I feel that more recently the name [name_u]James[/name_u] has been given a lot more to girls than before. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think [name_u]James[/name_u] will become the next [name_u]Addison[/name_u], [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_f]Lauren[/name_f], [name_u]Whitney[/name_u], etc.? (Traditional boys names that crossed the line and became more common as girls names). I do think it’s more used as a middle for girls more recently but in general, the name crossing over a little bit or becoming more unisex like [name_u]Charlie[/name_u].
Or do you think [name_u]James[/name_u] (#6 for boys in 2019) will hold its ground as a boys name as well as be given to some girls, such as [name_u]Elliott[/name_u]?
What are your thoughts for [name_u]James[/name_u]’ fate?
Like others have said, I don’t think so. I’d also like to add that [name_u]James[/name_u] on girls is nothing new, at least in the US. According to Our [name_u]Baby[/name_u] [name_m]Namer[/name_m], it’s been used consistently since at least 1880.
Not a chance. [name_u]James[/name_u] is a tried-and-true classic. Other names that have been taken over by girls were never super popular for boys to begin with, but [name_u]James[/name_u] has always been common for boys. I think it’s safe.
Please don’t let my mother hear you say that. We have a long history of [name_u]James[/name_u] given to the boys in our family. It was supposed to be my middle name like my brother until they found out I was going to be a girl 1 week before I was born. They wouldn’t even consider giving me the middle name [name_u]James[/name_u] and promptly changed it.
It may take on the unisex quality of [name_u]Lee[/name_u] down the road though — ok for a middle name for girls, but only boys will be given it as a first name (with this spelling).
No, at least not for a long while. There are so many boys named [name_u]James[/name_u], both babies and old men, I don’t really think it could ever be a name that someone would hear and thing ‘that’s a girl’
I don’t and nor have ever seen this as a girl’s name. So to me it will never feel girlie. Names like [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] ( my own name) are usually, but not always, nicknames from [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] or [name_f]Charlene[/name_f] ( [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is my full name) whereas [name_u]James[/name_u] is just [name_u]James[/name_u]. To be honest with you, I have found the idea that [name_u]James[/name_u] being used for a girl quite bizzare. To me, [name_u]James[/name_u] has the same vibe as [name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Mark[/name_m]. Names no one would contemplate for a girl.
i can see it rising in the middle spot for girls in the same way as [name_u]Ray[/name_u]/Rae or [name_u]Leigh[/name_u] for parents looking for a way to balance out super feminine first names. Think [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u] or [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_u]James[/name_u]. But I honestly don’t think it will ever become super popular because it’s a name that is so associated as a male name in a way that [name_u]Addison[/name_u] and [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] aren’t (also addison and elliot give the [name_f]Addie[/name_f] and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] nicknames that make them feel more feminine whereas [name_u]James[/name_u] is sort of un-nicknameable)
I don’t think it will ever become too girly. I don’t mind it as a girls middle name but I really do not care for it as a girls first name. I think it’s far too popular for boys to ever become girly. And nothing sounds feminine about it.
James will probably go the way of Elliot, Emmerson, Jamie (a nn for James), Charlie, etc. But I dont see it becoming truly unisex in our lifetime. More like, used for both but more commonly male.
