Emma-James?

[SeaPorpoises]

Expecting my first daughter, DH loves Emma and I like it too, but since Blake Lively named her daughter James I have adored that for a girl too.

So thoughts on Emma-James? or suggestions of similar if you're not a fan?

Hyphens are always awful

James isn’t usable as a girl’s name in the UK

James is a boys name

Much prefer Jaime tbh

I was going to ask the same thing 😂

James is a boys name. If you saddle your daughter with this she'll be made fun of. Kids can be cruel, so that's important to keep in mind.

No!

I would think that the child is trans if I saw a little girl who said her name was James

Emma-Jade?

James is a boys name.
Your child cannot be compared to that of a Hollywood A lister.
If you had a boy would you call him Emma?
I dislike this thought process that it’s fine and dandy for all things male but not the other way round.
If I heard Emma-James I’d assume it was Emma-Jane.

Also what’s with all the Kevin-Lee questions?
Am I missing something?

A winning combination of sexist and naff.

She'll constantly be telling people that she's not Emma-Jane.

Everyone would hear that as Emma-Jane.

Jamie or Jaime as a compromise? Or just James.

I love unisex names and masculine names on girls but James is still that uncommon on a girl that you'd have to put up with first day of nursery/school and GP appointments etc wher etehyd constantly be expecting a little girl to turn up. Depends whether that would bother you or not.

Also I know a few teenage male James and they all get called Jim or Jimmy. not sure if that would happen with a girl but would be a bit odd, or maybe would help distinguish the male/female James'?

It would take me a while to get my head around a female James, as I just associate it with my brother, and all the other males called James that I have come across over the years.

I think Emma is such a contrasting girlie and traditional name, that it just wouldn't look right.

However, there are probably other combinations that might work (not to my taste personally), but maybe a gender neutral first name with James as the second name. Riley-James or Bobbi-James for example.

Just no.

Even the model James King gave up eventually and changed her name to Jaime.