I’m not expecting or anything (I’m too young anyways), I was just thinking. I was being my weird self and creating sibsets that I am going to do absolutely nothing with. I was creating a set of girls whose first names followed an acronym and I came accross the letter T. I wasn’t around internet at the time so I just came up with a name off of the top of my head and I came up with [name_m]Torin[/name_m]. So then, later I looked up the name [name_m]Torin[/name_m] and saw that it was a boys name. Only. So I was like " I’m pretty sure [name_m]Torin[/name_m] could be used for a girl" so then I decided to replace the I with a Y. I didn’t want to do that but if [name_m]Torin[/name_m] wasn’t a girls name, surely [name_m]Toryn[/name_m] was at least unisex. Nope. I (being my rebellious self) still decided to use the name [name_m]Torin[/name_m]. But still, don’t you think [name_m]Torin[/name_m] could be used for a girl? Or am I crazy? And are there any other names that Nameberry says are for one gender only, but you think could be used for both?
This is one of my favorite names for a boy, and I’ve loved it for over 5 years, so it really pains me to see it used on a girl. Is it usable? Yes. But it hurts my heart to say that.
I went to school with a girl named [name_f]Taryn[/name_f].
Part of my family is from Norway and I have a Norwegian cousin named Torunn - it’s a common female name there, the feminine version of [name_m]Thor[/name_m].
Girls can have boy names and boys can have girl names. No name is gender based, and it’s only because people grew up with certain names of certain genders.
I think [name_m]Torin[/name_m] is cute.
I have to say that I’d love to see this one on a girl. But I’m not Irish, so I’m unfamiliar. I have grown to understand that appropriating a name from a culture other than your own and giving it a gender twist can go badly at times, so I’d add some extra caution around that, ask some Irish people you know maybe.
I don’t think it would be an issue. I checked the government site and it is very rarely a given name. We were considering gender bending a rare Irish name also (partner Irish and currently living there).
I love [name_m]Torin[/name_m] for any gender!
I think [name_m]Torin[/name_m] seems usable on a girl. I definitely like the [name_m]Torin[/name_m] spelling more than [name_m]Toryn[/name_m], which looks more made up [name_f]IMO[/name_f].
This! Can it be used? Sure. It sort of reminds me of [name_f]Tori[/name_f]/[name_f]Victoria[/name_f], and I could see somebody pulling [name_m]Torin[/name_m] out of it, or honoring a [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] with [name_m]Torin[/name_m]. However, I’ve fallen in love with the name [name_m]Torin[/name_m] for a boy, and it’s such a huge favorite, and it’s bad enough that so many of my favorites are already names that people try to caution, “Oh, you shouldn’t use that for a boy anymore–it’s gone to the girls! He’ll be teased! You don’t want to torture your son like that, do you?!” ([name_u]True[/name_u], it’s partially my bad for loving so many soft-sounding boys’ names, but still.) The idea of people saying the same about [name_m]Torin[/name_m] breaks my heart. He’s so handsome, and reminds me of [name_m]Thor[/name_m] and [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] of LOTR, and is gentle and kind and sweet and intelligent and strong. I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Taryn[/name_f] for a girl, but there is absolutely nothing feminine about [name_m]Torin[/name_m] to me at all.
(Then again, I find absolutely nothing feminine about [name_u]Finley[/name_u] and [name_u]Bryn[/name_u], either, and [name_u]America[/name_u] seems to [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] to name their daughter’s that, so take it with a grain of salt…)
I think it’s cool