I have many names I love for boys, but there are only a few names I love for girls. Am I the ONLY person with this problem? If you find that the opposite is true for you, what do you think makes girls’ names easier than boys’ names?
Girls names are a bit easier cause to me, there’s so many of them. Boys names are easy in the sense that there’s not that much to confuse me with. Girl’s get confusing at times because there’s so many to consider!
Its the opposite for me. I think that with girl names, you can get away with more exotic and unusual names. I also think that a good girl name doesn’t have to be super feminine, which leaves more options and variety for girls. Boys on the other hand, for me feel more limited. I like boys names that have a strong masculine vibe and are known for only being a boy’s name, not a girl’s. Since that category is shrinking, I feel like the only truly masculine names are the well-known classics.
I have the same problem! I have a list of boys names, that is almost three times the size of my list for girls. I find it easier to like boys names. I don’t know why. I like girls names (such as [name]Sophia[/name] or [name]Ella[/name] or [name]Avery[/name] or [name]Abigail[/name]) that are simply too popular for me to use. I also like unisex/gender bender names for girls (such as [name]Finlay[/name], [name]Kennedy[/name], [name]Blake[/name] or [name]Hayden[/name]). I like boys names more readily though, I fall in love with boys names right away, whereas a girls name needs to grow on me)
You’re not the only one! My list of girls names are longer than my list of boys names, but of the names I actually consider for a baby, there are more boys names (I’d say I got a list of 20 boys names I adore, and maybe five girls names).
Girls names are hard for me as well. I have a lot of them that I love, but I won’t be having 50 girls to use all these names. It is easy when my husband vetoes them so they are off the list. I am grateful for my husband to keep me on track, but it is annoying when he vetoes my absolute favorites.
For the boys I have a easier time because there are only five that I really like. That is easy for me because it is narrowed down.
YES!! This is me! I felt like I was the only one! You always hear on these forums how girls’ names are so much easier than boys’. Not so for me. There are many, many names I not only love but can imagine using on an actual son – [name]Thaddeus[/name], [name]Atlas[/name], [name]Roscoe[/name], [name]Magnus[/name], [name]Wallace[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Charles[/name]…I could go on and on.
But when it comes to girls, I’m stuck. I absolutely adore every name on my boys’ top 10; every single one seems just perfect. But girls? Not so much. Maybe I’m just incredibly picky. Maybe my taste in girls’ names just tends to run towards the more mainstream – [name]Eloise[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Willow[/name], [name]Jane[/name] – and I’m so trendphobic that I end up passing over true favorites for fear that they’ll rocket up to the top 50, or worse, the top 10. And the girls’ names I’m drawn to never seem to jive stylistically with my favorite boys’ names (with the exceptions of [name]Marigold[/name] and [name]Juniper[/name]).
But in all honesty, I think the real problem is that I’ve never really wanted sons. There, I said it. I grew up in an all-female household, all my closest friends are women, and I’m a lesbian to boot. I think girl names are harder for me because the stakes are higher – I’ve always just assumed I’ll have only daughters, so these are the names that will actually get used.
That said, my attitude has definitely been changing now that I’m getting closer to (gulp) conceiving. Now that children aren’t just abstract potentialities, but actual latent human beings, I realize that I would be over the moon to have a son. I have to admit that this might have something to do with names – my boys’ list is so fabulous it would be a shame NOT to use it!
I think there’s more variety in girls names, so if you have a hard time making decisions or figuring out what you like/don’t like girls are probably harder.
Boys have more limited options. Also, I think boys names tend to have less emotional connections. I know there are quite a few girls names I dislike because I’ve known women and girls with those names who I did/do not like. I can think of only a couple boys names I feel similarly about.
Additionally, it’s simply less socially acceptable for boys to have more strange names or feminine names. Also, lots of names that were used primarily for men for generations have become more feminine, increasing the options for girls and decreasing the options for boys.
I’m the opposite, actually. 
I don’t know what it is, exactly–while there are less boys’ names out there, I just feel like it’s taken me so long to be able to find names I would actually use for my sons. But girls? I’ve always dreamed of having girls, and easily fall in love with so many. My problem with girls’ names is that I always have way too much! I have gotten it to the point where there are about 8 of each gender I truly love, but it’s always been much harder for me to love boys’ names than girls’ names.
I’m glad I’m not alone!
There is certainly a more vast selection of names for girls than for boys. I feel like that should make girls’ names easier for me, but it just doesn’t. I love sifting through long lists of names, and for some reason always find myself paying more attention to the boys’ names than the girls’… then reminding myself I need to be looking at girls’ names instead!
I’ve always dreamed of having girls, and easily fall in love with so many.
This is true for me but for boys. Of course I would be positively thrilled to have girls, but there’s a substantial part of me that has always longed for boys.
Yeah, this could very well be a part of the problem…
Girl names are hard for me, too. Although I like many of them, I just don’t love any of them with the same intensity that I feel for my boy favorites. I’m glad I haven’t had to choose a girl’s name [name]IRL[/name]; it would probably be quite frustrating for me, and I worry that, no matter what I picked, I couldn’t be satisfied with my choice for long. I could name a dozen boys easier than I could name one girl.
I love sifting through long lists of names, and for some reason always find myself paying more attention to the boys’ names than the girls’… then reminding myself I need to be looking at girls’ names instead!
Despite loving boy names more, I think I spend more time reviewing girl names and reworking girl combos. I think it’s because I’m already so pleased with my boy combos, and I’m continuously looking for a girl name that will make me as happy.
My problem is that I am SO picky when it comes to names. I love lots of names but 99% of them I wouldn’t use for whatever reason. I have found a few that I like but I probably won’t have kids for several more years and they may change by them. I have found girl’s names much easier than boy’s names though!
I am the opposite [name]Jack[/name] is in my top ten but it is number 2 in Australia and has been for years and I only have four or so boys names that excite me but 20 or so girls names that excite me.
My problem is the opposite as well! I could name 20 girls but it’ll be a struggle to come up with A name for a boy!
I think it’s a little bit of both for me.
I find girls names difficult because there’s so many that I love that it’s hard to pick just one.[name]Charlotte[/name],[name]Emilia[/name],[name]Clara[/name],[name]Violet[/name],[name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Norah[/name], and so on. And when I find that perfect name ([name]Charlotte[/name]) it starts to becomes wildly popular. I’m still using [name]Charlotte[/name], regardless of the ranking whenever I do have kids,but I wish I wouldn’t have to worry about my [name]Charlotte[/name] being one of multiple kids named [name]Charlotte[/name] in her class.
But at the same time I think I might find boys names a little more difficult. I’m terribly picky when it comes to boys names, as there are so few that I like. I love [name]Jack[/name] and I’ll probably use it for a son, but there are so many Jacksons running around. I agree with @tay2thestars -I think it’s a lot easier to get away with a more unusual name for a daughter. But it’s harder for boys. There’s the desire to be familiar yet unique, and then something strong and masculine but not something like [name]Butch[/name]. You don’t want a name that is considered “soft.” Tell me if I’m wrong, but I feel a girl could have a very frilly name but could end up being very tomboyish and people would be okay with that. But if a boy has a very obscure, and perhaps so called “soft” name it’d be harder for him to change other people’s perception of him. Does that make sense?