The names [name]Ellery[/name],[name]Emery[/name],[name]Emerson[/name],[name]Avery[/name],[name]Harper[/name],[name]Auden[/name],[name]Addison[/name],[name]Ellison[/name] and so forth can they still be boy names?
Yes, I think that any of those could still be used on a boy.
Absolutely. [name]Emery[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Avery[/name], and [name]Harper[/name] are still in the top 1000 for boys. [name]Ellery[/name], [name]Auden[/name], and [name]Ellison[/name] don’t appear on the top 1000 for either sex.
YES! I [name]LOVE[/name] those on boys: [name]Emerson[/name],[name]Avery[/name],[name]Harper[/name],[name]Auden[/name],[name]Addison[/name] are ALL ON MY LIST. I know a woman who is about to have a baby BOY named [name]Harper[/name], and another going to name her baby [name]Kelly[/name] if a boy! I know of a male [name]Emerson[/name]!
I prefer all of those on boys and actually don’t know any female Harpers.
Sounds male to me. I love [name]Emery[/name], very cute!
I consider them masculine names anyways. But I might stay away from using [name]Ellery[/name] and [name]Addison[/name] simply because of how many girls are getting those names.
I just named my baby girl [name]Emery[/name].
I say yes to all but [name]Harper[/name], but it can work since in [name]Canada[/name] our Prime Minister is [name]Steven[/name] [name]Harper[/name], and he’s often referred to as [name]Harper[/name] so I guess it could work…[name]Addison[/name] and [name]Ellison[/name] are male names, but are so commonly used as female that I’d never use it on a boy,but it could technically work.
I’d used [name]Avery[/name] on a boy in a heartbeat though.
Yep. I see absolutely no reason why not.
I don’t understand the problem, really. So you don’t want your son to share a name with a girl - well, that’s almost impossible, nowadays, since no name is safe from the “unisex” trend. You don’t want him to be mistaken for a girl - I get it, but again it wouldn’t be the end of the world (throw in a 100% masculine name like [name]John[/name] or [name]Peter[/name], just in case). You don’t want him to be teased - well, kids will always find a reason to tease, even if your name is [name]Jacob[/name] [name]Michael[/name] [name]Smith[/name].
If you like the names, go for it!
All these names are quite handsome and strong - [name]Ellery[/name], [name]Emery[/name], [name]Harper[/name], and [name]Auden[/name] are my favourites.
I think all the names on your list are still viable boy names. At one point I thought [name]Shannon[/name] was a feminine name but now I’ve met twice as many men named [name]Shannon[/name] as women. I think some names that were once used for boys are now too associated with girls to avoid problems, like [name]Leslie[/name], but all the ones on your list I think are still fairly middle-of-the-road even if they’re veering slightly one way or the other.
LOVELOVELOVE so many of these for boys! I would definitely use [name]Avery[/name] for a boy–it’s more popular than it’s every been for boys now, and it’s a family name for me. I would still consider [name]Addison[/name] and [name]Harper[/name] if I could, but I’m afraid they’re too gone to the girls. Although I recently came across a guy [name]Addison[/name], which makes me want to use it even more! [name]Avery[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Harper[/name], and [name]Addison[/name] seem especially usable to me, in that order. But [name]Ellery[/name], [name]Emery[/name], [name]Auden[/name], and [name]Ellison[/name]–why not?
I prefer all of these on boys. They sound too harsh to be girls to me…