See the results of this poll: Boy, Girl, or Unisex?
Respondents: 70 (This poll is closed)
- Boy : 24 (34%)
- Girl : 36 (51%)
- Unisex: 10 (14%)
It has such a soft sound, and I so clearly see “[name]Bell[/name]” and “[name]Amy[/name]” when I look at it, I would only use it for a girl. However, since it is uncommon for either sex and a last name, it wouldn’t surprise me to see it on a boy.
Definitely a boy for me. No idea why, though I get the feeling somewhere back there I read or book or something with a male [name]Bellamy[/name] in it.
It’s a surname so it’s unisex but I find it very wrong on a girl.
Literally [name]Bellamy[/name] just means handsome/fine friend. But your “bel ami” is your male “friend” aka lover, so it’d be like naming your kid Mistress or Boy-[name]Toy[/name]
It is unisex, but I think it sounds and looks extremely feminine. “[name]Belle[/name],” “[name]Bella[/name],” and “[name]Amy[/name]” are all a part of the name, and it follows the 3-syllable, first-intonated, e-ending patern that’s really common for girl’s names. [name]Just[/name] in the top 100, [name]Emily[/name], [name]Natalie[/name], [name]Trinity[/name], [name]Melanie[/name], and [name]Destiny[/name] follow the pattern along with unisex [name]Avery[/name], [name]Kimberly[/name], and [name]Kennedy[/name] (all far more popular for girls than boys.) There are also a great number of top 100 names that follow the pattern but don’t end in y: [name]Abigail[/name], [name]Madison[/name], [name]Addison[/name], [name]Lilian[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Allison[/name], [name]Julia[/name], [name]Jocelyn[/name], [name]Madelyn[/name], [name]Genesis[/name], [name]Madeline[/name], and [name]Caroline[/name]. The “[name]Bel[/name]” containing [name]Isabel[/name], [name]Isabell[/name], [name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Isabela[/name], [name]Bella[/name], [name]Izabella[/name], [name]Izabelle[/name], [name]Anabel[/name], [name]Anabelle[/name], [name]Anabella[/name], [name]Anabell[/name], [name]Annabella[/name], [name]Arabella[/name], [name]Belen[/name], and [name]Maribel[/name] all rank in the top 1000, and that’s not an extensive list. [name]Amy[/name] ranks 143 and [name]Aimee[/name] 680.
For top 100 boys’ names, only [name]Anthony[/name] and [name]Zachary[/name] follow the 3-syllable -y ending formula, contrasting with the 8 girls’ names. Only one male top 1000 name- [name]Abel[/name], at 237- contains “[name]Bel[/name],” and it’s not even pronounced the same way. As much as saying a unisex surname leans feminine goes against my nameberry learnings, I must admit that [name]Bellamy[/name] does. I really can’t picture it on a boy.
I see it as both.
[name]Bellamy[/name] is the name of a street here as well, so it’s versatile to me.
The nicknames of [name]Belle[/name], and [name]Amy[/name] make is girl, but the overall sound is rather male.
To me it is masculine! I have only ever heard it being used by boys. My fiance had a friend named [name]Bellamy[/name] (who was indeed a man) and my own son has the middle name [name]Bellamy[/name]. So I really see it more as masculine but that’s just my opinion. 
It’s feminine to me! All I hear are feminine-sounding syllables and see feminine names within the name. Honestly, girl name plus another girl name doesn’t equal a boy name!
Wow, I am actually surprised by the poll. I didn’t think the boy/girl options would have such a close vote. I honestly though more people would say the name is unisex! I just can’t see it on a boy, no matter what though, because it’s a combination of two girl’s names.
@daisy451: Thanks for all the info! Your response made it even more clear that I would only use the name on a girl.
It’s made up of [name]Bell[/name] and [name]Amy[/name] and all the nicknames are feminine. Besides that, I’ve met one [name]Bellamy[/name] and she’s a very cool, sporty girl. I cannot see this on a boy at all.
I don’t think it’s quite as unusual as you make it sound, though: think [name]Timothy[/name], [name]Jeremy[/name], [name]Gregory[/name], [name]Connery[/name], [name]Barnaby[/name], [name]Bradbury[/name]. [name]Bellamy[/name] could fit right in with those.
I think it’s unisex. Personally, if I had to pick one or the other, I’d put it on a boy. Something about the way it’s arranged… I mean, the sounds were reversed so it was “Amybelle” it would be undoubtedly feminine, but this way just feels very solid and masculine even if the individual sounds are softer.
It’s one of the few surnames that i don’t mind so much on a girl - its definitely feminine as a first name.
[name]Bellamy[/name] is not [name]Bell[/name] + [name]Amy[/name], it is [name]Bel[/name] + [name]Ami[/name]
[name]Bel[/name] =/= belle, they are different genders just as el =/= ella and he =/= she. [name]Bel[/name] is masculine.
[name]Ami[/name] is not “ay-me” it’s “awe-me”. [name]Ami[/name] is a male friend. So [name]Bel[/name] + [name]Ami[/name] prefers to a man
[name]Bellamy[/name] is a surname so it can be used on girls but it is not at all feminine
I agree with what nat108 said.
I’ve never thought of it as [name]Bell[/name] + [name]Amy[/name], and I’ve only heard it on boys.
To me it’s all boy. I can see how some people think that it would fit right in with the popular girls names, but I just can’t see it on a girl. It fits in with [name]Casey[/name] and [name]Sasha[/name] imo, which are all boy to me as well.
When I say that the name is [name]Bell[/name] and [name]Amy[/name], I mean when I look at the name. I’m not breaking down the language it came from or anything. I’m not saying anyone is right or wrong, it’s an opinon.
When I say that the name is [name]Bell[/name] and [name]Amy[/name], I mean when I look at the name. I’m not breaking down the language it came from or anything. I’m not saying anyone is right or wrong, it’s an opinon.
[name]Bellamy[/name] may be a surname but it has been used extensively in recent times for girls and there is no way imo that it could be a boy’s name.
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