Girls with predominantly boys names - anyone?

[dizzydixies]

has anyone given their dd a name more commonly used for a boy?

any regrets? problems? any opinions (very stupid question on MN!!!)

i have no opinion whatsoever have you had your big meeting yet re the birth?

yes ,was saga saga saga - no decisions made etc

my head is mince with it all!

Yes my youngest is called Louie. She was named after her great aunt and yes it used to be a girls name as well in the olden days but of course everyone thinks it's a tad strange now as it is so predominantly a boy's name these days...we shorten it to Lulu while she looks like a little boy still not too much hair but will prob lengthen it when she's older. Everyone always assumes she's a boy before meeting her but otherwise no probs.

I wanted rowan for a girl (I had boys)

Everyone kept saying ''oh rowan atkinson, it's a boy's name. '' Er, no it's a tree name...

A lot of names have changed sex and are now alright for both sexes. Hilary being a prime example. Lindsay being another. Now I've said all that my minds gone blank on the ones that have gone the other way.

Oh no Rowans a girls name. Its pretty.

lostinfrance I desperately wanted Dylan for dd2 but dh refused point blank, even after huge amount of whining on my part and emotional blackmail over horrible labour

he has NOW decided he likes it and wants to use it for this dc if a girl and I don't know

all his reasons for not wanting to use it are still fresh in my mind if not his

men [harumph]

oh dear, if you need any help, then drop me a line x

thanks lulu

DD1 is Rudy and I just love it. I know it's mostly a boy's name but it really suits her even though she is a real girly girl.

Not had any negative comments at all but Rudy herself (she is 5) often says she wants to be called Emily which I think she sees as a prettier name

after dh vetoed Dylan dd2 was Rudy/Phoebe/Lexie for 3 days until my mother siad she didn't like Lexie and that sealed the deal

love Rudy on a girl too

Dizzy, very strangely enough our other two possibles were Lexie or Dixie...how spooky

I'm actually starting to like Dylan for a girl. At first I thought definate no but really, it's quite nice sounding.

fmf - Rowan is a beautiful girls name too, pronounced with the ow sound like the tree.

we can't use Rowan as a good friend of ours has a Rowan and shares the same surname lol

we DO have Roan on the short list for a boy though

lulu have facebooked you so as not to bore everyone

My sister is called Keith.

I love Dylan for a girl! Hadn't thought of it before, it's going on the list now!

Oh, just told DP and he said no, it's a boys name, but I think his name is a girls name so there!

I love Dylan for a girl too. Boys names often sound great on girls;-not sure about girls names for boys though

I don't like unisex names, I can't see the point. I think a girl should have a girl's name and the same for the boy.

I know a male Hilary and he really suffered at school.

According to my dad (who lectures in child psych) girls with unisex shortenings (think Charlie, Sam etc) are more likely to have well paid/traditionally masculine jobs than girls with highly feminised names. Some study or so found.
Obviously, lots of mitigating factors in there (eg parents who give girls girly names more likely to reinforce girly behaviour)

I do slightly wonder about the current rash of imo uber-girly (not just feminine but young) names...

Very naff and American trend.

I went to school with Stevies of both sexes..

I know a male Kim. I know it's meant to be a unisex name, but it seems far more common on girls.I've also come across a male Beverley.
Both and Kim and Bev are big burly blokes, and you wouldn't want to mention that they have girl's names....

I thought female Dylan tended to be spelt Dillon ?

And then there's Billie Piper of course. Not keen on Billie for a girl actually.

Am loving the trend for abbreviating Alexandra to Lexie, leaving Alex to the boys. I like names to be gender distinctive too,

i like dylan for a girl and if any one has watched the wicker man the young girl at the center of that story is called rowen!

my dd1s name is a girls name (its welsh) and the end of it is gaelic (hyphonated name) but both names sound quite masculine, and some people think that its a boys name! others (dp's family) think that it is a name i just made up!! but most of he commments i get are about how nice and unusual her name is. and she loves her name although she sometimes tells people that she is called rhiannon! but i think that is because thats what the ta at her nursery thinks she is called!