[name]Jacob[/name].
I can maybe understand most of the other names that have been used on girls recently. They mostly have feminine sounds and aren’t very common at the moment but [name]Jacob[/name] is the number one boys name (and has been for a while) and has no feminine sounds at all in my opinion. Why [name]Jacob[/name]?
Thoughts on this?
I feel bad for the little girl, I imagine she’ll be teased quite a bit for it and I can’t really understand this trend of naming kids whatever you want without considering things like teasing, problems they will have with spelling (with youneek names), etc…I think parents are using their children to make statements.
[name]Hi[/name] Dantea, how have you been? [name]How[/name] is the cabin coming a long?
This poor girl named [name]Jacob[/name]. Did she wear it well or was it just odd? I don’t know what to say…I wonder what kind of message her parents were trying to relay by giving her this one?
face palm Why do people do this? Sometimes parents are so selfish when naming children. Your name is so much- and the only thing that is so attached to your identity, but you cannot choose yourself. This poor little girl has to go through life with a boys name. This isn’t even one of those “you could almost get away with it” boys name on a girl. This is the #1 boys name in the country as dantea pointed out. I feel so bad for this girl.
That is not very nice of her parents. I agree, there’s nothing feminine about it, and it’s so biblical and I imagine an old man with a heavy beard. No chance she was called [name]Jacoba[/name], nn [name]Jacob[/name] (me hoping for the girl’s sake!)?
Your child’s name is not the place to make a social statement.
Wow!
I know a girl named [name]Jeremy[/name], but at least the Y is there, the nickname [name]Jem[/name] is ok on a girl…sorta, and [name]Jeremy[/name] is less popular!
[name]Jacob[/name] is all boy!
I agree with this
My nephew is [name]Jacob[/name] so I can even imagine it on a girl!!!
I can understand using masculine names in the middle is you want to honour someone VERY important! BUT [name]Jacob[/name] on a girl is terrible!! The poor child will go through life having people say… “Isnt that a boys name?”
I can see some of the more feminine sounding boys names but [name]Jacob[/name] is really masculine sounding to me!!!
Some people are just CRAZY!
No, she was just [name]Jacob[/name]. She was a tallish, skinnyish girl with a mousy face and mousy hair (to answer questions if she wore it well) which is the exact opposite of the picture of [name]Jacob[/name] in my head and the boy [name]Jacob[/name]'s I’ve met. The boy [name]Jacob[/name]'s I’ve met were all bouncy, sporty, slightly chubby people and I picture a robust man with a beard.
As for how I’m doing mischa (thanks for asking): Very well. We’ve got a good deal of money saved, my [name]Mimi[/name] is taking me to Duck Duck Goose (a consignment sale) to get baby things, I have a crib, stroller, bouncy seat, and car seat all given to me for free, and I’m 12 weeks along with no real problems. I have my first appointment on [name]Tuesday[/name].
Oh, no, poor girl!!! If she’d been really stunning, it would’ve been easier for her.
Dantea: 12 weeks and doing great, that’s so good to hear! I’m glad everything is going so well!!! (Duck Duck Goose sounds very cute!). Good luck on your appointment!!
My name is [name]Thomas[/name], and surprise, I managed to make it thus far without exploding.
Girls I’ve known with traditionally boy names: [name]Austin[/name], [name]Atticus[/name], [name]Norris[/name], [name]Isaiah[/name], [name]Jupiter[/name], etc, and I assure you they (and I) are all doing fine.
Aside from a double-take here and there, and loads of women running off to name forums to make fun, it’s affected my life literally not at all.
To be fair, [name]Thomas[/name], I’m not making fun, and haven’t (I wasn’t the one saying she was doomed or that I felt bad or that her parents were crazy or making a statement with her), I was simply expressing that this is something I’ve never heard before on a girl and expressing that it’s my opinion that names like [name]Jacob[/name] (which is the number one name with a none feminine sound) are a little strange on girls compared to other boys names like, to use some of your examples, [name]Atticus[/name] (soft sounds with a girly nickname), [name]Norris[/name] (girly nickname and sounds like other girl names), [name]Isaiah[/name] (soft sounds and girly nicknames) and [name]Jupiter[/name] (a planet therefore lacking gender unless thinking about mythology). [name]Jacob[/name] is a bit different than those in my opinion.
I don’t think it’s such a big deal for me to express that opinion and I’m sure you’ve done well for yourself and [name]Jacob[/name] will too. Your name doesn’t hinder you much as long as it’s a real name and you make it your own.
I’m sorry if you were offended, but you didn’t have to read.
I wasn’t offended, more surprised. [name]Jacob[/name] is a special case, I agree, but there does seem to be a huge contingent of folks here who associate boy names on girls with the Apocalypse or Plague, and I guess I don’t get it. Could be regional, maybe? Or upbringing? Or age category? But you’re right, of course, I don’t have to read.
I’m sure all of us have at some point had to deal with people hating on our favourites.
My comment came out meaner than I intended, so for that I’m sorry! What I should’ve said is, I’m surprised that people seem to really think being a girl/woman with a boy name is this great travesty, when the reality is, aside from the making fun that likely happens in the ‘private’ sphere (like on forums where we’re all virtually anonymous) having a boy name isn’t the life-ruiner people make it out to be. People can name their own kids whatever they like. The judgment towards other people’s kids’ names seems occasionally unwarranted.
I don’t understand why they would use [name]Jacob[/name]. It’s especially wierd since I know a TON of male Jacobs. It’s just really odd to me.
The main problem that most people have is that it’s a double standard. You wouldn’t name your boy [name]Annabelle[/name] right?
I don’t like it. She won’t die of shame because of her name but she probably will get annoyed if she already isn’t annoyed by the constant reactions and people thinking she is a boy all her life. It would get very tiresome in my opinion. I can see some boys names working, but this name is too popular for boys. I do like [name]Jacoba[/name].
I have a friend with a feminine first name and her middle is [name]Kevyn[/name]. It’s kind of a double-whammy in that it’s a masculine name and she gets a lot of “no really, what’s your middle name?” and that they tried to feminize it by using the y. But it’s in the middle and she doesn’t go by it, so it doesn’t matter as much.
While I think some girls wouldn’t be bothered by having a boy’s name, or would even feel positive about it, I could it being a sore spot for some girls who might be more sensitive on the topic. When I was young and establishing my self-image and gender identity, I often lamented having a “boy’s name”, [name]Alex[/name], and it’s one that’s as generally accepted on a girl as a boy. Now that I’m an adult, and not a particularly girly one, I feel it suits me well, but there was a time where I feel I was sort of trying to prove my femininity, although this may have been a stage I would have gone through either way.
I did try to switch at one point to going by [name]Lexie[/name], but when everyone you know is used to calling you one thing, it can be difficult to get them to all change to calling you something else. Plus, by now I prefer [name]Alex[/name] anyway so I’m glad I wasn’t successful.
I know a [name]Charles[/name],[name]Colbie[/name],[name]Kody[/name], and [name]Michael/name that are women
I’d assume [name]Colbie[/name] was a girl anyway.