@yakira87 I actually don’t care for [name_m]Yonah[/name_m]. It’s not the same without the j to me.
@minxtruck I agree, I would want an obviously girly middle name if my daughter were named [name_m]Jonah[/name_m].
Thank you everyone for your opinions and historical insights.
Only if you consider [name_f]Sharon[/name_f] for a boy.
I was just going to say this! I do like [name_m]Jona[/name_m] for a girl.
Totally! ha 
I like it on a girl, more than i do on a boy. I wouldnt use it myself, but i wouldnt be shocked if i meet a girl named that.
I didn’t know it was a thing in [name_u]America[/name_u]!
I know of a few parents who are fighting against gender stereotypes with names. But giving your daughter a boy name is actually the reverse. I also know of parents who think that having a boy name when you are a girl is pretty cool and makes you stronger, cooler, boyish (= not like a little girl who likes princesses and dolls) which makes me cringe, to be honest. Because a girl called [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] who likes guns and action, is okay, it’s cool and fashion nowadays, but a boy called [name_u]Avery[/name_u] who likes dolls and pink is not okay, it’s strange, he will be homosexual. That’s seriously what I read on Internet or what I hear around me.
The most common argument is that they like the name, which I hear. However, I think that over the billions of names we can definitely agree on something that respects the culture, that we like and fits our baby’s sex (and why not use the other name as a middle name), especially because there are a tone of feminine variants nowadays. Why would you use [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_u]Zephyr[/name_u], [name_m]Jonah[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_u]Beau[/name_u], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], [name_u]Arlo[/name_u], [name_u]Noah[/name_u], [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_m]Amaury[/name_m] or [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] when you have [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_m]Augustine[/name_m], [name_f]Zephyra[/name_f], [name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f], Elliette, [name_f]Yona[/name_f], [name_u]Felice[/name_u], [name_u]Bo[/name_u], Caspienne, [name_u]Leone[/name_u], [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], [name_f]Harlow[/name_f], [name_f]Noa[/name_f], [name_u]Romy[/name_u], Amora, [name_m]Esra[/name_m] or Ezrie? You still get to use the name you like and use a masculine nickname you like.
And trust me, I do know how it feels to struggle and to love a name that should stay a guilty pleasure. I have had [name_m]French[/name_m] names that I love but that are unpronounceable in English, I have had girl’s name that I love for boys, and I have even had boy’s names that I love for girls too ([name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u], [name_u]Blake[/name_u], for example). My partner and I just can’t agree on girl’s names and it breaks my heart. We have been searching for 2,5 years now and I know we are obviously going to find something without using [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] or [name_u]Blake[/name_u] as a first name, because it just does’t feel right. I know we are all different. I’m just saying that it would be nice if people could respect the history of an old name and the culture where it is from. Because I have seen people using [name_u]Beau[/name_u] for a girl, [name_u]Beau[/name_u] is a [name_m]French[/name_m] masculine word (the feminine is [name_f]Belle[/name_f]). We use it a lot to talk about something masculine that we find nice: “C’est un beau tapis”, “c’est un beau pantalon”, “c’est un beau livre”, or must generally “c’est beau!” (Common nouns have a gender in [name_m]French[/name_m]). The fact is that it’s wrong to use it for something feminine, because [name_u]Beau[/name_u] is a common masculine word. I would correct somebody saying “c’est une beau voiture” because it’s “c’est une belle voiture”. I feel like people don’t mind about my language and my country and it seems disrespectful to me. I think that when we will be more respectful to other’s culture, maybe the world will be a peaceful and better place.
I also hate that my boy’s name is called “unisex”, it’s my feeling, I can’t control it 
I would have chosen a unisex name if I wanted one.
Anyways, just my opinion!
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[name_u]Love[/name_u] all the insights that have been shared. So much interesting content and knowlegable Berries!
At the end of the day, it’s a no for me. It’s definitely all boy to me and I honestly hope I don’t meet a female [name_m]Jonah[/name_m] in the future. There are plenty of pretty-sounding, strong, distinctively female names that could be used instead of [name_m]Jonah[/name_m].
Elliott is a girl name now so I guess anything is possible.
I think we will be bending genders more and more with names and I understand [name_u]Jonah[/name_u] can sound feminine.
Its a biblical name though so I’m not sure if that is a factor? Im not religious so I dont know these things.
To me, [name_u]Jonah[/name_u] is a boy name but to each their own!