Boys names for girls.....

[romannumerals]

Really love boy names for girls. Our faves our below, please could you let me know your thoughts on them and whether you think they work for a girl

Andie
Dylan
Drew
Stevie

I like Stevie.

And not on you list I like Billie. And my youngest DD is called Frankie 😁

Well, I think it's sexist AF, so if that's the look you're going for, terrific.

To clarify - I like all the names on your list @romannumerals and wouldnt be shocked to meet a little girl with any of those names. I like Dylan in particular

I hate them. I have a unisex name myself and I have actually had to argue with people over if I am male or female because the computer says my name is male. Loathe the unisex aspect of my name and wish my parents had picked differently.

OP I don't know if you'd thought of this but names like Aurora you can nickname Rory, Charlotte nn Charlie, Marnie nn Arnie etc

@Buttybach it's not at all surprising to meet a girl called Rowan these days infact Rowan IS a girls name in Scotland (in the top 100 list for girls there and rising fast but doesn't feature in the boys top 100). The name has been transitioning to be more of a girls name in America too having looked at the statistics. I assume the name is "doing a Hillary" and will one day be regarded as unusable for boys.

Lastly I personally don't think it's sexist to give a girl a "boys" name. But I also can't wait for the day boys start being given "strong girl " names like Emma. Why not! (I know why- we live in a patriarchy - rhetorical question). How many hundreds of years will we have to wait for that.

I love names with a unisex/boyish nickname for girls. Andea/Andie, Roberta/Bobby, Matilda/Mattie, Stephanie/Stevie.
I'm really partial to the feminising of boy's names that's common in Scotland. For example, love Thomasina, Albertine, Edina etc with Tommy, Bertie and Eddie as nicknames. Or names like Wilma and Davina in their own right.
My fave is Freida nn Freddie.
I get its not everyone's cup of tea though.

Freida nn Freddie is great- adding that to my list @Broomfondle

There was a boy lodging in my house for a while called Emma....

Short for Emanuele. ...

At least they called him 'Emma' back home. I advised him that it was probably not the best in the UK.

These days I would just tell him to carry on and fuck what anyone else thinks.

I like

Riley boy or girl

@Whatsyourflava
Ah glad you like! I'd love to use it but we have a Wilfred (Wilf) in the family and I worry its too similar.

I know a Charlotte who was always referred to with the full name by family and friends.

However she is now known as Charlie on all her business correspondence and client work in a male dominated industry, it gives her the edge and the toe in the door when people presume Charlie is a man.

She also says if she ever has a girl it will have a gender neutral name to give her a fighting chance in a mans world.

What's wrong with normal names; like Emma, Samantha, Maria, etc?

The attempts at quirky via your daughter's name just seem a bit daft to me.

I knew a girl called Cameron and she then heard the same 2 sentences whenever she introduced herself.

1. I always thought that was a male name and
2. Like Cameron Diaz, then.

Don't deliberately give your daughter a name that she'll be explaining her whole life.

Well, I think it's sexist AF, so if that's the look you're going for, terrific.

I totally agree.

Feminine forms of masculine names are bad enough, but straight up giving a masculine name to a girl is incredibly sexist. Why? Because you wouldn't do it the other way around, would you? Does a girl need a masculine name to look strong? To look validated? Because that's certainly the impression you give if you stick a masculine name on a girl!

@Ameanstreakamilewide definitely see what you're saying it's hard to predict isn't it. I had a very standard name (top 5/10) which no one ever asked questions about whereas my siblings name was very unusual. Whenever we introduced ourselves together there would always be questions and comments about my siblings name and despite being an introvert myself I still felt a bit boring and would have liked some comments and questions too. Haha.
I prefer my own name now but it's certainly a less interesting name

I'm an ardent feminist and disagree names like Fredericka, Martina or Josephine are sexist AF, but there we go. I also don't see how not giving a girl a feminine name just because she is a girl is sexist. I would argue the same for boys. And also that the idea of feminine/masculine names is a changing tide anyway.
Is putting a girl in jeans and T-shirt rather than a dress sexist because 'she has to be dressed as a boy to be perceived as strong' or whatever? More unisex and less feminine clothes isn't sexist AF, why would more unisex and less feminine names be sexist AF?

It's interesting that in English a vowel sound at the end of the name often signifies it belongs to a female. My own name is unusual but classic and definitely female, but neither the full name nor the short form I use ends with a vowel sound - I often get non-native English speakers assuming I'm male...

One of my children would have been known as Alex no matter what, but with the full Alexander/Alexandra on the birth certificate.

@Broomfondle - Sorry but I don't see Dylan, Drew and James as unisex names. They're strictly masculine to me. I take no issue with genuine unisex names like Charlie being used on girls. But when a girl is given a name where 99.9% of the bearers are male, that's where we have a problem.

Sam
Billie
Harley
Morgan
Jaimie
Jai
Stevie

My name is one of the above, male sounding and male spelling, And I hate it. People always assume I'm a male. And people always get it wrong, and I constantly have to repeat my name when people mishear it

If you are using Stevie as a nickname for Stephanie or Andy for Andrea, ok.

As a full name for a girl? Just why?

Would you call a little boy Lottie or Katie? If not, why not?

I know a female Joey.

@Jattjewd
Can you explain why?
I totally get disliking a name that's difficult for the bearer to have in some way, as in the PP hating people assuming she is male. I'd apply this to names you have to spell all the time or are difficult to pronounce too.
But I think I have a different take on using masculine names for girls/feminine names for boys being inherently sexist. Isn't it breaking down 'gender norms?' Ending anything (apart from biological functions) with "...because of your sex" is more problematic surely.
Saying you should have a masculine name because your male and a feminine name because your female...isn't that more sexist?

Im with @Tillygetsit. Im not a fan of this latest trend to give girls a boys name. There is so much choice for girls and you would never give a girls name to a boy.

What we perceive as female names change over time.

Shirley was a boys name until the book by Charlotte Bronte. Florence was a boys name until Florence Nightingale. Alison, Carole, and Meredith were all boys names originally. I don't think any name has gone the other way, I can't think why!

@CountFosco

Everybody knows why.