I had to do a survey a couple weeks ago for a family studies class about this topic: Would you rather have a boy or a girl first? I thought my results were interesting so I figured it wouldn’t hurt to collect data from people not in my school. And, because this is a name site, post what you would name him/her.
So, would you rather have a boy or girl first and why? Or, if you already have kids you can say what you would rather have next. Thank you!
I’d rather have a boy first then girls because similarly to @polina I like big brothers for little sisters because there is a protectiveness. Plus I’m the big sister and I’d love to have an older brother. I want lots of kids so boys in the mix, but definitely one first.
I change my mind frequently so I’m going to pose my opinions for both…
Right now; I’d rather have a boy first because a) I want more boys than girls anyway, and b) I think it would be nice to have a “big brother” for all of the following children, someone who will look after them.
Sometimes though I think I’d like to have a girl first, because in all of the sibsets I know, especially where there are only two children, the ones where the girl is oldest gets along better with their younger sibling than where the boy is older.
I wouldn’t really mind; my friend loves having an older brother, but then I know other (girls) who think their older brothers are too over protective. I wouldn’t know, I’m an only child. If I had to choose, I’d say a girl first, because (if I have 2 children), I have always imagined my youngest child being a boy (that’s assuming I have one of each).
She’d probably be called [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] [name_f]Phaedra[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f].
Definitely a girl. Everyone I know says boy because he’d be protective but I think that sentiment kinda implies girls are weak which doesn’t really jive with me. Plus my mom and aunt have shared so many horrible stories about what a bully their eldest brother was! I’d also prefer more girls than boys because in my personal experience boys with sisters tend to be more respectful of other people and women in particular than ones with only brothers – again, that is my personal experience, that’s not to say your family of all boys is disrespectful. [name_m]Both[/name_m] my fiance and I are from families with two girls and one boy so that’s what I’d like someday too.
I would like to have a boy first, mainly because there are so few boys in our family lol. I hade a boy right now i fould name him [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Henry[/name_m].
If I were to have two children I’d want the first one to be a girl. Honestly it just seems more interesting to me if the girl is older. If I were to only have one child I’d want it to be a boy though.
Most days I think I’d like a boy first, but there are other days when I would want a girl first just because I prefer girls’ fashion over boys’ fashion. Today I think I’d like a boy first, mainly for most of the reasons that previous posters have mentioned.
He’d be named [name_u]Curtis[/name_u] [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] today, but if you asked me another day that would probably be different lol.