Anyone else dislike traditionally boys' names being used for girls?

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Does anyone else hate the trend of giving girls traditionally boy names (Elliott, Ezra, James, Scottie, Tommy, etc.)? Currently pregnant and had a family member suggest one of these types of names for our daughter and almost rolled my eyes when she said it. I don't understand why it's so popular at the moment and why so many parents seemingly want their daughters to be seen as masculine. Maybe it bothers me because you never see it go the other way round. You never see feminine names become unisex. It does seem to be more popular in America (thankfully), but I can see it increasing in popularity here.

Yep, hate it. Aubrey seems to be totally lost to girls. I know a girl called Ambrose. James for a girl is even more preposterous as it's a much more well used name for centuries.

Depends on the name for me. I like Noa and Dylan on a girl. Not fond of Harper, Parker, James etc. Taylor I think is very unisex and I like it for both. I have a River and see an even mix of girls and boys with the name.

Yes I hate it. I am a female with a male name from
the 80s that my young at the time parents obviously thought was cool, and I’ve always hated my name.

Yes, it's strange to me because it always feels like they're trying to make some sort of statement rather than doing it because they genuinely liking the name. I saw a video where a mum had named her daughter James and was upset that her parents were telling people that their granddaughter's name was Jamie when they would ask. According to the mum, it was upsetting because her parents were 'trying to make her daughter's name more palatable to other people'. Really, I just think they're embarrassed by the name that their grandchild has been saddled with.

Is your surname one associated with an individual or fictional character? It might be a jokey suggestion like suggesting Harry if your surname is Potter or Bobbie if your surname is Moore.

I don’t like it. I don’t know how the children with these names feel, but it seems a little unfair to give them a name they might spend the rest of their lives having to explain to people.

I used to know a man with a standard female first name who really didn’t like it and used to try constantly to get people to use a nickname that was more neutral. But that doesn’t work often in a professional setting where you are dealing with lots of people who don’t know you personally and will use your full first name a lot of the time.

I wouldn’t saddle my children with this burden.

I think it gives the impression that there's something wrong or shameful about being a girl.

I'm with you.

Some names are unisex but using a name that is a boys name for a girl is a strange choice to me.

I saw someone on facebook saying that they'd named their daughter Gavin the other day. 😐

Well Gavin is unisex isn't it. I hope Stacey is pleased with his little sister.

Generally, I agree. But I always thought Elliott from Scrubs was a super cool name.

I dont care for it and nor do I care for. Unisex name and I sadly have one myself.

I don't like surnames as first names or unisex names (unless they genuinely are unisex).
Giving a girl a boy's name says something about the parents.

The boy's name hyphen Rose/May/Mae/Grace (e.g. Finley-Rose) probably wins MNBN Bingo.

I don’t like it either. I’d no more call a girl James than I would call a boy Melissa. I don’t get it, it’s not like there’s a shortage of appropriate names. Some names are unisex but some are definitely not. I’d lose a bit of respect for a parent who deliberately called their dd James. If one of my sons did that I’d probably tell him he was being a dick and I wouldn’t be polite about my thoughts on it, it’s selfsh.

My mum had a unisex name and hated it as everyone assumed she would be a boy when they saw her name. She changed it as soon as she could.

I’m one of those awful people I’m afraid.

My daughter has a very old fashioned, feminine name but we shorten it to a popular boys name. There are other nicknames she can go by if she chooses in future, although she’s always just been ‘Rory’ (it’s not Rory) so it would feel strange to me!

I agree. There are so many beautiful girls' names, why saddle a girl with a name like Jamie, Frankie or Charlie?

Definitely. It also suggests the parents wanted a boy - like, we were thinking of Harry but we got a girl so she's Harriet but we call her Harry.

I have never known anyone call a girl Ezra, Elliott, James, Scottie, or Tommy!

Out of fashion now but I always hated the name Hilary for girls.

I know one female Elliot, she's such a beautiful feminine lady saddled with an old man name.

Yes, giving a girl a more masculine name does suggest the person wanted a boy. Like the mums who have boys with long hair, it suggests (IMO) that they wanted a girl...

She has a girl's name though and can choose to use it if she likes. @SherbetDipDap

It's not like you registered a girl called James or Arlo-Rae

It’s a bit strange yes.

I don't like it either. And you never get traditional girls names used for boys. Why is it?

You do know Stacey is actually one of the names that has this feminisation happen to it?

I have an Elliott and I’ve had so many comments about his ‘unisex’ name. It isn’t unisex at all is it? The only female Elliott I’ve heard of is the scrubs character and her character was named that because her parents wanted a boy if I remember correctly.