‘boy’ names for a girl?

[MaiaRay]

What’s your opinion on using a traditionally/commonly used ‘boy’ name for a girl? Too weird or do you like it?
I’ve heard names like Wyatt, James, Billie, Jude, Rory etc all being used for girls and wondered if this was something you loved or hated!

Georgie
Ashley
Sydney
Jamie
Robin

Sydney is a city in Australia.
The boys name was Sidney.

I love Cameron (Diaz), Reece (Witherspoon) names.
Also like Peta!

I’d usually say no I personally prefer girly names for girls.. but then again Stevie is on our girls name list so

When people say things like "how ridiculous" I feel bruised. You might prefer all girls to come with a girl name, girl hairstyle, girl clothes. But "ridiculous" is actually bullying. Always useful to know there are people with those views though. Add boynames to the list of sophistication tests. Makes mental note to congratulate girls with boynames on their smashing names.
Kenny is a fab name for a little girl

@Monsterjam

As a female with a boys name .... don’t do it. It’s just plain annoying : being asked your real name, kids mocking it, people expecting a male etc etc ..

This ^^

Seems boys don't get given girls names.

@Monsterjam

As a female with a boys name .... don’t do it. It’s just plain annoying : being asked your real name, kids mocking it, people expecting a male etc etc ..

As someone else with a 'boys name" I totally agree with this!

In Arabic, Joud is a unisex name. I love this name.
I like the nickname Frankie for Francesca.
Avery is another one.
Ever
Noa (more popular for girls) is a unisex name.
Ocean
Riley/Reilly
Lake
Peyton
Sunny
Bobbie
Kit

@ChanklyBore

Why isn’t it done the other way round? I think it is.

I went to school with Ashley, Beverley, Lindsay, Gale, Leslie, Reece, Alex, Charlie, Kelly, and Stacey.

Tell me which were boys and which girls?

Those names were all male names before being used for girls. (With the obvious exceptions being Alex and Charlie as shortenings of Alexandra and Charlotte and so not quite the same)

The sad thing is if lots of girls get called it then it becomes "tainted" and changes over to being a girls' name. No one is calling their boy Evelyn, Courtney etc now.

I don't like it because it's not done the other way, whereas boys names are seen as edgy and cool on girls. It's not just a coincidence that it's that way around and shows sexism.

I agree with PP about shortening names. I know a little girl called Frankie and everyone calls her Frank haha, it's so cute though it suits her. My daughter is Clementine and we all call her Clem which is traditionally a boys name. I dont really mind when I hear a girl with a traditionally boys name. I dont know what it's like to live with one but I think it sounds cute. I love more interesting names :)

I think Meredith was traditionally a boys name? now mostly used for girls. My DS has Meredith as a middle name, it's a family thing.

I've met a girl called Jamie, which is OK, and as others have mentioned, some names are traditionally boys name but crossed over, such as Leslie. But I really genuinely don't think it's a good thing to give a girl a typically masculine name.

My name is for a girl in my country of birth, and for a boy in Spanish. I worked in Central America for a while and it was so confusing for people that I added Maria in front of my name so that people would stop assuming I was a man. It's not nice, trust me.

I've heard people say it's offensive because girls names are never given to boys

For some, it's therefore like admitting to girls that being a boy or masculine is better and frilly girl things should be rejected

Maybe it's not that deep. I don't know

@DramaAlpaca

I think it's a ridiculous trend.

It's also strange how it isn't done the other way round, girls' names for boys.

I think so, too.

Yes, it’s never done the other way around. Some names that were traditionally male ultimately become female after being used by girls, thus becoming tainted and no longer masculine enough.
I doubt anyone can give an example of a boy being saddled with an out and out girls’ name; or a traditionally female name that has become male over time. Doesn’t happen.

When people say things like "how ridiculous" I feel bruised
Aw, aren't you delicate?

You might prefer all girls to come with a girl name, girl hairstyle, girl clothes

Thats terribly sexist of you. Also, babies don't come with anything, you have to buy it.

But "ridiculous" is actually bullying

No it isn't. Not even the tiniest smallest bit. Go find a dictionary.

OP, its very try hard. "ooh look at how modern and different I am, my dd is called a....wait for it....boys name!! Aren't you shocked and admiring?"
I'd be a lot more impressed if you called a boy Susan.

How about something unisex like Stevie, Nico, Noa or Remi

Of course it isn't done the other way around. Men aren't given 'female' names or wear 'female' clothes or take 'female' jobs.

Maleness is something to be aspired to so women are praised for their ambition if they do traditional male jobs or progressive for wearing a suit instead of a dress.

Woman is inferior and man is to be aspired to. Saying all this my two children (one of each) both have androgynous names. My daughter has a name that usually contains y to feminise it but I hate that version. The name is an actual thing in nature which is what she is named after. I don't see why I should change that just so people don't get confused about her sex.

I'd be a lot more impressed if you called a boy Susan

^ This x 100

All my kids have names which have a different sex alternative as a nickname, it wasn't deliberate but they other than the boy prefer the alternative name to their own name as they've grown up.

I've worked with a Courtney, Ashley, Lindsay and Kim, all of them male.
I know a Lynn (male), a Glynn, a Max, a George and a Nick (all female).

Someone who had emailed me called me the other day and I had assumed she was female - he's called Frankie.

I've worked with a Courtney, Ashley, Lindsay and Kim, all of them male
Those all are traditionally male names, now used less for males.

I know a Lynn (male) pretty common in Wales. It’s a mans name there, not a woman’s name being used for a man.

and a Glynn, a Max, a George and a Nick (all female) I imagine they were likely named Glynis, Maxine, Georgina and Nicola. Diminutives are often ambiguous or unisex; that’s not the same as giving your daughter a male name.

Slightly different take but my husband has a name that is more commonly a females name. He constantly gets post labelled as Mrs xxx, if hotel bookings are put in his name when we get to the desk the clerk speak to me automatically, he took part in a race and his results were put in the paper under the woman’s results.

He doesn’t say too much about it because he’s had it all his life and just got used to it but I do feel second hand embarrassment for him. Unless you have a name like that you will never fully understand the implications, being ignored, if post labelled incorrectly your letters being opened.

I personally wouldn’t do that (saying that I do actually prefer James and Elliot as girls names)

John Wayne's real first name was Marion. I just checked and it is stated that it is a name for either sex. In this country it has always been thought of as a girl's name.
I know 2 Jamies. One female and one male.
My own first name is nothing to shout about and I am fine with that. Would hate to be known as Moon Unit Johnson.

Glynn is Glynn on bc
This Lynn is english
George, Max and Nick are Georgina, Maxine and Nicola.

I deliberately missed out Toni (male Antonio and female Antonia), Nicola (male - italian), Lesley/Leslie (female/male) and Billie/Billy (female/male), and so on.
and married couples with names like Chris and Pat or Sam and Alex