Boys names for girls

[Tstevens]

Hi
I really like boys names for girls
I have Billie, Bobbie, Georgie and Jaime
Any others to through into the mix?
I think Billie is my fav though - thoughts on that?
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Lesley, Alex, Sandy, Joe, Fred

Lots of names (or shortened versions can be unisex)

Alex was/is a favourite of mine for a girl.

For those asking why you'd call a girl a boys name but not the other way around, there are a 'unisex' names such as Innes, Aubrey and Ashley which in my opinion are girls names, so it's not a new thing.

It's believe it's also been proven that girls with male sounding names tend to be more successful in terms of academics and careers, which is sad but its the world we live in.

@BertrandRussell, I agree. Ridiculous. My friend was horrified when someone thought her boy was a girl. I shrugged, my baby girl having already been mis-sexed.
Heaven forbid that a boy be thought of as just a girl.
Unfortunately a boy with a "girl's" name would be bullied.

there are a 'unisex' names such as Innes, Aubrey and Ashley which in my opinion are girls names, so it's not a new thing.“
Those aren’t “unisex” names. They are boy’s names which girls are “allowed” to use.
Unless you mean Inez, which is a different name to Innes.

Names travel from boy to girl then they stop being boys names. This never happens the other way.

Evelyn, Jocelyn, Jude and Robyn are examples of names that work perfectly well for boys and girls (with slightly different spellings) and are just as popular now for boys as they were 100 yeas ago. If it was true that feminised boys names dropped out of usage how is it that Oliver and Alexander are so popular?

Riley
Parker
Morgan
James

@BertrandRussell because Jane is an awful name 😬

But really... It's fine if you wanna call your son Jane or Emily. Nobody is stopping you.

I love Billie and Frankie for girls.

“Evelyn, Jocelyn, Jude and Robyn are examples of names that work perfectly well for boys and girls (with slightly different spellings) and are just as popular now for boys as they were 100 yeas ago”

No boys have been called Evelyn or Joscelyn in England for the last 20 years. Robin ins decreasing in popularity for boys. Jude is a Biblical boy’s name that has only recently been used for girls.

And I don’t understand your ooh t about Oliver or Alexander.

@FrancisCrawford that's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read on this site. My dd has a 'boys' name and she was very much wanted!!!

I don’t think it means they weren’t wanted- but I do think it might mane a girl wonder whether they really wanted a boy. And I have never had an answer to the question why does it never go the other way round. Except that it’s aspirational for a girl to have a boy’s name- and the opposite for a boy to have a girl’s. Which is crap, really.

The only female Jude’s I know are in their 40s and 50s. Lots and lots of little male Jude’s around. I know two male Robins one is 70 the other 10.

Names like Steven/Stephen, George, Albert, Alexander, Oliver, Robert have had popular feminised versions for centuries and remain popular for boys too. You could argue that one name is just a version of the other name but the pet names are often the same for boys and girls but remain very popular for boys - Sam is another example.

As it happens both my boys have biblical names that sit just as well on girls as boys and neither have ever raised an eyebrow. I get far more comment because my female dogs have traditionally male names

It's absolutely sexist to think it's fine to give girls boy names and not vice versa. It perpetuates the ingrained sexism in society which says that being male or masculine is aspirational and being female or feminine is not. Please, please, please do not keep doing this. Celebrate the female-ness of your daughters and teach them they can succeed, no matter how girly and feminine they want to be.

The problem is that when traditionally boys names become commonly used for girls, parents shy away from using those names for boys. I’ve seen queries on MN from parents asking if it’s ok to use such names for a boy. The way things are trending, in a hundred years there will be very few names not used for girls and parents will be agonising over what to name their sons if they want a really masculine name.
We have an Alexis in our family and I love the name . A hundred years ago it was regarded as a totally Male name and rather foreign, at that. It’s still unisex but more girls than boys are named Alexis now and some people have questioned whether it is in fact a boys’ name.

Alex is my fav boys name for a girl

Cody. Finley. Jo. Elliot. Jaqueline (Jack)

Rudy

I love Blake, Frankie, and Jaime.

Blair
Rani or Ronnie
Joud or Jude
Alix
Frances (for which Frankie can be a nn)
Izzy (Isadora)

Jeff

I know a young female (22) called Micah, and I think it is a lovely name for both male and female.

Also love Frankie. (my favourite on your list).

Hayden
Reese
Cameron
Eden
Rowan
Quinn
Blake
Avery

I think 40 or 50-something Judes are most likely to actually be shortened Judiths

Bertrand I agree with you, but when people are openly admitting that they don’t want to use traditionally feminine names because they associate them with weakness and inferiority, what can be done?

“I know a young female (22) called Micah, and I think it is a lovely name for both male and female.”
I’d just think her parents were pretty ignorant, frankly.