I know [name]Quinn[/name] is already heading in that direction, thanks in part to popular shows with female characters with the name [name]Quinn[/name]. But will the full name [name]Quinlan[/name] be going that route too you think? Especially with the ‘lan’ ending that can easily be changed to [name]Quinlyn[/name] to make it more feminine?
I really like this name for a boy, but my husband thinks it’s too feminine.
If it goes to the girls, it won’t be for a while. [name]Quinn[/name] is still definitely unisex. [name]Quinlan[/name] is a last name in my family, and in my opinion, last names can be for either gender. I think [name]Quinlan[/name] could definitely work for a boy.
This is way late, but my daughter’s name is [name]Quinlan[/name]. If I had had a boy, I was going to use [name]Quinlan[/name] and then we couldn’t think of a name for a girl, and people kept telling me [name]Quinlan[/name] sounded like a girl’s name, so we decided to use it for her. [name]Quinlan[/name] is actually a surname, but as a first name, it’s mostly a boy’s name.
I could see it happening, it has the unisex appeal that’s popular.
Oh no this sounds so masculine, and is yet another Irish boy’s name that people seem to saddle little girls with =(
I love it for a boy, and I seriously hope it never goes to the girls, just because it ends in -lan doesn’t mean it can become another ‘lynn’ name, that infuriates me a lot!!
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I know this is an old post, but since others seem to be responding to it, I wanted to put my two cents in. The name [name]Quinlan[/name], and pretty much any other boys name out there may well be used by girls. Recent celeb uses of [name]Maxwell[/name] and [name]Wyatt[/name] for girls have shown that. But these names can remain viable boys names if the parents of boys keep using them.
I originally thought this was a girl’s name before even seeing the thread & I consider [name]Quinn[/name] pretty feminine too.
[name]Love[/name] [name]Quinn[/name], not so much on [name]Quinlan[/name]. And spelling it [name]Quin[/name]lyn seems like one of those trendy, new-age names. Not a fan.
I kind of like [name]Quinlan[/name]! I think that [name]Quin/name names could be reclaimed by boys or, at least, amicably shared between boys and girls. I have a girl my age (18) named [name]Quincy[/name], but a little four-year-old I babysit told me that one of his friends who is a boy is named [name]Quincy[/name] with a twin brother [name]Carson[/name]. So, I think the names kind of flip and flop depending on the family’s sense of what is girly and what is not. After all, it is totally an opinion thing. I actually think a good example of this is the name [name]Taylor[/name]; I know several female Taylors, but it feels equally normal on a male [name]Taylor[/name] like my friend’s boyfriend.
Names would not be “heading to the girls” if parents of boys would just continue to use them.
The street I grew up on is called [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]. I always dreamed that when I grew up I would name my first daughter [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] (first name)[name_f]Talia[/name_f] ----- (last name) I just recently found out that [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] is a boys name…? I think it’s feminine and I will not let that stop me.
I know an Irish 3 yr old named [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]. She goes by [name_u]Quin[/name_u] or Quinny