I’m a big fan of the name [name_u]Scout[/name_u]. I used to always think girl, because I grew up listening to To Kill a Mockingbird on book-on-tape while going to bed before I could read it.) Now I consider it a boy name, but with unisex tendencies, I will accept that. In your mind, does it lean more towards boy or girl, or is it stuck right there in the middle as a perfectly unisex name. (Like the name [name_u]Taylor[/name_u], in my mind. Totally unisex).
Thanks for your opinions!
To me, it’s unisex.
I consider it a girl name. If I heard of someone called [name_u]Scout[/name_u], I would immediately assume they were a girl- the original [name_u]Scout[/name_u] was female, as is the [name_m]Willis[/name_m] daughter, so I would just assume that (I much prefer it on a girl anyhow). I suppose it could be used by a boy and be considered unisex, but it just doesn’t sit that way in my mind.
I know in theory it is unisex, but I can only picture it on a girl. That might be because the only person I’ve met named [name_u]Scout[/name_u] was a girl 
[name_f]My[/name_f] daughter is named [name_u]Scout[/name_u]. Our dentist’s daughter is also named [name_u]Scout[/name_u], which is pretty neat since it is so rare. I never considered it for a boy, but it would work. I have looked up the exact numbers in the past and about eighty percent of babies named [name_u]Scout[/name_u] are girls.
Technicall its unisex, I feel like it is, most media based references to scout as a name are girls or dogs honestly I think i like it a lot on a boy. Its got male sounds and since its a word like [name_f]Joy[/name_f] and [name_m]Rider[/name_m]… Well its technically unisex, I know of both genders with all sorts of word names many overlapping.
To me [name_u]Scout[/name_u] is unisex but leaning more towards girl. I have heard of plenty of female scouts but never heard of it on a boy.
And to be clear the little girl in to kill a mocking bird was simply called scout, she had a given name as well. Her brother was also called by a nn. They were [name_u]Jean[/name_u] Lousie & [name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] But called [name_u]Scout[/name_u] & [name_u]Jem[/name_u]. The book was about equality, of gender, race and individual no matter who they were. Giving the children , mostly the daughter, unisex names allowed the authir to show the progressiveness of their father. Who in those days when it was less heard of in [name_u]America[/name_u] was raising his children on his own, teaching them values different from what society was teaching and befriending and representing people others looked down on. This was an extremely popular novel for a lot of reasons, the girls name stands in out in a way because while it was a common nickname for boys it wasn’t something you’d hear a girl called really. Now its a ‘girls’ name, I think that’s kind of cool actually. But I do still think of it as a unisex name now that’s its bridged the gap and is a female NAME and boys NAME rather than just a nn for a boy like champ or buddy.
I think of it as truly unisex, probably because I’ve never met a [name_u]Scout[/name_u] in real life. I like it more on a girl though. On a boy it seems like a nickname a grandfather would call his grandson, like “champ” or “sport”, not like a real name.
Thanks, everyone! I appreciate it!
To me, it’s unisex. I know a little boy named [name_u]Scout[/name_u], and my only female association with the name is To Kill a Mockingbird.
[name_u]Scout[/name_u] is unisex to me but I like it on a girl more.
Unisex; however, I find it more masculine as I immediately think of it as an affectionate nn for boys and scouting in sports.
[name_m]Both[/name_m] Scouts I know are boys, but I think it works on either.
I love [name_u]Scout[/name_u] on a girl
I think because of To Kill a Mockingbird, it truly is a unisex name. If it weren’t for it’s literary reference I would have considered it a masculine name…because of “boy scouts”
Boy. Or better yet, male dog.
Totally unisex, in my opinion. Though personally, I’d be more likely to use it on a girl, because of the literary connection.
If this were any other “masculine” sounding name you were trying to make unisex, people on here would be going crazy trying to convince you how wrong you were and how you would basically ruin your childs life if you named her such a “boy-ish” name, and vice versa for a “feminine” name for a boy. The power of literature, eh.
I personally like it best for a girl, but I can see it working on a boy, too. It’s one of those names like [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] or [name_u]Riley[/name_u] that are pretty easy to picture on both, but once you meet a female [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] it’s hard to picture on a boy. Or maybe that’s just me. I think [name_u]Scout[/name_u] it my favorite unisex name, actually!
In theory unisex but I can only imagine it on a girl.