[Oriental lily]

I dislike it.

If you want a masculine sounding name for your girl then pick the alternative female version of a male name.

Like Harry pick Harriet
Like Patrick pick Patricia
Like Sean pick Shauna
Like frank pick Frances

I also don't mind traditional unisex names like lee or Ashley.

Picking a male name for your daughter so she can tackle a male dominate world easier is not feminist. The same way power dressing with ridiculous shoulder pads and females talking in a deeper voice on purpose is not either.

Why does femininity need to be sacrificed?

I think the main reason parents do it is to be try hard and trendy.another way to be uneek.

[ubermum]

Nobody has mentioned Cameron yet.

Also, there seems to be a growing trend for girls named Mackenzie which I find odd because Scottish names beginning with Mac mean "son of". For instance MacDonald (or the abbreviation Mc) means son of Donald.

[discomonkey]

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I dislike it.

If you want a masculine sounding name for your girl then pick the alternative female version of a male name.

Like Harry pick Harriet
Like Patrick pick Patricia
Like Sean pick Shauna
Like frank pick Frances

I also don't mind traditional unisex names like lee or Ashley.

Picking a male name for your daughter so she can tackle a male dominate world easier is not feminist. The same way power dressing with ridiculous shoulder pads and females talking in a deeper voice on purpose is not either.

Why does femininity need to be sacrificed?

I think the main reason parents do it is to be try hard and trendy.another way to be uneek.

I just did it because I loved the name . I'm baffled by how invested others are in what I named my daughter when it has no effect on their lives. Although I might stop short of having four girls called Harry, Patrick, Sean and Frank.

[4kidlets]

I think the main reason parents do it is to be try hard and trendy.another way to be uneek.

cant speak for anyone else but certainly wasnt trying to be trendy or uneek myself - as I said before Rylee was not a new or radical choice for a girl even 10 years ago - I just liked it and it fit my other criteria for a short easy name that I liked.

No feminist undertones or anything like that.


I appreciate that not all people like all names and that people have different criteria in choosing names - but lets not be mind readers or amatuer psychologists and decide what other people were trying to do.


Discussuion has very interesting and informative so far - lets not degenerate into insulting other peoples choices either.

[Oriental lily]

Well Riley in all it's forms has only became popular in the last 15 years or so.

So you were following a trend.

[4kidlets]

Sure - all names go in trends. like everything else, we dont do things in a vaccuum.


Im sure most people pick names that seem right at the time - traditional names go in trends as well - but I wouldnt say I was trying to be uneek or trendy - or that anyone else who likes a newer name variation is either - any more than someone who uses a traditional but now in vogue name like Charlotte or Emily is.

[Chill-Pill]

I just came back to see if this thread had Maxwell or Drew mentioned