Eden - is it too 'feminine'?

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DP and I both loved the name Eden for a boy (I've loved it for years), but have had several comments that it's a girls name and that a boy would be made fun of with it.

Opinions? Would it cause confusion/bullying? It is a unisex name.

I’d think you were Chelsea fans too

Works for both and is lovely!

Lots of names don't give away the gender, and I actually think this is a good thing.
Think of Ashleigh, or Jo or Frances (unless written down)

My impression is that it’s more commonly a female name in the U.K, but without looking at the stats I don’t know.

The other problem is accents - with an estuary accent it comes out Aydern, so I think it depends where you live.

Nearly 4 times as many girls than boys.

To me it is female name, I would give it to a boy as I wouldn't want them bullied.

I consider it a girls' name.

I named my Dd Eden after first hearing the name in Ruth Rendell's A Dark Adapted Eye, which was on TV when i was a teenager.

Oh I loved that book and adaptation! Haven't read it in 20 years....but didn't things ends badly for all characters?

It is a boys name imo, the only Eden I have met was male.

My mate has a little boy called Eden and it really suits him ... go for it x x

I think it’s a bit porny

Porny

I know more boy Eden then girls

I know it can be a boy's name but the only Eden I know is a woman in her 50s.

I have a unisex name and found it really embarrassing as a tenager and somewhat annoying in my 20s, I guess it helped me develop a thick skin but having lived 45 years with a unisex name I am not a fan of them at all and didn't give any of my children unisex names.

It’s a girls name like Tracey that used to be a boys.

I know a little girl called Eden and I was telling my DM about her and she presumed I meant a boy so I guess it's both.

The only Eden I know is a boy - I think from the responses on here you can tell it's a genuinely unisex name.

I love it for a boy.

I like names like Jem, kit and Kim for boys though, so maybe that rules out my vote!

I know one girl Eden and three boy Edens. The boys are all French and pronounced more like "edden" whereas the girls name is pronounced like the garden of Eden ...

To me, a boy's name.

Porny ????

I know a little boy whose parents had this dilemma, they went ahead with it anyway. He’s now 4 and in Montessori school. He never had a comment about it until two of his little friends have sisters called Eden, and the “Eden has a girl’s name, hahah” started. He’s an able little fellow and not too bothered but just so you know!

I know one of each too! Love it for either ❤️

Edan is nice for a boy.

I think it's fine. Screw closeminded misogynists.

I think of it as very much a girls name.

I loved that book and adaptation! Haven't read it in 20 years....but didn't things ends badly for all characters?

Yes, very much so! I just took the name, rather than actually naming her "after" the unfortunate character