Is this a boy or girls name?

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Someone on MN mentioned having a daughter called Arden, I love it! She said it means passionate (as in ardent). We had decided to call our dd Arden. HOWEVER a well meaning friend hs told me that it's a boys name!

Please tell me what you think.

Just thinking of the name, Arden... to me says DD, not DS.

I haven't ever heard the name before, so no previous connections, and just my opinion...

Sounds girly to me. I love it by the way.

have heard it as a suggestion for both boy and girl along with

Arben and Auden which are also lovely

does it really matter though, we've just given dd3 a name more commonly thought of as a boys name and she's already made it her own

Girls name (English) meaning valley of the eagle.

Great name i reckon,id say it was girls name.

Elizabeth Arden - sounds girlish to me

Sounds feminine so wouldnt give it to boy anyway!

Thank you thank you. Whilst I did want genuine and honest opinions I love it so much and really want to use it.

Boys name (Latin) meaning ardent;fiery.

Take you pick.

a quick google throws up (so far) 2 sites saying it's unisex and one saying it's girl

hmm now found 2 saying it's a boys name
anither saying it's unisex
and another saying it's a girls name

think yoiu're safe

Definately girl to me. Nice

ok giving up now but found 3 more saying it's unisex

isnt the one from father ted called arden o'hanlon or is he ardon?

He is Ardal, which is much more masculine imo.

Arden sounds kind of unisexy but I would never give a boy a unisex name which is terribly sexist of me, so, I would hope it is for a girl? Is that right?

Ardel thats it, thanks

Sounds like Hard on.

It's a boys' name in a Virginia Andrews book - my sweet audrina i think

There used to be an Arden in Dallas, she was a small character.Do you remember JR's secretary was called Sly? How weird!!

I loved it and it was top of our list for boys names. My big concern about it was that it sounds like hard on (as Soupdragon says). I think now that DD was lucky to be a girl and not a boy.

General consensus seems to be 'sounds better on a girl' and I STILL love it, so Arden it is. I agree with cuckoo that unisex sits better with a girl, (Obviously I'm sexist too - when it works in my favour.)

Thanks for your opinions everyone, and for all your research 'Yesterday'

either to me

boys?