My husband and I are pregnant with our second child (a girl) and we both love the name [name]Shayne[/name]. I know someone with this name and she said she loves her name, so I didn’t think twice until I got some hate comments now I’m a little concerned. My husband and I went back to the baby name books and neither of us really found anything that jumps out.
We don’t really care for super feminine names and I also thought that if she decides she doesn’t love her name she can always shorten it to [name]Shay[/name] as a nn.
We were thinking [name]Shayne[/name] [name]Ryleigh[/name] O’[name]Donnell[/name]. Is this name acceptable for a girl?
I can’t say I like it for a girl, but if it’s the only name you can find you like, then I would suggest perhaps using a feminine name in the MN slot.
[name]Riley[/name] is a unisex name, so having a daughter named [name]Shayne[/name] [name]Ryleigh[/name] is rather gender ambiguous, even if the spellings are so-called “girly” spellings.
I think that whole name sounds like a boy as [name]Shane[/name] and [name]Riley[/name] are both traditional boy names and spelling them with Ys doesn’t make them girl names. I’ll tell you that I work with a little girl whose [name]Rylie[/name] [name]Shane[/name] and when the other kids at the daycare found out her middle name, they make fun of her so much. She hates it. [name]Even[/name] her own sisters make fun of her a little because they have pretty girl names as their first and middle names. I feel bad when I have to stop all the other kids from making fun of her constantly.
That being said, I agree with just naming her [name]Shay[/name]. [name]Shay[/name] is a gorgeous name and it’s not used often at all.
What about [name]Shayna[/name] or [name]Shaina[/name]? And I agree with the whole [name]Rylie[/name] being a gender neutral name…Perhaps a more feminine middle name?
I’m back to say that I agree with Rosieposie, [name]Shayna[/name] hadn’t occurred to me. I love [name]Shayna[/name] and it is the feminine form of [name]Shane[/name].
I like [name]Shayne[/name] for a girl though I prefer the more traditionally masculine spelling [name]Shane[/name] for a girl :). Though either way you spell it I would agree that a more traditionally feminine middle name would be good to balance it out.
And you should name your child [name]Shayne[/name]/[name]Shane[/name] as both you and your husband really like it. Someone is always going to dislike a name
If you guys like [name]Shayne[/name] I say go for it. BUT I would give her a more feminine middle name just in case she decides she doesn’t like [name]Shayne[/name] or [name]Shay[/name].
I think [name]Shay[/name] would be a nice name for a girl. I think it is soft and strong, but not girly, since you’re not into that. Not so crazy about [name]Shayne[/name], but I like it better than other boys’ names on girls.
Like the name, but hate the Y. I like [name]Shane[/name] for a girl. Whatever spelling you pick I would suggest an obviously feminine middle name so that she doesn’t get mail addressed to Mr! I think [name]Shane[/name] without the Y could still be shortened to [name]Shay[/name].
Some others you might like
[name]Sloan[/name]
[name]Shawn[/name]
[name]Shawna[/name]
[name]Shanna[/name]
To be honest, (though this might only be a common reference among lesbians and gays) is [name]Shane[/name] from The L World. It’s the only time I’ve ever heard [name]Shane[/name] on a girl.
It’s a fine name, though.
[name]Shana[/name]/[name]Shayna[/name] sounds a million times better plus she could go by the nn [name]Shane[/name] (like my cousin [name]Shana[/name] does)
People hear your name more than they see it so no matter how you spell it people only hear “[name]Shane[/name] [name]Riley[/name]”, a totally masculine name. I personally don’t mind ambiguous names but then again I didn’t have to grow up with one. [name]Shayna[/name] [name]Riley[/name] flows better and she won’t be mistaken for a man for the rest of her life.
I kinda like it. I’m not a fan of frilly names. There’s a [name]Shane[/name] or [name]Shayne[/name] on the L Word, which you might want to look into (not a bad connotation to most). That made me like it a little more. I agree about the more girly mn.
The only [name]Shane[/name] I have ever met was a woman. I tend not to like names that randomly have the letter Y added to them, but [name]Shayne[/name] actually looks better to me (at least for a girl) than [name]Shane[/name]. I quite like it. If you want to use it, go for it.
I like it for a girl, but prefer the [name]Shane[/name] spelling. I agree with others that I would pair a more traditionally feminine name in the middle spot in case she didn’t like having a unisex name but I think if you love [name]Shane[/name] (or [name]Shayne[/name]) you should go for it!
I agree with this. [name]One[/name] of the names having a trendy spelling wouldn’t bother me, but since both do, I find it a bit much. Also according to behindthename.com [name]Shayne[/name] is still an appropriate masculine spelling for [name]Shane[/name].
Honestly, neither [name]Shane[/name] nor [name]Riley[/name] are really my style but I can see the appeal in both. I’d suggest feminizing one of them (ex: [name]Shayna[/name]/[name]Shana[/name] or [name]Rylie[/name]/[name]Rylea[/name]) that way at least your daughter will have a choice of how feminine she wants her own name to be without having to change it.
If it is the name you love then go for it. It isn’t automatically to my tastes but I don’t find it odd for a girl and the nickname [name]Shay[/name] is more feminine so there would be no confusion. There are so many boy names now on girls that I don’t understand the hate. I would say though that a more feminine middle name would be the way to go. [name]Ryleigh[/name] works fine but I prefer Rayleigh. In Australia, we had a Three-Time Olympic [name]Gold[/name] Medalist in Swimming in the 70’s whose name was [name]Shane[/name] Gould so I guess for Aussies, the idea of [name]Shane[/name]/[name]Shayne[/name] on a girl is not unheard of.
First, please do not use those tacky tryndeigh spellings. [name]Shayne[/name] [name]Ryleigh[/name] does not hide the fact that you have named your daughter [name]Shane[/name] [name]Riley[/name], which is quite masculine. If you feel the need to feminize a name with a bad spelling, perhaps that is a sign…
