Shannon for a boy?

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I'm 32 weeks, I am really rooting for this name but DP says it's a girl's name! I do get where he's coming from and I feel maybe at this point this name has the same problem as Ashley (also love but DP said it's a no from the start)

I do think Shannon paired up with a "boy" middle name could definitely be pulled off however I can't come up with a decent combination so convincing DP is proving to be very difficult now.

Please help xx

Shannanon Caspar

I love the name Shannanon for a boy

Remember your sweet baby will become (hopefully) a young man looking for a good job - wouldn't one of those "basic" names look better on a cv? Classic names are safe. I know people who when recruiting discard those with odd names (excluding international applicants) as they feel though won't fit in because they aren't likely to have the right background, discrimination is alive and well in the U.K.

I have a girl Shannon but we both agree it's perfectly fine for a boy. It's a good, strong name.
However, you both have to agree. That is so important.

I'm sorry, but I see it as 100% a girl's name and I think a boy with that name in the UK would get picked on :( Good luck with the naming though :)

That's partners favourite name for a girl

I think its a girls name....

The child, sadly, may get bullied for it

Nil point from
me

You might like the Irish name Senan (boys name).

it doesn't really matter what any number of us think, the fact is that your husband hates it.
that should be the end of the matter.
i know about to give birth is very uncomfortable physically and stressful emotionally, but you cannot expect to go on trying to impose your will on your husband in such an important matter, where his view is as valid as yours. you must come to an agreement. suggest something else, or accept one of his far more sensible choices.
you also have to think of the child's life in the future. what will be best for him. keep odd-ball ideas for pets. they don't apply for jobs.

Have you considered similar?

Like Channing or Chandler? Or would they both be too associated with certain 'persons'?

I'm surprised by the negative reactions, considering how rife unisex style names (and even boys ones) are for girls these days.

I like Shannon for a boy. I grew up with a female one in the 90s in Canada, but here in the UK I see it as unisex (not that I know any male Shannons, but I do know a male Ashley and a Leslie, so that probably helps).

I think the fact that Shannon isn't exactly popular for girls right now also helps - it's not like OP wants to name her son Lily!

Sure, kids can be bullies but I'd keep in mind that this generation will have entirely difference reference points for things like this; their peers will have a much wider range of names than ours ever did. I doubt name-based bullying is as prevalent as it once was, or perhaps it's always been more rife in people's imaginations than reality. I don't remember anyone ever being teased because of their name when I was growing up, it was always other things!

I love the name Shannanon for a boy

It's awful Shannanon looks like a spelling mistake. The very "Shannanons" Google found were female.

I think it’s nicer as a boys name and wouldn’t bat an eyelid, and as you say living in an international community gives you more scope.

To the PPs saying ‘they’ll get bullied’ perhaps teach your kids not be bullies and accept differences and we’ll all have better lives?

To the PPs saying ‘they’ll get bullied’ perhaps teach your kids not be bullies and accept differences and we’ll all have better lives?

We can all teach our DC not to be bullies but it only takes a few to not bother. For what it’s worth, I don’t think many are bullied for their name these days (some will be though unfortunately) but I still wouldn’t give my child a name that I thought they might have people raising their eyebrows at or laughing behind their back.

No. Just no.

I like it. Would think it quite cool on a little boy now. James has been used for a girl, no reason this can’t be used for a boy.

I think it’s ok ( but have NZ background). Just give him a very plain indisputably male second name that he can use on his CV etc for any Pom who might think that Shannon is exclusively a female name

Senan is a great alternative suggestion.

I think wanting to use a (rather basic, if we're using the term) girls name on a boy for no other reason than wanting to be yooneek is weird. Even on a girl it's an ok name but nothing wonderful. There are loads of great names for boys.

Senan is nice, and I've come across very few.

Horrid name for a chid, especially a boy. Hope your surname isn't Matthews.

"child"

I think you could get away with it overseas, yes.

I don't like it, I have to say, here it says fairly downmarket drab girl name. Bit depressing 20-years-out-of-date feel to it!

BUT -if your OH doesn't like it, you can't. Have to say, I do think there's a difference with putting up with a name you don't love but was your partner's choice when it's a normal old James or Ben, to having to deal with having your son called Shannon when you hate it! I don't think you can ask him to go along with that, sorry.

Senan is a great suggestion.

I hope Shannanon is a typo. If not, can I suggest perhaps Jamames or possibly Benjajamin as an alternative?

It wouldn't hurt to be a bit nicer. This is the baby name thread, not aibu. Some of the posters here are very unpleasant.

It’s a girls name to me and not that nice either. I was teased mercilessly for my name throughout me entire childhood-not a time I remember fondly and have changed my name now.

I think of it as an Australian boys name. I think it’s fine!

Please don't do this.

It's a most unappealing name for a boy- and the mocking he would get- he'd change it anyway, and wouldn't thank you!