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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I wanted to call my son Kelly. I don't like it for a girl but I love it for a boy. It sounded silly with my surname though.

LOVE Billie for a girl!

Billie, Stevie and Robyn were on our list for DD. In the end we went with Frankie

I think it's awful to name a girl James or any boy's name and would like to see evidence of this:

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.

It's the world we live in because people give their female child a male name thus perpetuating the obviously erroneous idea that males are superior intellectually. If it's such a good idea, perhaps the woman should change her name to James or Fred which will automatically enable her to rise meteorically in her chosen career.

I think it's more to do with the the parents thinking they are different, cool and 'yoonique'.

It's not a trend I like. It does not serve women well.
I would assume that the parents were being 'edgy' or that they were hoping for a boy.

Isn't Serena Williams' daughter named after her father?
Likewise Whitney Houstons.

Children should have their own identity

I think a lot of these names are genuinely unisex and have been used for many years. Jamie-Leigh was quite popular in the 90s. Stevie, Robyn, Frankie and Georgie have been used for decades on girls. Frankie is usually short for Francesca, I went to school with one.

I love Frankie for a girl

Ashley, Blair, Blaise, Blaine, Dale, Devon, Eden, James, Kyle, Leighton, Reese,

I love Spencer too! And Teddy/Teddie. Stevie is nice, Brooke, Blair, Blake, Loui, Charley, Harrie, Ellis..

People really do get upset about this subject it’s hilarious 😂

James is becoming popular for girls

Eh? On what planet? I’ve heard it being mentioned on here, but never met a female James in my life. Not mentioned in rankings (that I’ve seen) either.

k it's more to do with the the parents thinking they are different, cool and 'yoonique'

Yep.

James remains at 0 for girls in England, I am glad to say.

I love Elliot for a girl

You don’t have to give the name to your child for it to become more popular. James is becoming a more popular consideration. People are more aware of it being an option for girls, especially as a middle name. Hence why it’s been mentioned on here numerous times.
You can’t fight it people, there are going to be more names cropping up in our lifetime! How will we all cope?

Whether or not it is a ‘popular consideration’ is moot; the fact remains that no one is actually calling their daughter James. It is not remotely popular.

You can’t fight it people, there are going to be more names cropping up in our lifetime

Using boys names for girls is hardly new names cropping up though!

“You can’t fight it people, there are going to be more names cropping up in our lifetime”

Including girl’s names for boys?

@BertrandRussell I personally hope that this doesn’t happen, because I do enjoy seeing you post the same question on here for months on end, ‘why don’t people give boys girls names?’ 😃

It’s a bit bizarre that you never answer it, though. Or are you just resisting admitting that you are inherently sexist?

Of course they don't answer. There's nothing edgy and cool about calling your son Lucy or Jessica and they obviously believe and perpetrate the idea that boys do better academically and that by calling their daughter James, she too will magically be an academic superstar.

Alex is my fav boys name for a girl

But Alex (along with Frankie, Chris, Georgie and others) is a common diminutive of a longer, female name. I'd imagine most female Alexes you meet are actually called Alexandra (and Alix, which a PP mentioned is actually a proper girl's name!) so it's not quite the same as putting Gary or Brian on a girl's birth certificate, as some here would like.
I don't understand why anyone would give their daughter a proper male name.

Frances is not a man's or unisex name - it is a woman's name. Francis is the male version of it. Oliver and Alexander are also not women's names, even though they have a feminine variations (Olivia and Alexandra), so why they've been mentioned as examples, I have no idea. And shortened versions of full names don't count either - Charlie can be short for Charles or Charlotte, Bobby or Bertie can both be Robert or Roberta, Frankie is Frances/Francesca or Francis. None of these were truly male names in the first place.

There are lots of names that started off being mainly for men and then became unisex, and which are now considered to be mainly for woman. Beverly, Hillary, Jody, Shirley and Rowan are all examples of this. Ashley and Blake are definitely going the same way. And yet, what examples can anyone come up with of names that have gone the other way? They can't, and that's because once a name is associated with the feminine, nobody wants to give it to a boy any more. Because feminine = inferior.

I read something recently that theorised about this phenomenon being responsible for the rise in ridiculously hypermasculine names like Zeus and Atlas, and I honestly think there's something in it!

Not just an academic superstar, Silvery but cool and edgy, too.

Teddy