Jamie or Luca for a girl?

[Ldn123]

Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone had any comments on the names Jamie or Luca for a girl and which you prefer? Thanks!

I would not use either for a girl, sorry.

Isn't Jaime the Spanish version of James (pronounced Hi-me)? Don't listen to that suggestion.

I've only ever know Jamie as a female given name, only ever a nickname for males. I really like it.

Not keen on Luca (but that's probably just because the Luca I knew was a bit of a creep)

@DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn You are being pedantic. So ‘boys’ names for girls is acceptable in the US as being unisex, as they have different naming styles but not wherever you are from?

You are being pedantic

No, I'm being accurate.

Of course it matters that the USA is a different country with different conventions. Just like it matters that other countries have different naming conventions which we don't follow and which don't work in the U.K. "Randy" for example.

So ‘boys’ names for girls is acceptable in the US as being unisex

Still not unisex.

When there are so many lovely girls names, why on earth would you give a baby girl a boys name?

I’ve only met boys with both of these names so wouldn’t pick either for a girl.
I don’t think she’d enjoy a lifetime of having to explain.

I like both names for a boy. Slight preference for Jamie

I also like both names for a girl. Slight preference for Luca

Jamie is very acceptable as a girl's name!

Please can someone explain to me why people think it’s a good idea to give girls boy’s names, but not the other way round?

@BertrandRussell because society regards boys as better than girls. A girl with a ‘boys’ name is cool. A boy with a ‘girls’ name is practically illegal and highly shameful.

I expect it was a rhetorical question but answered it anyway x

Jamie is fine for a girl but Luca to me is a very masculine boys name

No you are definitely being pedantic.

The U.K. is not full of British people and has many people of mixed heritage so should they all name their kids British names so to avoid confusion as to the gender and birth place of their child or go with their heritage which might inspire others?

American names play a major part in U.K. society due to the amount of American TV shows played there which is why Aubrey/ Hunter/Mila/Miley are becoming so popular here. The world is evolving, you should too

Still unisex

Luca is horrible for boy or girl. Always makes me think of 'filthy lucre' or 'leucorrhea'.

Jamie comes from James so basically a boy's name though there are girls called that.

There are so many really nice girl's names to choose from, why go for something so obscure?

Luka in the song is definitely a boy. Suzanne Vega is quoted as saying a boy named Luka was her inspiration so I don’t think it’s ambiguous!

Luca is usually a boy’s name so I wouldn’t personally. Jaime is fine.

@PlantPotting yep!

How about changing it to Lucca, after the Italian town, so it’s like Sienna?

Sienna is the name of a pigment and colour. The town is Siena.

Jamie is good. It's a unisex name - more common for females in North America, more common for males in the UK but fine for either. Think Jamie Lee Curtis.

Luca is an Italian boys' name, never heard it used for a girl.

I have a female friend with a traditionally male name. It's quite uncommon in the U.K. anyway which helps I think but I've known her since we were children so I've always considered it a unisex name. I don't think it matters much, people who know the child get used to it very quickly.

Please can someone explain to me why people think it’s a good idea to give girls boy’s names, but not the other way round?

I wish I knew. I was given a traditionally boy's name. It was the bane of my fucking existence until I was able to change it by deed poll. My mother was furious. Well, not as much as I was being saddled with her idea of being trendy and unique even nearly 50 years ago.

No one gets used to it and you are continually mistaken for a boy and having to correct people and spell it out, it's humiliating and ridiculous. And again why does no one ever suggest calling a son Rose or Caitlin or Adelaide but always a girl Luca or Ezra or James. Children asking you, 'Why is your name Bryce?' or such like. It's not empowering, it's just a fucking PITA for the one who has to bear it.

Neither, both are male names.

The fact is that genuine unisex names are rarely unisex for long, because once they have been used for a girl, they become girls' names. How many men do you know under the age of 50 who are called Hillary, Beverley, or Kelly - all names that were more commonly given to boys and which are now thought of as female. This is because of the devaluing effect of anything that is associated with women. I see people on these boards saying that Robin is a girl's name, so doubtless that will be the next one no longer available to boys, and I can see Ashley and Aubrey going the same way soon.

@FruitcakeOfHate, you don't/can't speak for everyone.

My sister is a Jaime and is quite happy with her name. No one has ever confused her for a boy at school, on the phone or anywhere else and so what if they did?

She would correct them and move on - she's never been told she has a boys name either because Jamie (and other forms) are widely used and accepted as a girls name now.

OP, they are both hideous for a girl. Please don't. Why would you do that?