Raymond for a girl?

[Snog]

Pronounced Ray Monde
Anyone like this name?

Brian, pronounced Bry Ann

This always happens when old fashioned names make a come back I think, initially people are all OMG so old fashioned and then a few years later the names are back in the top 50 like Molly Evie Milly etc

I just think it's cool and modern.

You're wrong.

Matthew but with the emphasis on the second syllable.

Ma-THEW

Generally lots of people like to bring back their grandparents names.

Raymonde - it's a beautiful female French name which is now quite rare, but it wasn't in the early 20th century.

Just doesn't work in English unfortunately.

This always happens when old fashioned names make a come back I think

It's not that it is old fashioned it is that it is old fashioned and a male name. Just because a few Americans have used it for girls doesn't make it a female name.

@SoupDragon

I just think it's cool and modern.

You're wrong.

@WhenPidgeonsCry

Matthew but with the emphasis on the second syllable.

Ma-THEW

Was your grandmother called Raymond?

@Snog

Generally lots of people like to bring back their grandparents names.

Yeah loads of people like to name their sons after their grandmothers, and their daughters after their grandfathers.

Oh wait....

I don't even like it as a name for a boy. So no.

I think this was a thing in mediaeval France, to be fair.

I think it's rather pretty, but she'd definitely spend her entire life being assumed to be male via email etc. Which might not necessarily be a bad thing...🧐

Oh dear. Poor child

If you really want your daughter to be plagued her entire life fill your boots.

Look on the bright side. If she grows up trans, he won't need a new name.

Everybody Loves Ray Monde

What about Doreen?

'Taymond perhaps'
Scraping the barrel there
Raymond tho??

@Snog

Since 1880, 632 girls were named Raymond in the USA. It is more usual as a boys name but it can be a girl's name too.

Using the USA as an example of a great baby naming nation is ridiculous......I mean...they are responsible for the most ridiculously awful (shit) names that have ever been said out loud

Anyway... Whatever way you pronounce it sounds bloody awful.

Have you considered Trevor?
Or Derek?
As the victim of some bloody stupid naming, I urge you to reconsider. I deed polled as soon as I was 18 so then it didn't matter where the stress was on the syllables.

Yeah loads of people like to name their sons after their grandmothers, and their daughters after their grandfathers.

I called my son Frances for this very reason.

'Keith' or 'Nigel' would be even better

I’ve gone through my whole life people saying oh cat what’s that short for and that’s annoying (my fault for shortening name) I can’t imagine going through life having to pronounce my name to everyone because they say it wrong but your child your call

This cannot possibly be a serious suggestion

Have you considered Trevor?
Or Derek

Ooh yes, Derekica sounds good.

I just think it's cool and modern

You think wrong.