Naming your daughter a boy's name, yes or no ?

[Momto2girliess]

My sibling named her baby girl a classic masculine name ( Think John, Robert , Thomas). I am never going to say anything to her. I am just curious to know people's opinion on it.

She always wanted a boy.This is baby girl n°5. Do you think it is a bit strange to name your girl a very masculine name?

Yes

Yes definitely. A call called John would be cruel

I like it, refreshing

Totally bloody awful.

Gosh how awful. I'd hate that

I feel sorry for the child who will spend her life correcting people along the lines of "no sorry, it's John not Joan".

I bet it's James isn't it? This name has become fashionable for girls but I'm not a fan.

Very odd.

Yes, it's shit in many ways, but most importantly for me on that in reinforces the idea that male is aspirational. No-one is calling their sons Lara or Jennifer or Maud. It only ever goes one way, because to give a boy a girl's name would be to mark him out as something lesser, whereas to give a girl a boys name apparently makes them cool and strong and interesting.

Stupid tbh

No. Dont.you dont have to call her something frilly but do not call a girl john

Might as well call your daughter Internalised Misogyny.

Juanbablo

No, it's Christopher.

Wtf

Thats a ridiculous thing to do but luckily easily shortened and people will assume shes called Christine

CHRISTOPHER?? this is a joke right?

Poor child. Imagine knowing you're such a disappointment at being the 5th girl that she gave you a boys name to show how little you mean and just how much she didn't want you.

I hope your poor niece can afford therapy when she is older, sounds like she's going to need it.

Odd choice. Christy is unisex and nice. But if she goes about insisting on Christopher it'll be ridiculous
Christobel would have been nice

How bizarre !

I know of a female Daryl but that seems more feminine.

I hope she's willing to pay for the extensive therapy.

Oh god...

I wonder if she is going to push them to identify as male.

I know a woman called Keir. Yep, as in Hardie and Starmer.

They could have just called her Chris. It would have been more or less unisex