Opinion on a girls name..

[Opal123]

Hi all!

So I’m only just pregnant but thinking of names already! We have a boys name already and have had that since we were first together. I personally don’t like popular names-don’t get me wrong I think they are really pretty, nice names, but I was in a class with 3 other people with my name and I hated it so I don’t want it for our baby!

I absolutely LOVE the name Rory, Rori, Ruairí, pretty much any given spelling of the name, but for a girl only. I can’t actually imagine wanting any other name for a girl but I think that is me being selfish and being in love with a name. I don’t know what I’m having yet but if we have a girl I don’t want her to hate us for calling her that. I’ve tried to think of names where Rory could be a nickname, Loreali, Victoria, Aurora but I don’t like any of them enough. I just love Rory.

What does everyone think of this? Or can you think of any alternative names where Rory could be the NN?

Thank you!

I love Rory for a girl, it’s on my shortlist too but I also don’t like Aurora or any of the other longer versions so no help there sorry!
Lots of people on here seem to think Rory is only a boys name. Probably depends where you live but I prefer it for a girl definitely.
I also like Remy/Remi, you might too?

Rory sounds masculine and a harsher sound to me. Even if I didn't associate it with males, the actual word sounds masculine.

What is the fixation with it? The sound, someone you knew, its short, starts with R?
Romy, Romilly, Riley?

It is a traditionally male name.....BUT it’s not unusual/unique for it to be used for a girl. If you like it, use it.

Rory is quite firmly a boys' name to me, but I've seen it as a nickname for Aurora or Lorelei.

Veronica? Ronnie is the diminutive but you could use Rory in a push.
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You may love Rory, but your future daughter may not! As it's unusual I'd say give a longer name that you can use Rory as a nn with (I'd go with Victoria as it's classic), or a more mainstream middle name that she could use if she chooses. I've got an unusual first name and middle name which I hated as a kid, but am now ok with as an adult, but give her some options

I like it for a girl, I know of one girl Rory (she is in one of my dance classes) and because of knowing a girl Rory I don’t see it as masculine but instead unisex, I actually prefer it for girls!!

The other Rory’s I know are either Aurora or Lorelai, I can’t think of any other names that can be shortened to it.

I like it as a nickname for Aurora but wouldn't use it on its own.

To me Rory sits firmly in the boys camp I've never met a girl one here in nz. I would use Aurora or Lorelei if you do chose it. I like the suggestions of Romy, Remi and Riley.

Ruairidh is Scottish gaelic for 'red king'. Not a name that I'd want to give to a girl, but each to their own of course.

Rory is frequently used as the English-language equivalent, though the sound is not the same. It's also a boy's name. Over 1,300 boys were named Rory in 2018 (last year for which government figures are available), compared with just 14 girls. See graph here: names.darkgreener.com/#rory

Rory is a name that has been used on American TV as a nickname for the female name Aurora. It's very much of it's time, and I suspect it might date. The above-mentioned graph - the very small blue shaded area top right - shows the sudden use of Rory for a girl over the past few years.

Are you a Gilmore Girls fan? I love Rory as a girls name 😀

If you’re not a Gilmore girls fan bear in mind your daughter will forever be asked if you are...

I'm American and in my late 40s. Growing up in the States, anyone named Rory was a girl (still is! My friend's sister is a Rory).

It's a bit like Romy to me. I meet boys and girls named Romy.
We agonise so much over names but to be honest, in reality this will actually NEVER happen:
If you’re not a Gilmore girls fan bear in mind your daughter will forever be asked if you are
She won't.

Your little girl will simply be Rory and no one will question it. That's the reality. We overthink how people respond to names.

Vanguard it's very interesting to hear what you say about the USA use of 'Rory', but in the UK it was hardly ever used as a female name until the Gilmore Girls appeared on TV.

The graph I posted earlier shows this. So do the official UK government figures on which that graph was based. ttps:www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesenglandandwalesbabynamesstatisticsgirls

And even in 2018, the last year for which official figures have been published, there were only 14 baby girls with that name. So it really is an unusual female name in the UK.

Of course, the OP must feel free to give her baby whatever name she wants.

I would assume it's a boy's name.

Nobody who hasn't watched the Gilmore Girls will even think of it, let alone ask your daughter about it.

If you like it, go ahead. There's nothing actually wrong with it (unless you're in an area that habitually uses "roaring" to mean crying) and children generally tend to accept what they know (everyone in my class thought Emily and George very old-fashioned).

Please don't give your daughter a boy's name. No one ever considers giving their son a girl's name.

Because sexism.

Victoria nn Rory.

@TheVanguardSix that's funny as to me Rory is very masculine and Romy sounds very feminine, but I can see how they'd both work as unisex.

I agree we overthink how people react to names. Especially on mumsnet where you can only go into a serious profession if your name is something like Elizabeth or Oliver.

As a nickname it sounds great. Screw all those who think it's a boys only name.

No one ever considers giving their son a girl's name

I know of a male Kylie....

Rory is most definitely a boys' name, it's a very strong, male name. Translated from the Irish it means 'red king'. I dislike the trend for appropriating boys' names for girls anyway, and it's really weird to use such a strongly male name for a girl

How about Romy?

appellationmountain.net/fetching-names-getting-to-rory/

Came across this, thought it might help you :)

Theadora/ Rory?

I think it sound masculine. It's a boy's name.

Famous Rorys include Rory McGrath, Rory Bremner, Rory Stuart, Rory Kinnear, Rory McIlroy...