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Zephyr for a girl

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mhck · 17/04/2023 10:45

I gave birth to a baby girl a week ago. My husband and I both love the name Zephyr and would like to give her this name. Years ago I knew a woman in the US named Zephyr so to me it's always been a name I've seen as a girl's name. Having looked into the name more it seems that in Europe it is mostly used as a boys name, although there are also some who see it as a unisex name as it is in the US.

I love the name and would really love to use it for our girl but I'm filled with doubt over whether the name is too much a boys name...

If we go for Zephyr I imagine her nickname would be Zeffie/Zephy.

Would really welcome hearing thought on Zephyr as a girl's name. Thanks so much!

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GoodVibesHere · 17/04/2023 16:10

I don't like it sorry, it just sounds too made up. How about Saffron, with nickname Saffie?

Nap1983 · 17/04/2023 16:12

All I can think is Red Hot Chilli Peppers….

WhirlAndCleek · 17/04/2023 16:21

I rarely comment on these threads because I think it’s mean to ruin a name that the new parents love, but imagine DD as a professional adult, how would she feel introducing herself to her clients?

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYWHW8pQ/

DisplayPurposesOnly · 17/04/2023 16:33

Really don't like Zephyr at all. I have a couple each of these in my extended family tree which are lovely:

  • Zilpha
  • Zilpah
welshpolarbear · 17/04/2023 17:19

I love it op, and as opposed to another poster I think it would work when she's an adult too.

TowerStork · 17/04/2023 17:24

I would think it's a wacky name. Zelda is nice

KillerSandy · 17/04/2023 19:54

Highworth · 17/04/2023 16:03

Needs a brother called Zodiac.
I may be showing my age…

That's a serial murderer!

Mamapiggywig · 17/04/2023 19:56

No, don’t like it at all. Poor little mite will be spelling it out to people her whole life long.

fruitbrewhaha · 17/04/2023 19:57

I like Zepherine

AcrobaticCardigan · 17/04/2023 20:14

Awful.

Toddlerteaplease · 17/04/2023 20:15

Awful name for any child.

FettleOfKish · 17/04/2023 20:16

Where I live it's a nightclub so I'd no more use it as a name than I would Oceania or Majestyks.

Sorry.

Highworth · 17/04/2023 20:38

@KillerSandy

Zephyr for a girl
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 17/04/2023 20:45

How about Persephone, known as Sephy?

Zephyr does read very masculine IMO.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 17/04/2023 21:02

Reminds me of a cross between a zebra and a type of cow!
Stephanie? NN Steffie.

SOMumm · 17/04/2023 21:16

Zepherine is more romantic, as in the delicate thornless rose named after the French beauty, Zepherine Drouhin, certainly more feminine, a Zephyr to me is
a masculine, mischievous wind, as in Victorian illustrations, or a car ? Let us
know what you decide ?!

KillerSandy · 18/04/2023 00:04

Highworth · 17/04/2023 20:38

@KillerSandy

Yeah I am old😂

user1492757084 · 18/04/2023 04:13

Zephyr is a French hot air balloon. I have heard the name used for boys before.
I prefer the name for boys.

Do you like Zena, Zephira or Phryne (Fry-nee)?

DeflatedAgain · 18/04/2023 04:28

I'm not so sure on it😕 sorry OP x

sashh · 18/04/2023 04:33

I'd think you were bikers, if you have a boy will he be Harley Davidson?

hattie43 · 18/04/2023 06:42

Horrible .

I think Julia Bradburys son is Zephyr

ThePoshUns · 18/04/2023 06:53

I know a little Zephyr. I like it, I'm a chilli pepper fan though as are her parents.
It suits her and she's a really funky little kid.

ThomasinaLivesHere · 18/04/2023 06:58

I don’t like it but I have heard of it before. There’s an American politician with the name. Zeffie is cute but the full name isn’t appealing to me.

For Z names that are unusual I like Zelda.

CreepyQueen · 18/04/2023 07:01

I love unusual names but I really don't like it, so sorry!

erikbloodaxe · 18/04/2023 07:06

Unless you give birth to
A motorbike, plane, car, train or hot air balloon or indeed a warm wind don't do it.