Would you consider not using a name because you see it go more for the opposite sex?!
It has family meaning but I am worried about her having boys in her class with the same name?..
[name]Deal[/name] breaker or not? My name is [name]Rachel[/name] so I never had the worry about a unisex name; just a common one. Unisex name bad growing up or now as an adult?? I don’t have personal experience…
WDYT??
For a girl? Absolutely not. For a boy? Definitely yes. (So I wouldn’t name my daughter [name]Elliot[/name], but I would totally name my son [name]Aubrey[/name].)
Why? Is there a reason you would for a boy and not for a girl or just because? :).
It depends on the name. I like some names, like [name]Avery[/name], for girls and boys. But I dislike more masculine sounding names, like [name]Logan[/name] and [name]Madison[/name], on girls. What is the name you’re considering?
[name]Laine[/name] … I love [name]Lainey[/name] as a nn while she is young but [name]Laney[/name] is just too childish for a full name to me.
[name]Lane[/name] is 288 in the U.S. for boys but in my state it is like 90 something 
[name]Layne[/name] for boys is also 594 in the U.S.
I applaud you for finding a fresh way to word a topic that is brought up literally once a week at least on the forums.
Only if it is a very unusual name and I think it sounds more like it belongs on the sex that I am using it for. Example: I would use [name]Indigo[/name] on a boy because I think it sounds like a boys name and my [name]Indigo[/name] would be very unlikely to run into a girl [name]Indigo[/name] because it is so unusual all around, even though it is used more often on girls now.
Haha, sorry. I just worry about my future kids. As a teacher finding a perfect name is impossible 
I actually like [name]Laine[/name] nn [name]Lainey[/name] for a girl. I think because there was a character with that name on [name]Gilmore[/name] Girls so I can easily see it on a girl. If the family significance is strong enough for you to get over the fact that she may encounter a boy with her name, then go for it!
I think that sometimes very male names on girls tend to actually have an unexpectedly hyper-feminine effect. Kind of like a girl in a man’s shirt. It offsets her femininity and she looks even more delicate and pretty than before. Boys with girls’ names, though … I think not. 
Oh my god, [name]Laine[/name]? You’re totally fine. [name]Don[/name]'t even worry about it. Go for it.
This surprised me because I actually would have said that [name]Lane[/name] is an all-girl name, so that’s news to me! Although I can see how it is just fine for a boy too
I think [name]Laine[/name] for a girl is totally usable. I wouldn’t even think it was weird or unusual, especially with the nickname [name]Lainey[/name]. (Which I love by the way)
I have a double barrelled name and the second half is laine, In [name]England[/name] it’s not really used and I love it, I would actually love to use the name myself one day but can’t seen as its my part of my own name. My first name [name]Brogan[/name] is also regarded as a boys name here, it’s never really been a problem occasionally a teacher would expect a boy in there class instead but people get used to it so quickly and now I get compliments on it.
I think laine on a girl is lovely and so is the nn lainey.
Thank you!