My husband and I are still throwing around names and we’ve decided we really like the name [name]Sage[/name].
He thinks, though, if we have a boy that the more masculine spelling would be “[name]Saige[/name]” and we should spell it “[name]Sage[/name]” if it’s a girl.
What do you think? Does the spelling really matter?
Yes I think it does.
There are standard spellings for a reason. Also,[name]Sage[/name] is a herb…there’s no such thing as a masculine/feminine spelling.
I’ve only ever seen [name]Saige[/name] on a girl, actually. [name]Both[/name] the [name]Sage[/name]/[name]Saige[/name]'s that I have met were girls, but I would spell it the same for either.
[name]Sage[/name] is a great name! I’d say [name]Saige[/name] was more feminine and [name]Sage[/name] was more masculine. But I would spell it [name]Sage[/name] for either gender. Nothing against the [name]Saige[/name] spelling; [name]Sage[/name] would just be easier.
Sometimes the spelling can make a difference but when the name is said out loud, it’s still the same name, really.
I would spell it [name]Sage[/name] for either as well. I just like it much better. If I were going to change it for gender though, I would definitely find [name]Saige[/name] more feminine. I would stick with [name]Sage[/name].
I agree that [name]Saige[/name] looks more feminine. But I think the sound of the name is just more feminine and I would find it odd on a boy whatever the spelling, personally.
I would just spell it [name]Sage[/name]. That spelling is in the Top 1000 names for boys. [name]Saige[/name] just makes me think of [name]Paige[/name].
I seem to be opposite than most people on this site when it comes to some names and the genders I’ve met them on. I’ve only met boys who were named [name]Sage[/name].
I would spell it [name]Sage[/name] regardless of the gender because [name]Saige[/name] is just misspelled. If you insist on changing it, I would assume [name]Saige[/name] was a girl and [name]Sage[/name] was a boy. Girls seem to always get the misspelled names is why.
I don’t really understand the need to change spellings to make a name feminine or masculine, you should just leave it be. If it’s traditionally a masculine spelling then it realistically is a boy’s name, if you love the name on a girl then just deal with it and use the normal spelling or forever have to correct people.
Things like ‘[name]Sage[/name]’ which aren’t actually names don’t have an assigned gender - if they did it would be masculine. However, it sounds exactly the same no matter the spelling so you may as well as make it easier for your child by using [name]Sage[/name] because this is what people will think.
Why is it if there are additional or exchanged letters within a name then it is feminine? I just don’t get it!!
Sorry, rant over.
As others have said it’s not a name, it’s a word and most English words have no gender. [name]Sage[/name] is unisex and unisex names are generally masculine.
[name]Saige[/name] is basically [name]Paige[/name] with an S, it looks girly
I have to disagree. Unisex names are unisex. But I would agree [name]Saige[/name] would look more feminine since it resembles [name]Paige[/name], and I agree that [name]Sage[/name] can be used on either gender.
I wouldn’t change the spelling. [name]Sage[/name] could be unisex to me. However, if I saw “[name]Saige[/name]” on paper, with that spelling, I think I’d guess Girl, only because that spelling variation reminds me of [name]Paige[/name].
The spelling [name]Saige[/name] is very girly. It’s just like [name]Paige[/name].
@amberdaydream
There are few unisex names that are truly unisex. Most of what people call unisex are male names or surnames that people started using on girls. [name]Truly[/name] unisex names are usually nature names/words like [name]Sage[/name], [name]Sky[/name], [name]River[/name], [name]Lake[/name]