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

No, you will be doing your child a disservice by giving them a boys name. It’s not “cool”, it’s not “unique, it’s not “fun”. It’s just causing them a lot of issues down the line.

@BiBabbles those unisex names are fine - although I’m going to point out that I’m pretty sure Franklin/Franklyn is very strongly masculine only. At least in my eyes.

@MikeUniformMike

What girl's name would you use on a boy?

I personally have a Kiah and a Morgan, both while traditionally male are now used more often on girls, Kiah almost exclusively so. I also have a Cora/Cory for a daughter. I then a Liam and a Sabrina to tie them off, so I'm not exclusively gender flipped, I just name my kids the names that I like without consideration to what gender they belong to.

Kiah and Morgan are boys' names though.

@Chameleon2003

I know a female Joey.

Me too. I wonder if it's the same one

@Chameleon2003

I know a female Joey.

Me too. I wonder if it's the same one

OP, I actually think the comments about sexism are very valid, and I don't perceive them as "going to the extreme". Ironically, what I would perceive as extreme would be meeting a girl called Dylan.

Regardless of the debate about the sexist side of it, I think most of us can agree that giving a girl a boys' name is unfair. She'll spend her whole life being mistaken for a boy. As someone has already said, there are thousands of less frilly girls names - why not use one of those?

My cousin is Finlay which is generally a boy's name but she really suits it! I also like Morgan, Reece and Marley which are very unisex names.

I've worked with a Lindsay, a Nicola, a Courtney and with 2 Ashleys at the same. When you are dealing with someone online only, and have not seen a photo, you will assume that they are either male or female.

When my boss said that Lindsay was visiting, I said it would be good to meet her - he was from NZ. Nicola was italian, Courtney's parents were from the Caribbean, and when Ashley went on maternity leave my assumption was correct, she is female. The other Ashley is male.

@backin199one maybe you're stuck in 1991, you've just told me to use a frilly girls name for my daughter 👀😂 We don't have to make our girls frilly and girly!

Thank you all you modern thinkers, I wasn't seeking views on using the names for a girl but the names themselves. But never mind!

As I expressed, the Andie/Drew suggestions were after her father. The others are all family connections too, it's not to "be cool" or anything like that, they are special names to us and I don't think it matters if it's on a girl or a boy, or if they do not identify as a sex!

@MrsTerryPratchett

It happens this way round because being a boy is a promotion and being a girl is a demotion.

If you wouldn't call a boy Poppy, and you would call a girl Drew, think about why. Is it because 'male' supposed qualities like strength look good on a girl but 'female' ones like softness and caring look bad on a boy?

As someone said earlier, "it's sexist AF".

This ^^ 100%

@romannumerals

Thanks all.

Her daddy is called Andrew, hence the Drew/Andie. Drew and Stevie are our faves

So. It only can she not have a usual girls name she has to be named after her father ?

I don't think it matters if it's on a girl or a boy, or if they do not identify as a sex!

Oh god. This child is going to grow up confused about its sex.

I like all of them except dylan....That is a slang term for a stupid person.

It is all very well trying to be cool and saying break the mould but it is your child who will spend their life explaining their name or putting up with surprise when they turn up and whoever was expecting a man.

Kerry Katona has a daughter called Dylan Jorge

@heartsonacake I have a unisex name and have never been confused about my sex. What a strange thing to think.

For what it's worth I think Andie (spelt like this) Drew and Stevie are fairly unisex names too and wouldn't comment. Dylan less so admittedly.

Some of the comments on this thread are ridiculous - there is absolutely nothing new and nothing wrong with using a unisex name if you want to OP. Nor is there anything wrong with wanting to honour the babys father (my.mothers middle name is Edwina - her dad is Edward)

I can't believe judgy posters are harping on about sexism and feminism but then saying only girls can have girls names and only boys can have boys names otherwise their lives are ruined forever. How sexist is that?

I actually love that in 2020, most people IRL have moved away from such outdated views

maybe you're stuck in 1991, you've just told me to use a frilly girls name for my daughter 👀😂 We don't have to make our girls frilly and girly!

Um, sorry what? I said "there are thousands of LESS FRILLY girls names" to choose from - how the hell was that implying that you should use a frilly girls name? I was implying the exact opposite!

As a matter of fact, I wasn't even alive in 1991, it's just a lyric from a song but whatever!

@sel2223 AMEN! 🙌🏽 thank you!! Couldn't agree more!

[quote RenegadeMrs]@heartsonacake I have a unisex name and have never been confused about my sex. What a strange thing to think.

For what it's worth I think Andie (spelt like this) Drew and Stevie are fairly unisex names too and wouldn't comment. Dylan less so admittedly.[/quote]
I wasn’t referring to the unisex name as the sole reason for this child being brought up confused about it’s sex.

I made my comment based on OP’s comment about “if they do not identify as a sex”. That, along with the male name for a girl, leads me to believe OP will confuse their child over their sex in regards to other matters too.

@heartsonacake I was just making the point that whatever our children want to be, it makes no difference to us as parents, you'd love then regardless. A name doesn't matter in respect of sex in my opinion. Just happens at this time, in naming a daughter. Don't cling onto something and try to say I'm going to make my child confused about sex. There's nothing confusing about it, they'll be what they'll be.

@heartsonacake I was just making the point that whatever our children want to be, it makes no difference to us as parents, you'd love then regardless. A name doesn't matter in respect of sex in my opinion. Just happens at this time, in naming a daughter. Don't cling onto something and try to say I'm going to make my child confused about sex. There's nothing confusing about it, they'll be what they'll be.

Don't cling onto something and try to say I'm going to make my child confused about sex. There's nothing confusing about it, they'll be what they'll be.

No, they won’t “be what they’ll be”. They’re born a girl, they’ll always be a girl. They can’t change that.

My fave is Freddie!

@heartsonacake oh god 🙄 How closed minded.