Boy names with girly nicknames?

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tsimq · 25/01/2025 23:23

I’m still on the quest to find the perfect name and decided to steer away from my original very feminine names list and look towards more traditionally boys names as I’m running out of time and can’t make up my mind.

So far I’ve thought of Wyatt, Elliott (Ellie), Emerson and Emmett (Emmy/Emma) and Ryan.

I’ve met two girls in my life named Mason and Gabriel but those don’t fit my taste at all.

I am also open for more traditionally unisex names such as River, Avery and Blake.

Mila, Autumn, Matilda, Elise, Julie, Noelle, Maeve and Anya are currently in my “traditionally female names” list.

thank you!

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CurlewKate · 07/04/2025 19:28

SiobhanSharpe · 07/04/2025 17:57

Why on earth would anyone want to give their baby girl a boy's name? What are you telling her? It used to be bad enough when it was confined to the odd sexist Dad who desperately wanted a boy and didn't get one. But now we see women thinking it's cute or trendy. Well, it's really not cute. And we know what happens to trendy names. One poster upthread suggested 'masculine' shortenings of female names like

Stephanie to Stevie -- it's more usually Steph or Steffie, isn't it?
Charlotte to Charlie - Lottie is much better than the over-used Charlie for a girl.

And the female diminutive for Josephine (or Joanna) is Jo. Joe is a bloke and Joey is a baby kangaroo. I really hope the covert misogyny that gives a baby girl a boy's name will soon be just another trend, cringeworthy but thankfully passé. In fact the misogyny is laid bare because it never happens the other way round - how many boys are called Rose or Sophie? Not so cool, is it? And those names that were previously more 'unisex', for example Hilary or Beverly, are now rarely given to boys. More boys' names will go the same way; Robin could be next.

Yes. And the minute a boy’s name starts being used for girls, it stops being used for boys. Hilary, Jocelyn are good examples. Because who would want to be mistaken for a girl!

bettydavieseyes · 07/04/2025 19:31

Robin is beautiful for a boy or girl.
Nature names are good for this kind of thinking.

Chocolateeggsandsugaredalmonds · 07/04/2025 19:37

I would assume you had wanted a boy, so used the name you would have chosen. My mother had a schoolfriend called John, because her father wanted a son. She hated it and never forgave her parents.

notatinydancer · 07/04/2025 19:40

Francesca diminutive Frankie

notatinydancer · 07/04/2025 19:41

Josephine diminutive Jo

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