I’m just trying to get some feedback on a couple of names.
Girl - [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] (with [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] pronounced just like the masculine form “[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]”)
Boy - [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] ([name_m]Eoin[/name_m] is pronounced just like [name_u]Owen[/name_u]… I originally liked the spelling “[name_m]Eoghan[/name_m]”, but others convinced me it was way too complicated for a little kid to explain to his Kindergarten class).
Thoughts? Suggestions?
I also [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] the name [name_f]Mae[/name_f] and it has special meaning to my family, but I have no idea what other name I would pair it with.
If you were going to do [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], you would need a more feminine spelling. [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is beautiful, as is [name_f]Mae[/name_f]. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps
I would advise you to spell [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] correctly. It’s mostly a boys name and spelling it any other way doesn’t “feminize” at all. [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] was No# 26 for boys last year in the US (that’s 10,863 boys) and the No# 607 most popular name for girls (that’s 466 girls). If your going to name a girl [name_u]Ryan[/name_u], there’s no need to spell it incorrectly. Personally, I wouldn’t say them the same way ([name_f]Ryann[/name_f] = [name_m]Ry[/name_m]-[name_f]ANN[/name_f] and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] = [name_m]RYE[/name_m]-in). If you want to use the family name of [name_f]Mae[/name_f], why not have two mn’s? [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] or [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]?
I like the names but both [name_m]Eoghan[/name_m] and [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] may run into pronunciation and spelling problems in [name_u]North[/name_u] [name_u]America[/name_u]. Gaelic can be very tricky. [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] sounds kind of pretentious to me. I just prefer [name_m]Grant[/name_m]. Other suggestions: [name_m]Ewan[/name_m], [name_m]Nolan[/name_m], [name_m]Eamon[/name_m]
I like [name_m]Eoin[/name_m], and I like that spelling. I think [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] sounds wonderful, though I do wonder if it’s a Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] reference. [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grant[/name_m] sounds great too.
I don’t like [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] or [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] for girls. I think [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] or [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] would be daaarling, and it’d be great with a possible sibling [name_m]Eoin[/name_m].
To be honest, “Grantham” is totally Downton Abbey. I love DA, but I’m not sure how I feel about using the family’s title as a middle name.
I love Mae/May too; it’s my favorite month - my anniversary, husband’s birthday and the beautiful beginning of Spring!
Speaking of Downton Abbey, would you consider doing something like Cora Mae? or Edie (prn EE-dee) Mae?
Also, Lord Grantham’s first name is Robert, but I prefer the Rupert variation… would you consider this? Owen Rupert has a nice ring to it…?
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u] is a boy’s name and I agree that the extra n doesn’t make it any more feminine. The meaning ‘little king’ makes it hard for me to imagine it on a girl. [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is pretty but with [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] it just looks like you are trying to feminise [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_u]Noel[/name_u].
[name_m]Eoin[/name_m] I love (I am just generally in love with Irish names) and this is definitely my favourite spelling of it. I don’t think pronunciation would be much of an issue. [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] kind of sounds nice together but like other people have said it does sound a bit pretentious and Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u]-ey
I love, love, love [name_m]Eoin[/name_m]. Unless [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] is a family name it feels a little heavy handed. [name_m]How[/name_m] about something a bit simpler like [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grant[/name_m] or [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Graham[/name_m]?
[name_f]Ryann[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]. I love [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] and it’s on a mn list for me too. I wouldn’t pronounce [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] like [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]. This spelling is clearly more feminine to me but it’s because I would pronounce it [name_m]Rye[/name_m]-[name_f]Anne[/name_f]. I don’t love it for a girl. It’s too unisex gone trendy spelling for me but… there is always the Arabic Rayyan or Jewish [name_m]Rayan[/name_m] (also used in old English). Which seems to maybe have a Celtic origin. -> I’d need to do more research before giving this a definate. (Nice tie in with [name_m]Eoin[/name_m], don’t you think). Rayyan is used in the show “[name_m]Little[/name_m] Mosque on the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u]” (http://quranicnames.com/rayyan/) for the young feminist muslim character who likes to keep with tradition while challenging the status quo.
[name_m]Grantham[/name_m] is actually my grandmother’s maiden name. We are actual Granthams from the UK so I’m not being pretentious at all and have a legit reason to use the name.
I really don’t understand why people are so fussy about the name [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]/[name_f]Ryann[/name_f]/[name_u]Rian[/name_u] for girls. No one bats an eye at [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] for girls. Or how about [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] or [name_f]Carol[/name_f] for a girl… those are male names that have been used for women for ages. My sister is named [name_u]Emlyn[/name_u] (a welsh boys name) and no one bugs her about it.
I’ve heard a lot of “it just screams boy to me” or “it isn’t feminine enough”… That was kind of the point. The whole reason I love the name [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] for a girl is because it is breaking with tradition. It is setting the tone for her whole life. It means “little king” and I want my daughter to have a powerful name that doesn’t mean “beautiful” or “pearl” or “sweet”.
I have friends who decided to change the name of their daughter because of some things people on these kinds of forums said about the name. So I wondered what people would’ve said about my name choices if I had posted to a site like this.
I’ll be honest here now… my daughter, [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f], is already 7 and now I am really glad I didn’t ask for anyone else’s opinion. People love her name. They think it is strong, meaningful and different without being unheard of.
People sometimes think she is a boy, but she doesn’t care. Sometimes people mispronounce her name… they do the same to mine (which is [name_f]Megan[/name_f]… NOT [name_f]MAY[/name_f]-gan) so I don’t think that is a big deal. They have a much harder time with our last name.
Oddly enough the ONLY regret I have about her name, is one no one picked up on yet. Her name ends in 2 Ns and then her middle name starts with an N. So on her plane tickets it reads “LastName, RYANNN”. I think it is kind of funny, but also weird.
I love, love [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] or [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] on a girl. My husband vetoed it right away when we got pregnant, but I still secretly wish we had used it. [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] is cool, but I wonder if he would get sick of correcting people on both pronunciation and spelling. I have a bit of an odd name, but it is very phonetic, so I don’t run into too many problems.
Also, I like Ava Mae loads- just a suggestion for using Mae.
I actually feel the same way about [name_u]Taylor[/name_u], [name_u]Jordan[/name_u], [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] and co as I do about [name_f]Ryann[/name_f].
[name_m]Just[/name_m] out of curiosity: Why would you ask for suggestions if you have already named your children and aren’t really interested in them?
Or are you only interested in [name_f]Mae[/name_f] combo suggestions? I’m slightly confused.
What was the point of your post? To make yourself feel better. I don’t know why you would feel better by being dishonest and deceitful. Please don’t waste our time.
That’s good for you that people love your daughter’s name. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t ask for our opinions if you don’t care. Bottom line is, you used a boys name on your daughter but gave it a unique spelling, and quite a few of us dislike that, but, if, as you said, ‘everyone loves’ your daughter’s name, then why do you care what we think? Perhaps you’re just insecure in yourself, but becoming defensive is a poor way to go about this. If you do not wish to hear our opinions, or would like to tell us that our opinions are wrong, or anything of the sort, then simply do not waste time in asking. Personally, I think you’re just being a bit of an internet troll. Next time, just be upfront about things if you must make a post. Although, I still am confused as to why you wanted our opinions, you’re only telling us we’re wrong anyways.
P.S. if you live in the UK, I’m fairly certain that [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] and [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more common for a little boy than a girl. In fact, [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] doesn’t rank at all in the top 1000 for a girl. It’s like naming your daughter [name_u]Tyler[/name_u] really. Not unheard of, but definitely not conventional. [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]'s been used for a girl in the US for well over 30 years, to find a boy named [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] in any country besides the UK, [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] and Australia is rather odd. [name_u]Emlyn[/name_u] is a rather uncommon name, so most people don’t realise that it was originally for boys, much the same as [name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f]. Also, [name_u]Rian[/name_u] is pronounced [name_f]REE[/name_f]-an, may want to get your pronunciations correct first before you lump it in with [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
Finally, there are literally thousands of girls names that are strong without meaning beautiful, pearl or sweet. Most names are actually like this. To name a few:
This thread seems pretty pointless if you’re posting and asking for our opinions, but then tell us you’ve already chosen your daughter’s name anyway and you don’t care what we think!
For the record, I’d prefer [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] spelled correctly (I don’t think changing spelling makes a name seem more “feminine”) and I’d prefer [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] on a boy. [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is a cute middle name. [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] will run into pronunciation problems unless you live in [name_m]Britain[/name_m]. [name_u]Owen[/name_u] would be better, but, again it’s a very masculine name and wouldn’t seem right on a girl to me. [name_m]Grantham[/name_m] is fine if it’s a family name, but most people may think it’s pretentious or a salute to Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] unless you explain the name’s origin to them.
I am not a fan of unisex names or boy names on girls at all. However, I do know an 18 year old girl named [name_f]Ryann[/name_f] (pronounced like the boy name [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]) and it totally fits her, so I kinda like it on her. But I would never name a girl that. [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is beautiful though.
“No one bats an eye at [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] for girls” – Sorry hun, on this board, we do. The majority of people on this board tend to prefer names on their original genders (or at least encourage parents to use a feminine name for boys since they like masculine names on girls).
“Or how about [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] or [name_f]Carol[/name_f] for a girl… those are male names that have been used for women for ages.” – Sorry, wrong again. “Ages” isn’t accurate.
“It means “little king” and I want my daughter to have a powerful name that doesn’t mean “beautiful” or “pearl” or “sweet”” – So you want your daughter to be a boy? That’s nice. Like someone already pointed out, there are many female names that mean none of the things you listed. If you even tried to look any up, you’d realize this. [name_m]Just[/name_m] off the top of my head, I can tell you that [name_f]Emma[/name_f] is “whole/universal”, [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] is “great queen” (and oh so similar to [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]), and [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] is “green shoot”.
“People love her name.” – Yeah, I tell people I meet that their child has a “cute” or “unique” name but it doesn’t mean I mean it. I only say that so I don’t hurt their feelings.
“People sometimes think she is a boy, but she doesn’t care.” – [name_m]Just[/name_m] wait until she’s an awkward preteen or teenager. She very well could hate having a boys name then.
I actually have a friend named [name_f]Ryanne[/name_f], pronounced [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] (although in her teens she went through a phase of insisting it was [name_m]Ry[/name_m]-[name_f]ANNE[/name_f]). So i don’t hate it or anything…i just don’t like it.
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] is lovely, and [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] is as well. [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]/[name_f]Ryanne[/name_f] to me seem less next to [name_m]Eoin[/name_m].
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] and [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] as a sibset would be lovely.
Also, I’m sure your aware, but the author [name_m]Eoin[/name_m] Colfer has people constantly mispronouncing his name as “eeee-oyn”. So if people mispronouncing it that way bothers you, you may want to go with [name_u]Owen[/name_u].
