Cool/tom boy/no frills - girls names

[Pippathenippa]

Appreciate this style isn’t to everyone’s taste & ‘you won’t know what she’ll be like’ has been thrown around but then you don’t know if she’ll be sickly sweet when you call a little girl daisy? You may recognise me from the Connie or Frankie thread! I still feel like I’m looking for that perfect cool name for our second little girl! Please give me all your amazing suggestions, you’ve all been so helpful so far!

Jean

Finn
Theo
Jenson
Olive
Nora
Davis
Jude
Nola
Max
Piper
Vod
Jax
Xander
Fred

Cameron reminds me of David Cameron

You could always give her a double barrel name shortened to two letters like CJ or JP. These are very tom boy!

Merle

How about Circe (sir-say) awesome legendary bad ass witch.

Also check out the Rebel Girls books from the libraries. Loads of cool strong women, past and present. Ada Lovelace being a strong mathematician and starting the first computer program

Jenson is not a girl's name. It is a surname that means the son of Jens (also a male name) 😕

My daughter is Roxy/ Roxanne. I wanted her to have a name that was feminine but not cutesy, could be shortened but full name and nickname recognisable and could easily be that of a badass lawyer or badass cleaner. An international award winning ballerina or an international rugby star. She won't waste hours of her life spelling or repeating it but she also won't be in a class/ workplace full of them. The song can fuck off, although she's 4 and she sings it without understanding the meaning obviously. She loves that she has a song for her! My other daughter would have been Lola or Francesca/ Frankie, I had a son though!

You could always give her a double barrel name shortened to two letters like CJ or JP

Or TK

Kate.
George.

Are pretty and strong mutually exclusive now?

Ellis
Robyn
Billie

Erin

@Pippathenippa shame as it really fits the bill! My friend is called Mika. I love it! I would of liked to use the name for my DD but me and Mika were pregnant at the same time and in contact a lot throughout.

How about Cleo or Kaia? I would suggest my dd's name but I'm super protective of it on mumsnet 😂 it's super rare!

Would all those suggesting James, Michael, Jeremy, John, Evan etc. consider calling their sons Olivia, Sophie, Grace and Annabelle?

Well Evan is a unisex name so...

@FrozenMargarita17 FrozenMargarita17
My girl is called Cali

Oh I love this 🥰

“Well Evan is a unisex name so...“
Is it ? 6 girls called Evan last year.....

Talk to me about boys with traditional girls names. And if you don’t know any- why not?

Ida

Wren

@origamiunicorn thank you! We wanted something short, easy to learn to spell and something that was sweet for a toddler but also useable when she's older :))

I've always liked the name "Sarah" not as common as it used to be, and I just feel like it's one of those girl names that's neither here nor there. Not overly "girly" and then not unisex either.

It's a easy name to grow old with, is professional and timeless.

But that's just my opinion.

So I thought quickly so may be not brilliant - is Jo / Joe ( Appreciate often a shortening & the male spelling has the "e" ) one of the few genuinely unisex names ?

@Coachbombay I like Sarah too - I think a classic name. Can't think of a rubbish nickname you could make out of it. But equally to @Bertrands's point - I would not call a boy Sarah.

Oh bugger as shortening I think Sam is genuinely unisex too ( is it? )

I am mid fifties - in my teenage years I longed to be called Piper ( cf - Piper Laurie the actress ) Volunteering to muck out at local stables with two horses ( who were lovely ) called Sand Piper and Pied Piper stopped me thinking of Piper as an actual human name. But that is just me.

@simonthedog - actually I think Erin is a really nice name. But I think Stella is a nice name so what do I know.

LEAH

short & strong names as opposed to flowy & pretty

Can a name be pretty and strong? Flowy and strong?

Your words suggest an underlying bias. This is why people are 'nit picking'.

@BertrandRussell Why do people have to answer to you? Why are you demanding explanations from people? It’s the same old tired comments on every post. How about moving your questions to your own post to strike up conversation on what seems to be a very touchy subject for you? OP is asking for suggestions. No one owes you, a complete stranger, an explanation of their preferences.

Nobody has to respond to anyone, Twelve! But I think it’s an interesting question, and I do hope someone answers it.