boys, but frankly who'd want to go through life constantly having to discuss their name? I wouldn't.

Very noticeable that the OP hasn't been back, which leads me to suspect this was a wind up from the start. But assuming this is serious, a parent may like a name, but they're not going to be the one going through life with that name, their child is. Parents have a responsibility to think about this. I wouldn't have thanked my parents for calling me Casper or Geoffrey or Barrie or Peter or any other name usually used for boys.

Fine in theory Winona except that it is only EVER one way, and boys’ names that have been co-opted for girls quickly become unacceptable for boys.
Jaime (Hispanic version of James) is now almost exclusively a girl’s name in the English speaking world. See also Hilary, Evelyn, Esme and so on.
As posters upthread have said, it’s about perceived male superiority — you’re trying to ‘promote’ a girl by giving her a boy’s name — and it would ‘demote’ a boy if you gave him a girl’s name. Which is why it doesn’t happen.
It all feels like a retrograde step to me. What are we telling young girls with this..? That girls’ names are somehow secondary and boys’ names, (and by extension, boys) are better?

Good grief I had no idea this name would generate such a response if I had I would have clarified some things haha.

I'm not pregnant nor planning on naming a future child (boy or girl) Casper, my sister is having a girl and wants to name her Casper. The reason being that her partner's mother was born in Casper (USA) and it's sentimental for him. That's all

They have settled on Casper Rose

Hurrah! I liked that one best too.

Jasper?