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Can I call my boy Marnie?

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Byets · 15/02/2020 19:15

What does everyone think about naming a baby boy Marnie? Is it just for girls? Opinions 😊

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MillicentMartha · 15/02/2020 20:28

Yeah, my auntie Marnie (Margaret) is 88 now and it’s just an old lady’s name to me. Marley or Arlo maybe?

NewName54321 · 15/02/2020 20:30

What about Martin?

FrangipaniBlue · 15/02/2020 20:32

The only person I know called Marnie is a man!!

He's actually called Martin but nobody uses it, not even at work, for years I didn't even know that was his proper name.

ilovemykids5 · 15/02/2020 20:37

Call him Marley

captainfleebag · 15/02/2020 20:39

Sounds good for the family dog Wink

ViserionTheDragon · 15/02/2020 20:46

Why would you want to give him a girl's name?

abitlostandalwayshungry · 15/02/2020 20:47

if you love the name just change the spelling so it is unique but sounds the same

whywhywhy6 · 15/02/2020 21:02

No you can’t.

ironicname · 15/02/2020 21:38

Spell it however you want, 99% of the time it been oral/aural and everyone will hear a girls name.

Nowayorhighway · 15/02/2020 21:40

No.

TenShortStories · 15/02/2020 21:46

I know a male Marney (spelt this way) in his 70's!

He is married to a woman with a unisex name so they constantly get people muddling them up when they are first getting to know them! Other than that I don't think he has any issues with it being a 'girl's' name.

Willow2017 · 15/02/2020 21:55

Nope its a girls name.
Also one of Hitchcocks best films, about a woman!

Autumnsloth · 15/02/2020 22:04

No, definitely a girl's name

IVflytrap · 15/02/2020 22:05

No, but first thought was Marley could work instead. Or Marty? Harley? Charlie?

AcrobaticCardigan · 15/02/2020 22:09

Absolutely not!!!!

SanFranBear · 15/02/2020 22:09

I like it, OP.

dementedma · 15/02/2020 22:17

Marnie is a girl’s name.

marlin?
Martin?
Manny?
Marvin?
Arnie?

TatianaLarina · 16/02/2020 16:40

It’s funny (I mean grim) that girls can be given boys’ names but boys cannot be given girls’ names point blank.

TatianaLarina · 16/02/2020 16:41

Marley or Marlowe

MyNewBearTotoro · 16/02/2020 16:45

You could potentially use it as a nickname - maybe for Martin or Marvin. Definitely not a good stand alone name for a boy.

Barney or Arnie are similar sounding alternatives.

Will this definitely be your last/ only child? If not I would try and find a boys name you love and save Marnie for a potential future daughter, or failing that even a future potential pet.

DarningKittens · 16/02/2020 16:46

There are two boy Marnies in one of the infant years at school and no girls.

ShesGotBetteDavisEyes · 16/02/2020 16:50

If you like more androgynous names what about:
Jamie
Ashley
Ryley
Sacha
Lucien
Tyler
Etc...can be used for either sex. Marnie is just a girls name IMO.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 16/02/2020 16:51

Please don't. Call him Marmaduke and use Marmie as a NN.

ShesGotBetteDavisEyes · 16/02/2020 16:51

or Marty?

TatianaLarina · 16/02/2020 16:52

Please don’t call him Marmaduke.

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