[name]Hi[/name] berries!
I am working on a project, and I’m looking for examples of boys names that have gone “girl” either entirely or partially in [name]America[/name]. If you can think of any examples of girl names going boy, those are also welcome!
I want as many examples as possible!! Can you help?
[name]Erin[/name]
sigh
They haven’t “gone girl”, they are still masculine names. The origin and etymology doesn’t change.
[name]Ashley[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name] are two that come to mind as former boys’ names now primarily used for girls. Some that are now veering towards girl but still used for males would be [name]Reilly[/name] (and variants), [name]Mackenzie[/name], [name]Avery[/name], [name]Jordan[/name].
I can’t think of any girl names going boy.
[name]Flick[/name]: I didn’t mean to offend with my phrasing. I’m looking for names that began being given exclusively for one gender, and now are either evenly distributed between genders or are primarily given to the opposite gender.
maggiefromcanada: Thank you for your contribution! [name]Evelyn[/name] had slipped my mind completely!
[name]Addison[/name], [name]Madison[/name], [name]Emerson[/name], [name]Bailey[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Peyton[/name] (maybe), [name]Emery[/name],
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Aubrey[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Sidney[/name]/[name]Sydney[/name]
[name]Jocelyn[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Reese[/name]
[name]Hayden[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Bryn[/name]
[name]Finley[/name]
[name]Courtney[/name]
[name]Schuyler[/name]/[name]Skyler[/name]/[name]Skylar[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Logan[/name]
[name]Hayden[/name]
[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Finnley[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Jordan[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Ellery[/name]
[name]Rowan[/name]
[name]Reese[/name]
[name]Ryder[/name]
[name]Reagan[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name] is pretty much exclusively used on girls now.
[name]Eden[/name] is largely female used as well.
Not offended, no worries, this trend just irks me to no end, lol.
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Alexis[/name]
[name]Alex[/name] (Okay as a nn for [name]Alexandra[/name] etc…)
[name]Aldon[/name]
[name]Ainsley[/name]
[name]Arley[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Azariah[/name]
[name]Addison[/name]
[name]Allison[/name]
[name]Ashley[/name]
[name]Armani[/name]
[name]Carol[/name]
[name]Cameron[/name]
[name]Cassidy[/name]/[name]Kassidy[/name]
[name]Delaney[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Devyn[/name]/[name]Devin[/name]/[name]Deven[/name]
[name]Dorian[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Finley[/name]/[name]Finlay[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name]
[name]Haley[/name]/[name]Hayley[/name] etc…
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Kevin[/name]/[name]Kevyn[/name]
[name]Kieran[/name]
[name]Kennedy[/name]
[name]Leighton[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]/[name]Madisen[/name]
[name]McKinley[/name]
[name]Mackenzie[/name]/[name]McKenzie[/name]
[name]Peyton[/name]/[name]Payton[/name]
[name]Ryley[/name]/[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Ryan[/name]
[name]Reagan[/name]
[name]Rory[/name]
[name]Royce[/name]
[name]Reese[/name]/[name]Rhys[/name]
[name]Shannon[/name]
[name]Seth[/name]
[name]Skyler[/name]/[name]Skylar[/name]
[name]Sydney[/name]
[name]Tracy[/name]
[name]Teagan[/name]
[name]Vivien[/name]
There are many more, this is just a quick list from memory and users’ lists.
This trend irks me also. Now don’t get me wrong, I am fine with unisex names as long as they are truly unisex. Name your son [name]Snow[/name] and your daughter [name]River[/name]; that’s great! But [name]Madison[/name], [name]Dylan[/name] and…[name]Elliot[/name]?! Unisex should mean: Can be used for either gender, NOT check back in a year and this name will be officially team pink.
Why is it that if you name your daughter a boy’s name everyone thinks it’s cute and spunky, but if you name your son a girl’s name people will deem you one of the cruelest mothers?
Look I have a little girl cousin named [name]Avery[/name] and I love her to death. I’m not completely against this trend, but I’m truly disappointed in the gender inconsistency. If you name your daughter [name]Avery[/name] [name]Marie[/name], don’t name your son [name]William[/name] [name]Christopher[/name]. Name him [name]Echo[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] or [name]Clio[/name] [name]Gerard[/name].
Alright getting down off my soapbox, but please at least think about it.
Side note: [name]Love[/name] feminizations! What about Eliotte/[name]Eliette[/name]/Eliotta/Elietta (prn el-ee-ETTE/[name]ETTA[/name]) or [name]Ryanne[/name]/Ryanna (prn rye-[name]ANN[/name]/[name]ANNA[/name])?
I don’t believe [name]Kieran[/name] has “gone girl”. And [name]Ashley[/name] has gone girl in the US but not the UK or Australia for instance.
I would say:
[name]Clare[/name]
[name]Shirley[/name]
[name]Carol[/name]
[name]Chelsea[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
I don’t believe it has either, it has a female variant of [name]Kiera[/name] (and various other spellings of) though I have heard of [name]Kiran[/name] (that spelling) on a girl in two instances. [name]Both[/name] times, it has been on an [name]Asian[/name] child ([name]Indian[/name], or that region anyway, I didn’t ask exactly whereabouts) so my understanding is that it is a feminine name in that culture, a bit like [name]Dilan[/name] is a Turkish girls’ name. I’m all for [name]Indian[/name] girl Kirans and Turkish Dilans, as they’re legit ethnic names. I’m not keen on when parents hear said ethnic names, think it sounds just like a boy name on a girl and think ‘oh that’s cute, we’ll use that’ but spell it [name]Kieran[/name] or [name]Dylan[/name]. That’s not cute to me at all, that’s a child that’s going to have their gender mistaken their whole life.
From every resource I can find, it lists [name]Kiran[/name] as female - but I agree with you 100%, if you want to name a girl [name]Kiran[/name], at least spell it the legit, ethnic way! (Same with [name]Dilan[/name] or [name]Noa[/name]).
This should be very helpful. A berry’s husband created an awesome graph showing how names have changed genders
https://nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/113984-Changes-in-Names-Gender-Over-the-Years
No one’s mentioned my name (Kelly) yet. Another boy-turned-girl name I thought of is Dana.
flick: [name]Noa[/name] is legit, it’s the Hebrew feminine form of [name]Noah[/name]. It’s also a Japanese girl name.
Perhaps [name]Shannon[/name] too?
I had a business training session yesterday with a female [name]Avery[/name] who must have been at least 24 which would mean that she was named [name]Avery[/name] before it even hit the top 1000 for girls. With my knowledge of names I had fully expected a guy but was equally not totally surprised when it did turn out to be a woman. She, of course, had fully anticipated a female [name]Chelsea[/name] so we both spent five minutes swapping name anecdotes which was a good ice breaker.
Thats what I was getting at - if you are going to use [name]Noa[/name], spell it [name]Noa[/name] for a girl, that’s the feminine form. [name]Noah[/name] is the masculine form. 