Can I call my baby boy Sioux?

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My husband is a big music fan and with all of these gender neutral names flying about I was wondering if it would be cruel to call our baby boy Sioux?

To me the name Sioux is strong and mascaline - worriors. But I'd like to get your opinions please.

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No.

Your child - your choice. Have you considered Arapahoe, Cree or Apache?

No you can’t do that honestly I would be thinking constantly that poor kid

Do not do this. He will be bullied at school, for sure.

Lindsey, Shirley, Hillary, all originally boys names which morphed into girls names over the years, why not reclaim one of them? Lindsey even has a rock and roll connection with Lindsey Buckingham.

Dear god, cultural appropriation to the max! As for naming him 'Sue', well, why not, every other person on here is naming their daughters Teddy, Rory, James, etc.

Its a good choice if you know you won't be there to help him along.
You could give him that name and say goodbye. He'll have to get tough or die and it will be that name that helped to make him strong.
Be warned, he may make a pledge to the moon and stars to search for you in all the "honkytonks and bars" eventually leading to a confrontation over your choice of name.
All going well, however, he will eventually thank you for the gravel in his guts and the spit in his eye and you will be reconciled.
Crack on.

One way to find out where the line is drawn, is for your husband to change his name to Sioux/Sue for a year

Yes, and you can change yours to graham.

Then decide.

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Nooooo

If you want to "play with gender rules" then don't use your child to express that. Why doesn't your husband change his name to this if he feels so strongly?

@HannaYeah

Not even Stevie Smith??

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I know a rock fan with a ds called Serge...
Sorry but please don't call your dc Sue.

How about as a middle name? I think that for a boy the name might make his school life a bit unpleasant.

You'd spend his childhood saying "He's called Sue spelt S-I-O-U-X", which would get incredibly tedious - as would all the questions about whether you actually have any Sioux connections. So would he, for a time, until he worked out that he doesn't have to subject himself to this and chooses a different name..

@Prevegen4U that was my first thought!

He will be bullied by older boys calling him susie

So no. Don’t call the poor buy Sue

I just think of pastry 🙈

Can you name your. Any Sioux? Yes.
Should you? No.

Why do people think it's okay to use their children to make a statement?

Utterly selfish

I think you would be accused of cultural appropriation. Most people under 40 won't be aware of the musical connection and wonder why you have a boy named Sue. Unless they see it written down they will it's weird in a weird way and not a cool way. Sue feels middle aged housewife. No offence to any Sues.

Pastry

A boy called Sue?...seem to recall a song about that...

Sioux? Hahahahahaha

Nice try.

Cameron: have met boy and girl Cameron's
Andy, Short for Andrea
Dylan: not personally.
Bobby: Short for Roberta, have met a female Bobbie
Tyler: One, but she was a strip club house mum. Have met a couple of female Taylor's.
Stevie: Short for Stephanie.

Glad you decided against Sioux, its bloody awful.

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