Rory for a girl

[MissMoodyMoo]

So what are peoples opinions on Rory for a girl? I really like it. We are struggling to agree on a girls name. My husband likes Ivy, Daisy, Lily and fern but think they are too cutesy and I want a strong but pretty name

They don't even think "I want my son to have a gentle, nurturing name. I know, I'll call him Daisy."

I do know a female Rauri -is how I think they spell it in tgat family - and thought why give her a boy's name ? Exactly the same as everyone else on here I see . Aurora shortened to Rory called Rory by family every single day would be fine because it's a girls name and she won't have to explain it every time she meets someone ! IMHO.

I remember when I first met a Stacey and I was so confused. I thought this may have been the case for some of those names. Personally I don't understand why people on here are so upright with names, as names evolve over time and with language etc. Why can't a boy be Daisey. We are too uptight over these things (clothes shopping yesterday for my toddler and am so sick of seeing the sexist divide even at such a young age).

I seriously doubt this. Do you google the origin and meaning of foreign names? Can't say I ever have.

@Startwithamimosa If parents were routinely calling boys Isabella, Melanie, Sophia etc then there wouldn't be an issue with girls being given traditionally male names. Everything would be unisex and evenly distributed. It never works that way though. Girls are being given traditionally male names as parents equate them with power and strength, qualities they may or may not realise they are imagining as male.

It irks me in films as well, Gravity's astronaut called 'Ryan' for example or Star Trek Discovery's leading female character 'Michael'. Discovery is perhaps the worst for this kind of crime. Of its two leading female characters the one they called Michael is portrayed as strong and confident. Her friend Sylvia by contrast is portrayed as weak and cowardly. What is this teaching girls/women other than if you want to be cool, strong and successful then having a male name is better?

@Startwithamimosa "Why can't a boy be Daisey." Of course a boy could be Daisy. My point is that he just wouldn't be. People who think it's absolutely fine to give a girl a boy's name because it's "strong" wouldn't DREAM of giving a boy a girl's name. All the "unisex" names are actually boy's names that fall out of favour for boys the moment they become associated with girls.

It will cause loads of confusion, questioning and bullying throughout her life. I personally wouldn't want that for my daughter.

Boy's name. Lots of people can't say R, so you'd hear Wo-wee/Vo-vee or Auwowa/Auvova.

😆 I've only came across one person who really couldn't say R at the start a word, a maths teacher wuleas, and wubbas.

The suffragettes had names like Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia.

I don't know why people think they have to give a daughter a traditionally male name in order for her to be seen as strong.

I also don't understand why Ivy is seen as 'cutesy'. Ivy is strong. Ivy can be poisonous. Ivy is no less strong than, say, Rowan or River, surely? (I can see why Daisy is seen as cutesy by some.)

Anyway, I don't like the trend of giving a girl an inherently male name because I see it as quite sexist. So not keen on Rory.

However, I wonder whether Rory is becoming a unisex name as it is short for Aurora - if so, it will probably cease to be used as a name for boys.

@Sugarfree23 , I know several. I can even think of tv pwesenters/pvesenters who stwuggle/stvuggle with theiw Rs

No, it’s a boys name

I wouldn't. It's a boy's name.

Brilliant post 👏 It captures my uncomfortableness too.

I think assuming you're a Gilmore Girls fan is the lesser of two evils tbf.

I like it, and even more so now I have learned it is short for Aurora.

’This is Rory, and here are my other 3 daughters, Kevin, Gary, and Brian.’

Lovely for a boy. Give it to a girl and you'll inflict a lifetime of hassle and she'll want to know why you didn't give her an actual girl's name - was there a shortage?

This.

If you want a "strong but pretty" name, then why not go for the name of some really strong women from history - as a pp said, one of the well known suffragettes, warrior Queens or Goddesses, or our late Queen even ?

People ask me what my name means and others tell me - but then I work with people from around the world and it is one of the topics of polite conversation.

I do Google to find out why so many people I work with from a specific country/region in a country of certain age groups are called a particular name.

I also have British friends who when they hear a name like that say things like "What the f%£k does that name mean?" when they think a name is inappropriate.

I’ve never seen Gilmore Girls but I would presume you were a big fan because that’s my only association of a girl named Rory.

So so many people will ask you if you're a Gilmore Girls fan. Get used to a lifetime of it!

Definitely go for a longer name that can be shortened to Rory if she wants it to be. Give her options

No she's not. Her name is Lorelai.

I like it but I'm a huge Gilmore Girls fan.
I think it works better with a longer first name, Lorelai or Aurora gives more options.

Its a lovely boys name, and a loveky nickname but to knowingly name your daughter 'king' is weird. It takes less than 10 seconds to google this stuff...

Love Rory for a girl.