What was your initial reaction to a girl with the name [name]Silas[/name]? Could it work? Nameberry says “An old name whose star is rising again for boys, but could work for girls too.” Your thoughts?
If [name]Silas[/name] goes to the girls, you can just push me out to sea in a barrel because I’ll no longer have any faith in humankind.
I think [name]Silas[/name] should be an exclusively male name but if you like the way it sounds, [name]Celeste[/name] and Celice (pn Suh-lease or Seh-lease) are similar sounding girls names.
I don’t like the name anyway but I doubt it seeing it go to the girls anytime soon…Its such a harsh, lisping name and doesn’t sound particularly nice on a girl.
Harsh? Really? I’ve always thought [name]Silas[/name] was very lilting and melodic.
I was just going to respond “lololol”, but you summed up my feelings far more eloquently. I think that [name]Pam[/name] or [name]Linda[/name] must be a secret aficionado of the ridiculous boys’-names-on-girls trend; that is the only explanation for the name entries trying to push historically unisex names over to the girls ([name]Arthur[/name]? [name]Elliot[/name]? SERIOUSLY?).
If they are historically unisex, why couldn’t they be used for girls?
And why does one instance of someone using a name for a girl make it “go to the girls?” Why does that make a name unusable for a boy anyway?
I don’t to be mean but I really don’t think [name]Silas[/name] as a girls name works.
Whoops, make that historically male. Typing on my phone!
It might be my accent, but I still don’t find it very pleasant to hear.
I like it, and it could work.
I am getting so sick of this. Someone with sons named [name]Roman[/name] and [name]Morgan[/name] is seriously considering [name]Silas[/name] for a girl? That makes zero sense stylistically.
I didn’t say I was seriously considering it, I’m not expecting or anything. I was just reading the description on Nameberry and started thinking about it, and I quite like it for a girl.
I can’t picture it on a girl. At all.
Also, my son’s name [name]Morgan[/name] is also used for many girls (especially in the States) and it doesn’t bother me.
sigh The only reason I hate seeing these threads is that the responses get so snarky and it eventually turns into an argument about sexism and gets blown way out of proportion. Oh well.
I actually haven’t thought about it before and I love the name [name]Silas[/name]. I guess it does have a somewhat feminine feel about it, it’s a “softer” boys name. I could definitely see it working for a girl. My only fear is it getting very popular.
Fruitpunch, *I’m just being silly. I have no real investment in what you name your daughter, and if you find [name]Silas[/name] wonderful on a girl, you should go for it! My feeling about traditionally masculine names on girls has shifted. A while back, I was really jazzed about [name]James[/name] as a middle name ([name]Ginger[/name] [name]James[/name], specifically) until someone pointed out the sexism in that trend. I had this “daddy’s little girl” image of my future daughter… It felt weird to acknowledge that I was holding onto some sentimental notion of spunkiness being tied to boyishness, or of boys’ names on girls connoting strength. Not saying this is the case with your attraction to [name]Silas[/name]- you probably just like the sound. However, it does give me a little twinge when I hear names like [name]Ezra[/name] being used on girls. I love some of the softer boy names, and it saddens me to see the pool getting smaller.
Any interest in Solace? It’s an old Puritan virtue name. On my short list.
Well I’m not pregnant with a daughter, so it was more of a general question than a name for an actual child. I guess I’m not understanding why using a name such as [name]Silas[/name] on a girl (which is probably not very common) would make the pool smaller for you? Wouldn’t that be a prime example of the sexism you’re fighting? Not using a name because girls have it, because it might make your son seem less masculine? I have met a few little girls named [name]Morgan[/name] and it didn’t make my son’s name appear less masculine to me.
Nah. I don’t like boys names for girls much anyway.
@fruitpunch: Once you hear of a girl named [name]Silas[/name], for example, suddenly the name becomes a lot more feminine and people become more hesistant to use that name for a boy. Think about [name]Courtney[/name], [name]Kerry[/name], [name]Vivian[/name], etc.