Is it just me or could anyone else totally see Darwin as a girls name? Thoughts?
Edit: No need to feel bad if you disagree, it’s not actually a name I would consider naming my daughter, just thought it’d be interesting to see peoples’ opinions since so many classically “male” names are becoming unisex lately 
I don’t love the name in general, but I could easily see it as a girl name. The Dar- part reminds me of names like [name_f]Daria[/name_f] and [name_f]Darla[/name_f]. And -win is common for girls names - [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], [name_f]Winslet[/name_f], [name_f]Elowen[/name_f], etc.
[name_m]Darwin[/name_m] is a strong name, with a strong association. I want to love it as a unisex name, but I see it more for a boy.
What about [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] or [name_f]Olwen[/name_f]?
Definitely not.
Yes, it can totally work. It has a good meaning too and sounds nice.
If you feel it is too masculine you could spell it Darwen and read it as “Darwen”.
When I first read this thread I was like “Darwin sounds very masc” but I immediately thought that it would be very sweet on a girl as well. I can perfectly see it without even much effort.
There are gender neutral names like Cameron, Wilder, August for example that even though I respect who chose those names, I don’t get the appeal and feel they are so masculine that sound very weird on girls. But Darwin? No. Darwin for me works. So why can Cameron (a very masculine name with a masc sound for me) work and not Darwin?
And to be honest I am okay for gender neutral or gender bend names. I like Elliott and James for girls and I like Iris, and Antonine for boys. Sure many of them are guilty pleasure at this point but I still like them. I go by sound rather than traditional associations sometimes, for example Logan now is technically neutral but it sounds too masculine for me. And there are names like Amaury and I am like “why isn’t this name neutral? It has such a neutral sound.”
I think it works well. It’s similar in sound to names like [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], and the concept of a [name_m]Darwin[/name_m] “Winnie” is absolutely delightful to me!
I’m sure it could work well. [name_f]Winnie[/name_f] is cute. I struggle to picture it personally because I think “Charles Darwin” and therefore of an old man, but I’m sure meeting a female [name_m]Darwin[/name_m] would change that. It’s also a place name of course.
In general I’m not really a fan of the recent trend of gender-bending masculine names onto girls… (but, really, names and gender is all made-up and fluid, right?) but I can see the appeal of some of those names for others…
That being said, [name_m]Darwin[/name_m] on a girl is a big nope from me. It’s so attached to a male. I can picture/imagine a female [name_u]James[/name_u] or [name_u]Logan[/name_u], but my brain isn’t even conjuring a female [name_m]Darwin[/name_m]. To me it would sound like their parents wanted a boy.
I personally love it for a girl! Especially for scientist or animal-loving parents
I don’t see it as a girls name…… the same way I don’t see [name_m]Edwin[/name_m] or [name_u]Owen[/name_u]. There’s just nothing “girl” about it. I’d pick [name_f]Darleen[/name_f]
I don’t see the appeal
Sure, why not
No. It’s totally masculine. And I don’t like it anyway