Any masculine names for DD??

[ElisaMay]

I was wondering if there were any good more masculine names for my DD like Billie, Wren, etc??

Maxine is pretty masculine

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Frankie (Francesca)
Charlie (Charlotte)
Robyn
Blake
Max (Maxine)
Matty (Matilda)
Toni
Terri

Wewantedaboy?

Clarke
Billie
Eden
Alexa

But why is it nice? What names do you like?

Parker
Reilly
Harper
Alex
Bobby
Kieron

I think it’s quite misogynistic to intentionally saddle a female child with a male name. It’s like you are encouraging them to be more masculine because being feminine or indeed female is unacceptable and inferior to being male and masculine.

There are plenty of non frilly, strong sounding girls names that won’t make it seem like a rejection of her biological sex.

Interesting that we never see any threads about calling a son Martha or Caitlin or Francesca etc.

@NameChange84 thank you! Finally someone gets it. It's totally sexist.

Derek.
Malcolm
Boris
Wilfred

• Sam (short for Samantha?)
• Jools
• Alex (short for Alexandra?)

DS is Samantha, DD1 is called Nigel and DD2 is Jeremiah.

Why did you spam the board with so many threads OP? You could have made one. Sabre Witch Man Surname 🙌

For me, giving a child a name that you more often associate with the opposite sex is something that will help a child stand out. I went to school with a male Kerry and Stacey (80's) and I thought they were so cool because their names bucked a trend. My son is dual nationality and has a N European first and surname and is always told how cool his name sounds, people remember him partly because of it.

Alex is fabulous name for a girl.

There are plenty of non frilly, strong sounding girls names that won’t make it seem like a rejection of her biological sex.

Indeed, lots of old-fashioned names that are not unisex but not trying too hard to sound girly either. More feminine names seem to be associated with an -ee or -ia or -a ending and likewise with real objects that are either gemstones, flowers, or "light" natural phenomena or concepts such as rain, spring, hope, love etc.

Elizabeth
Catherine
Margaret
Maud
Anne
Susan
Deborah
Jane
Abigail
Alice
Eleanor
Enid
Helen
Jocelyn
Meredith
Penelope
Ruth
Sarah

One of the coolest girls I have ever met was called Claude. DH vetoed it for our dds.

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Nigel.

Am I the only one who doesn’t think Wren sounds particularly masculine? I suppose because I think of Jenny Wren.

Don't like the idea because it's sexist, but if you do then I'd pick a girls name with a more unisex nickname.

I’m with you OP, I like masculine names ( or at least feminine versions of masculine names) and I don’t see an issue with it.

Not sure what I can suggest that’s solely masculine but my favourite feminine version of a name is Benjamina. I love Ben or Benji for a girl.

Hmm, no longer keen on Sabre or Sabrina then?
Why do you want to give your daughter a boys name?

Robin spelled like this like the bird.
Repurposing something traditional like James or Jack (like Jack Monroe?).
Alex.
Athena? Not masculine per se but she was the Goddess of war not exactly feminine either.

Jocelyn
Jordan
Meredith
Morgan
Ashley
Andree
Laurie
Julian
Darcy
Robin
Harley

Or strong but feminine names:

Alexandra
Rosalind
Miranda
Victoria
Antonia
Claudia
Camilla
Damaris
Frederica
Sophia
Verena
Carla
Artemis
Juno
Cassandra
Elizabeth
Margaret
Anna

I always wanted to use Alex if I ever had a baby (I didn't end up having any kids) as a One Name Suits All situation is ideal for lazy buggers like me