I have thought about using [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] for a girl instead for a boy. I don’t know why. I just like the sound of [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] very much. I have also thought about using [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Connor[/name_m], and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] as girl names. I worked with a girl named [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]. What do you think?
[name_m]Colin[/name_m] and [name_m]Connor[/name_m] are absolutely boys’ names in my opinion. If you like them for girls, use them as middles. I think [name_u]James[/name_u] works really well as a girls’ middle, and I don’t see why [name_m]Colin[/name_m] and [name_m]Connor[/name_m] can’t, either!
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u] and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] do work for girls, although I would probably always think of the boy first. If choosing to name a DD either of these names, however, I would pair it with an overly feminine or frilly name. I do like [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f], or [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], or [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f].
To me, they’re all 100% boy names. Why use a boy name when there are so many beautiful, feminine girl names that you could use?
Sorry no I personally would not use it on a girl! The BOYS names [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] is far to masculine for a baby girl. But hey [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f] [name_f]Milano[/name_f] used it as a middle name for her new baby daughter.
Ditto.
I love masculine names on boys and when they are used on girls it takes away some if tthe masculinity. 
I wouldn’t USE [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] on a girl, but I like it. 
I absolute love [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] as a girl’s name. I had a friend when I was younger and her name was [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], so I can’t really ever see it on a boy. I even have a girl named [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] as one of the characters in a story of mine.
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_m]Colin[/name_m], [name_m]Connor[/name_m], and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] are very masculine and 100% boy names in my opinion. And even if you use a very feminine middle name, most people will never hear this name. It will be written and said mainly as [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] (surname). Honestly I believe most people will assume boy.
I might use it. I don’t know, I thought about it cause my sister named my youngest niece [name_m]Kellen[/name_m] except she changed the spelling to [name_m]Kellyn[/name_m]. It is just a thought. I love a lot of girl names.
You have a lot of beautiful combos in your signature.
I don’t like them at all on girls. There are lots of unisex names you could use, or simply a more masculine girls’ name. [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]? [name_u]Sloane[/name_u]?
The only [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] I’ve known was female, so the name seems soft and lovely as she was.
I don’t really like [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] on a boy or girl, so… yeah. I guess it can work though. I know a girl named [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] (but I think she spells it [name_f]Ryanne[/name_f]). I’m more traditional when it comes to naming, boys names for boys, girls for girls. There are so many pretty names out there, so I don’t really see the appeal for choosing a masculine name for a pretty little girl. But that’s just me. If you like it, it’s your choice, choose what makes you happy. I’d always assume that a [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] is a boy though, since it is much more common on boys.
I would not use it on a girl. Only because I know its traditionally masculine and the name of a Welsh god (?). I’m the type of person who feels like I’m being disrespectful if I take a name from a different culture and use it differently than they would (ex. change the spelling or pronunciation or use it on the opposite gender than it was intended for). I’m just weird like that. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though I like the sound of it I’d feel uncomfortable doing it knowing that that is not how its traditionally used.
No, I would not use [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] (or [name_m]Connor[/name_m], [name_m]Colin[/name_m] and [name_u]Ryan[/name_u]) for a girl because it fails a couple of tests:
- I wouldn’t want to be called the name myself
- I like first names NOT to have any gender ambiguity
- the name may pose problems in the future and some embarassing situations could arise
Looking at the names in your signature, [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] would “fit” with your more unisex choices ([name_u]Rory[/name_u], [name_u]Sydney[/name_u], [name_u]Kelsey[/name_u]) but I don’t think it’s a good match with classic names like [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] or [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]. And could you have a [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] when you have an [name_f]Arwen[/name_f], [name_f]Kaylen[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_u]Delaney[/name_u], [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], [name_u]Hayden[/name_u] and [name_m]Jason[/name_m]? That would be a lot of n’s. I guess you have to decide which style you like more.
I like the sound and flow of [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]!
My niece is named [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]…she is 7 and we all love her name!
Nope I wouldn’t. [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] is too masculine for me to give that name to a daughter, but I love it for a son.
I would use [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] for a girl…but then I read Buzzfeed 19 Things That Happen To Girls wth Boys Names
and it made me have to think harder and more carefully about all the boys and unisex names I love for girls…
Thanks I love all of those names. My mom and grandma told me I better have a lot of kids with all those names
I’m not as fundamentalist about surnames/boys names on girls as I used to, but personally I do have a problem with people taking names from other languages (in this case Welsh) and using it on the opposite gender.
I agree with someone that said you have a pretty eclectic style – on one side, hyper feminine classics and on the other boyish, modern names. At some point I think you’ll have to decide which of those styles you prefer for your (eventual) daughters (e.g. [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] and [name_f]Arwen[/name_f] [name_u]Paisley[/name_u] don’t work together at all). A good compromise would be to use classic first names with more edgy middles: something like [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] would be really nice.
That being said, I think a girl named [name_u]Dylan[/name_u] would do fine in the US. I imagine most people would consider it “unisex”.