Grayson and/or Easton for a girl?

I most certainly am open minded in the way of surname names and/or masculine names on girls. I wish I was brave enough to use them, as most are probably just gps for me!

I like [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] on a girl, though I prefer it spelt [name_f]Gracen[/name_f], or Graceyn. I know it looks awfully trendy, but I think it separates the boys name from the girls name. As you said, you have [name_f]Grace[/name_f] there as a girly option!

I cant picture [name_u]Easton[/name_u] on a girl though I see what you mean about [name_f]East[/name_f] being more feminine. For me, its the -ton that appears masculine.

Here are some suggestions;
[name_u]Lennon[/name_u], or [name_u]Lennox[/name_u] - with nickname [name_f]Leni[/name_f]/[name_m]Lenny[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u] - [name_f]Addie[/name_f], [name_u]Sonny[/name_u]
[name_f]Kinley[/name_f]/[name_f]Kenley[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u] - [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Monroe[/name_u]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u]
[name_u]Tatum[/name_u]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u] - [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_u]Tristen[/name_u]

I think, at the end of the day, as long as you pair it with a feminine middle name as you said, I think it will be fine!
I look forward to seeing more of your posts about :slight_smile:

I’ll throw it out there that [name_u]Allison[/name_u] is a popular girls name and has a similar feel to [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] … I’m still not sold, tbh

Graceyn / Gracyn
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]

This. This is perfect.

Your comments are ignorant and rude. Are you seriously saying that my name preferences are SEXIST?! And you are passing judgements on my husband because he happens not to like the sound of super feminine names? That is ridiculous. You don’t know either one of us. [name_m]How[/name_m] dare you? I suggest that you not comment on this site if you are going to behave this way. Shame on you.

First off, good job Alikat03 for standing up for yourself, I was going to, but i see i don’t have to. That said, my short answer would be “yes”.

I would agree with other commentors. The middle names you are considering are lovely, but people don’t use their middle names on a daily basis, so in my opinion, it wouldn’t make the name more feminine. Other people have suggested an alternative spellings. For me, it doesn’t make it seem more girly, but to others it might. I think it comes down to do you feel the alternative spellings look aesthetically better?

I think we live in a age where anything goes. Not everyone is going to like it if you use easton or [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] for a girl. Still, if girls can be [name_u]Taylor[/name_u], [name_u]Jayden[/name_u], [name_u]Riley[/name_u], even [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] or [name_u]Kyle[/name_u], I think [name_u]Easton[/name_u] or [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] is just fine. If you’re really concerned you could try [name_f]East[/name_f], [name_f]Easter[/name_f], or [name_f]Esther[/name_f] (Though they may be too frilly for your taste). [name_m]Grayson[/name_m], i think there is more crossover as is, and could become more and more unisex anyways. Considering i can’t figure out for the life of me what to name my child, you at least have two strong contenders, if you and your husband both like the name, go for it!

Preach it, sister.

i quite like unisex names (or whatever), although I don’t think “feminine” names are necessarily frilly. maybe arabella is a little bit frilly, but there are plenty more which are spunky and unusual. I personally don’t like [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] and [name_u]Easton[/name_u] that much, but just because they feel very preppy to me, and I’m not a fan of preppy. If you’re going to be call her [name_u]Gray[/name_u], why not just use that? Or even [name_f]East[/name_f]? [name_u]Gray[/name_u] [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] or [name_u]Gray[/name_u] [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] would be a cool name!

Sigh. southern.maple is a regular poster and has seen many of these boy names on girl posts come around. It’s the same thing every time. The same posters (besides some berries) who like boy names on girls wouldn’t consider a girl name for a son. That would imply that there is something wrong with girl names (which like southern.maple said aren’t all frilly), so if someone values male things over female things they are sexist. It may be subtle, but it is what it is. Now you never said what you would name a boy, so I don’t know if you fall into this category.

Putting a boy name on a girl doesn’t make it unisex.
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] boys born in 2014- 10278 total: [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] (6532), [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] (3022), [name_m]Graysen[/name_m] (249), Greysen (155), [name_f]Gracen[/name_f] (66), Graeson (43), Gracin (35), Graycen (33), Graison (26), Graceson (17), Grason (17), Greycen (11), Graysyn (10), Graisen (10), Graesyn (9), Greysin (8), Graysin (7), Greysyn (7), Gracyn (6), Grasen (5), Grasyn (5), Graycin (5)
[name_m]Grayson[/name_m] girls born in 2014- 666 total: Gracyn (195), [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] (163), [name_f]Gracen[/name_f] (68), [name_m]Greyson[/name_m] (55), Graycen (43), Graceyn (42), [name_m]Graysen[/name_m] (34), Greysen (15), Gracynn (14), Gracin (11), Grasyn (8), Graycin (7), Graisyn (6), Graesyn (5)
[name_u]Easton[/name_u] boys born in 2014- 5163 total: [name_u]Easton[/name_u] (4961), Eastyn (79), Eastin (45), Easten (42), [name_m]Eston[/name_m] (22), [name_m]Esten[/name_m] (8), Estin (6)
[name_u]Easton[/name_u] girls born in 2014- 118 total: [name_u]Easton[/name_u] (65), Eastyn (43), Eastynn (10)

southern.maple should keep commenting because at least there’s a site that is honest. There are enough baby sites that will tell you any name you want to put on your child is the most youneek, perfect 4u name ever. On here you are going to get a difference of opinion, just like in the “real world”. Obviously, do what you want because it’s your child; no one is stopping you from picking the name you want.

I asked for opinions on a freaking NAME. I thought that was what this site is about? Southern [name_f]Maple[/name_f] made it personal. She is passing judgements on my husband’s attitudes about womankind because he doesn’t like “frilly” names. To pass judgements like that based on a complete stranger’s name preferences is unkind and ignorant. It’s laughable actually. And yeah, I guess she can be as honest as she wants to be, but it doesn’t mean it’s not catty and in poor taste. As a person who has never posted on this site before, it’s pretty disappointing. Lesson learned.