I am not expecting but am coming up with a list of names for a cousin who is expecting. She really likes the name [name_u]Owen[/name_u] and can’t think of a middle name to go with it. Also opinions on [name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f].
There are some unisex names I like that have a feminine quality to them (i.e. Seabrook, [name_u]Evan[/name_u], [name_f]Willow[/name_f] etc), but [name_u]Owen[/name_u] isn’t a traditional unisex name & thus isn’t remotely flattering on a girl IMHO. Rather, it is a handsome boy’s name…indeed, this situation brings to mind [name_f]Anne[/name_f] [name_u]Rice[/name_u]…her parents called her ‘[name_u]Howard[/name_u]’ but she went by her middle name [name_f]Anne[/name_f] instead. Can’t say I blame her! However, I think [name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] is far superior as a beautiful girl’s name. Good luck!
Stick with [name_f]Isla[/name_f] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f].
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] for a girl? Or [name_f]Olwen[/name_f], [name_f]Eowyn[/name_f], [name_f]Gwen[/name_f], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], [name_f]Anwen[/name_f], [name_u]Arden[/name_u], [name_u]Seren[/name_u], [name_f]Bronwen[/name_f], [name_f]Rowena[/name_f], [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]…?
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] are both great.
[name_u]Owen[/name_u] is a boy’s name imo.
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_u]Rowan[/name_u]?
My brother is [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u] and I honestly see it as a boy’s name. I love [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]!. I know a lovely [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and I think it’s a very pretty name. If she wants to name her [name_u]Owen[/name_u] that’s fine too because I know girls with ‘Boy’ names like [name_u]Freddie[/name_u]. If she wants she could nn her Owie or Owey as I call my little brother sometimes as a pet name and it is somewhat more feminine.
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] or [name_f]Poppy[/name_f].
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Isla[/name_f] or [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. But not [name_u]Owen[/name_u]. It’s a boy name.
I’m laughing after coming back to this. Thank you for all your replies but I did mean [name_u]Owen[/name_u] as a boys name. My cousin never found out what she was having so she was thinking about [name_u]Owen[/name_u] for a boy and [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] or [name_f]Isla[/name_f] for a girl. She ended up having a girl of whom she named [name_f]Evie[/name_f]