Rory, for a girl?

[TheMummyJade]

I recently met some parents at the playground who had a daughter named Rory and now I'm really considering it. I know it's typically a boys name but I think it sounds really nice, and suited the young girl I met with the name. I also like it for the fact it's a 'boys name', because I think it will then suit our other children's names, since they're all boys. When we mentioned it to my SIL, she said it reminded her of Gilmore Girls, which isn't a bad thing, but do you think that's what people will always connect it with? I am starting to really like it, but don't know how it compared to some of our other top options, e.g. Lydia, Keira, Mia, Violet, Elodie.
Thanks in advance everyone x x ❤️

So long as you would happily call your son Sophia.....

As a nickname, short for Aurora - fine.

I honestly think it would be a PITA that 100% of people would assume that your DD is a boy

I think the best solution to this is to name her something like Aurora or Roria officially but call her Rory as a nickname. That way when she grows up she can choose whether to use a more masculine and feminine version but she will still match her brothers and everyone will be happy.

Roaring Rory- No way.

Such a male sounding name.

I would assume Gilmore Girls, but I love that show so it’s not such a bad thing!

Why should a girl match her brothers?

Would you want a boy to match his sisters?

Let the girl be a proud of who she is, not a pastiche of a boy.

Other than on Gilmore Girls, I'd assume Rory is a male.

Go for it @TheMummyJade , as long as your boys are called Milly, Tilly and Penny.
Babies called Rory in England & Wales since 1996

Just why? There are so many lovely actual girls' names to choose from. I don't understand why people choose to set their children up for a lifetime of misunderstanding for the sake of their own vanity.

I'm conflicted but going against the grain to say I really like it! For no other reason than it's a nice sounding name that's not in popular use today (I haven't heard of any Rorys in years) so it's reinventing it really.

It's similar to have Sydney as a girl's name, which I also like.

Conflicted as I expect she'll opt for pronouns in her email footer to make her life easier, rather than for any other reason.

No. If you really want to use it, go for Aurora with Rory as a nickname. Don’t impose a male name on a female. She’ll have a lifetime of explaining and spelling.

No. It's a boy's name. Would you call your son Sue?
And Sydney was actually Sidonie, a completely different name.

@DirlingWhervish , it's the 38th most popular boy's name in England & Wales, about as popular as Reuben, Max or Sebastian.

Really?? I'm surprised. Not round where I am then, clearly

Yes, this makes no sense. Call her Nigel, so. It will ‘suit’ her brothers’ names because it’s a boy’s name?

If you were dead keen but wanted to appease the masses (not by much as a lot of people don't like made up names either) you could go for different spellings such as Raorie, Rorie or Raurie.

If your daughter is called Aurora, you can give her any nickname you like.

If you name your daughter just Rory, be aware that Rory is the anglicisation of the Gaelic name Ruairidh, which means "red-haired king". Not something unisex, but actually 'male monarch'. There aren't many names more male.

Would you call your son Queenie? It's exactly the same.

Actually, that's a total game changer for me.
I'd def go for a nickname/made up spelling version, given the meaning.

Tbh I think it would be extraordinarily rough on her, in a family full of boys, to have a boy's name. I think it could feel to her as if you didn't want her to have her own identity as a girl, whatever kind of girl she is, but expected her to be 'like her brothers'.

I also feel massively uncomfortable with the fact that we (generally speaking) admire boys' names on girls but not girls' names on boys. 'Boys' things' are to be aspired to for girls but not vice versa. That's profoundly misogynistic at root, and I wouldn't want to be buying into that.

It worked well for Rory from the Gilmore Girls!

I know a couple of female Rorys whose full names are Aurora. I guess Lorelei also works

I agree with this. It also depletes the pool of boy’s names because once a boy’s name gets popular for girls it stops being used by boys over time.

Instantly associate the name with Gilmore Girls

Totally

Yep! I agree.

Did you not see the sequel.