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

[quote romannumerals]@heartsonacake oh god 🙄 How closed minded.[/quote]
It’s nothing to do with being “closed minded”. It’s fact.

Oh dear. Now it's all starting to make sense... 😬

@heartsonacake

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.

You know what, I completely agree with you, but in the future your child might not. What would you do if they decide that they are genderqueer? It's just one of those things we need to roll our eyes and deal with unfortunately.

I wasn't seeking views on using the names for a girl

Yes you were. Your OP literally says "please could you let me know your thoughts on them and whether you think they work for a girl".

My DD is Morgan ...
In Wales it is more common for a boy to have this name , I love it though (Its my maiden name hence the choice too)

@romannumerals - please don't take any notice of some of these utterly ridiculous comments. I honestly can't believe what I've just read. Obviously you came on here for opinions but good god have you gotten them.

I personally love unisex names. My mum called me Charlie (not Charlotte) simply because she liked the name. Not because she was hoping for a boy, or thought it's a strong name for a female etc etc etc. She just liked the name.

School was difficult at times, for all of five minutes. Teachers would joke that they expected a boy to be sat at my desk, or my class mates would joke about it. But like I said it lasted five minutes and absolutely didn't affect who I was or who I became. Growing up I liked it and still do, it's not uncommon but I'm glad I'm not called Sarah, or Emma.

It's a real shame to see comments on here from other mothers who think their opinion is fact. Probably the same people who told me I shouldn't call my son Bodhi because I'm not buddhist. I mean......

please don't take any notice of some of these utterly ridiculous comments.

The OP specifically asked for comments.

@daisypond not utterly ridiculous ones

Sydney
Peta

Cameron
Dylan

Riley

@iloveyoubutilovememore

OP isn't suggesting unisex names.

@daisypond - yes she did but is there the need to be so harsh? Really? Just be kind people.......

@sel2223 - I think you are missing the point of some of these 'ridiculous' PP.

It's fine if you or the OP like using boys names for girls (which is different to clearly unisex names), but what some PP are highlighting is that this 'trend' does not happen the other way around, and that there is a reason for that.

As MrsTerryPratchett put it:

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

I was discussing the expression 'you throw like a girl' with my 8yo son recently. I tried to turn it around (eg. 'you dance/run like a boy') and it just does not work - this promotion/demotion is so bloody engrained that 'like a boy' does not sound derogatory.

There is nothing wrong with questioning or reflecting upon these things.

@worstwitch18 - so what is a unisex name to you? Because Charlie was a boy's name many years ago. Even when I was born thirty years ago it was very out there to call your daughter that. It may not be now but it WAS a male name. Names like Noah and River are used all the time on boys and girls. It's down to the individual, some would say they are categorically a boys or girls name but why can't they be for either? Why can't Andie be used for a girl? Or Dylan? In fact I work with a girl called Dylan and her name, or the 'affect' it's had on her life has never ever come up in conversation.

@lukasiak - they can decide to be genderqueer as much as they like, and we will love them anyhow, but they will still always be boys/girls....

@iloveyoubutilovememore

I would consider Charlie a unisex nickname but Charles and Charlotte (the actual names) I would considered to be pretty clearly gendered. Same with Alex vs Alexander and Alexandra. Or Sam vs Samantha and Samuel.

But what I meant was the OP called the thread "boys names for girls" and said that they "really love boy names for girls." So the OP is not asking for unisex names but boys' names.

Secretly I would quite like every name to be unisex, what I am sick of is the one-way drift of boys' names becoming unisex and then feminine. Never goes the other way.

So because someone wants to give their daughter a more masculine name they're demoting their child. I really have heard it all!

@iloveyoubutilovememore - sorry, you are missing the point entirely.
But even if I follow, your logic, it would be a promotion, not a demotion.

What a few of us are trying to say is that you would never see this below as a thread

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

Emma
Carla
Penelope

Don't like the idea of it. Boys' names are boys' names, but one or two unisex ones are nice, for example Jay or Kim.

For me it is a bit strange. My cousin named her girls Stevie and Charlie ( in their 20s/ 30s now) and everyone thought it was strange, not cool. Everyone asked if she was a bit of a hippy, but she wasn't. It was suggested by some that it was a bit 'common' (gasp). At the time people thought they'd have issues if they chose certain professions- I'm not sure.

As a PP said Rowan ( pronounced like cow and the name of the tree ) is clearly a girl's name here in Scotland and was my choice if DC3 was a girl: he wasn't but didn't want Rowan ( pronounced like crow) for a boy.

I always struggled with girl's names as I'm not girly at all so found many girl's names too feminine, but I wouldn't have used a boy's name. I have 3 boys and for one of them and have always used shortened version of his name (at school too) but I feel very strongly that he has his full name to use if he ever wants to.

@IamAporcupine I disagree.... Marilyn Manson? Lindsay Buckingham? Joyce Kilmer? Shelby Foote? Evelyn Waugh? Kelly Slater? Kelly Jones? Alice Cooper?

Names go in trends and have done for a long, long time. Unfortunately, it's become trendy now to be offended at everything and look for issues where they don't exist. It's ridiculous.

@iloveyoubutilovememore

So because someone wants to give their daughter a more masculine name they're demoting their child. I really have heard it all!

No, the whole point (which you missed) is that they think (subconsciously I assume) that they are promoting them. Which is why they wouldn't (regardless of what the OP says) give their baby boy a girl's name. Because that would be a demotion.

It's oh so cute to hear all the female Freds and Andys and Charlies and Stevies. But you don't go to the playground and hear male Fredas and Andreas (well, except in Italy) and Carlas and Steffs. That would be weird not cute. Because goodness knows you can't saddle a poor boy with a GIRLS' name.

Marilyn Manson?

You mean Brian? I've met him. Utter wanker. It's almost like he did it for shock value.

Alice Cooper is Vincent. Same reason.