Damien as girl's name

[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]

NN’s: [name_f]Mia[/name_f], Damey

… can it be a girls name? Thoughts?

I wouldn’t do it. There are so many great girl names that wouldn’t result in a lifetime of confusion and corrections over whether [name_m]Damien[/name_m] was a boy or girl.

I wouldn’t do it, [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is a boy’s name and not unisex. There is nothing feminine about the name whatsoever.

First off, spell it [name_f]Damienne[/name_f]. [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is a boys’ name. [name_f]Damienne[/name_f] will still likely get mistaken for a boy, however. I personally don’t find the name attractive - I’d stick in in with [name_f]Edwina[/name_f] and [name_f]Thomasina[/name_f]. I prefer [name_f]Fabienne[/name_f]. But different strokes for different folks. If you love it, go for it.

I’m not much a fan of [name_m]Damien[/name_m] on a boy, let alone a girl. I don’t think it crosses over as feminine well at all to be honest. To give it the touch of femininity it needs, using [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] might appeal to you. [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] has the a good strength as well as a gentleness - I like it. [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] has a brilliant ring to it too, I must say.

Of your combos as they are [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] gets my vote as [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is very ‘girly’ which [name_m]Damien[/name_m] needs. That said, I just really cannot get on board with [name_m]Damien[/name_m] on a girl at all.

While I personally don’t like [name_m]Damien[/name_m] (just in general, but it is a personal thing), I don’t think there is anything wrong with using it for a girl. If you love it, go for it. I love [name_m]Donovan[/name_m], [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] and [name_u]August[/name_u] for girls and I think they work really well. Plus, with [name_m]Damien[/name_m], there is a large group of feminine nn: [name_f]Amy[/name_f], [name_f]Ami[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Mimi[/name_f], Dami, Dame. I love all your [name_m]Damien[/name_m] suggestions, particularly [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] and [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

Good luck :).

It sounds…maleficent.

Sorry, [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is definitely masculine. I wouldn’t put it on a girl, way too confusing.

I think [name_m]Damien[/name_m] could be a girls name! It’s modern and hip, like [name_u]Devon[/name_u]. Perhaps you could soften it with a feminine frilly middle such as [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Lilly[/name_f], [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], or [name_m]Damien[/name_m] [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]. I do like the alternate spelling suggestion of [name_f]Damienne[/name_f]. If you like it, you should do it. It’s a good name!

I like [name_u]Devon[/name_u] more than [name_m]Damien[/name_m]. [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is an all boys name for me.

No.

I don’t even like it much for a boy…it’s not nice for a girl at all. Dami or [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] would be okay.

[name_m]Damien[/name_m] is a completely masculine name. There are perfectly good female variants like [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] and [name_f]Damienne[/name_f]. What about [name_u]Damaris[/name_u]?

I was going to suggest [name_f]Damienne[/name_f] or [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] but it has already been said. Which, at least in my opinion means they’re good suggestions. :slight_smile:

To me [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is a bouncing ball of testosterone–all boy. While I find the suggestion of [name_f]Damienne[/name_f] light and wispy. [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] leans toward the exotic and bold. They’re much more fitting for a girl, in my opinion.

I think [name_m]Damien[/name_m] as a girl name won’t work to well. I’m not a fan of D names for little girls.

Is there a reason why you want to use [name_m]Damien[/name_m] as a female name?

No. [name_m]Damien[/name_m]/[name_m]Damian[/name_m] is completely masculine. As others have already mentioned, [name_f]Damiana[/name_f] and [name_f]Damienne[/name_f] are feminisations of the name.

No, no, no! [name_m]Damien[/name_m] is 100% masculine. If you want to use it for a girl, use the alternatives already given (I personally dislike most feminizations, but they might work for you). [name_u]Devon[/name_u] or [name_f]Demi[/name_f] would be similar names that are more widely used for girls.

This is a perfect case of stealing a perfectly masculine name from the boys and trying to use it on a girl. Please, no.

No, it cannot be a girls name. Besides the name [name_m]Damian[/name_m] having over 1,000 years of use on males, it’s not even close to being a feminine-sounding name.

[name_m]Damien[/name_m] is all boy to me. Nothing about [name_m]Damien[/name_m] seems feminine to me. Using a feminine middle name doesn’t make it any less masculine, considering most people wouldn’t know her middle name anyway.

I’d go with one of the feminizations previouslt suggested.

[name_m]Damian[/name_m] is a boy’s name. There is no reason to use [name_m]Damian[/name_m] for a girl when the girls already have such an abundance of unusual and underused names.