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[americandiva.livejournal.com]

Ok so there are some names that are just sticking out in my head lately. Who knows how long they will stick but I figured I'd get opinions on them. Of course my old favorites are still on top...but there are cool to think about too.

So what do you think of these girls names?

I'm going to try not to list many that I have posted before and I'm sorry if I do.

Also I know some people here really dislike unisex/ traditionally male names for girls but...I do like some of them.
Don't say I didn't warn you hehe.

In no particular order...

Rowan
Emerson
Quinn
Rory
Kiersten
Grace (nn Gracie)
Ariana
Emilie
Gabrielle (no nn. I dislike Gabby)
Natalie
Riley (or Rylie. Which spelling?)
Jade (or Jada...which one?)

 ok those are the main ones at least. wdyt.

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Rory, Quinn, Gabrielle, and Jade. I LOVE Natalie and Grace. I think they're both gorgeous. Emilie bothers me; it feels like it NEEDS to be spelled Emily. Ariana and Kiersten are okay, just not my style.

Emerson is definitely a masculine name to me. I like it was a middle name, as it's a family surname, but I definitely don't like it on a girl. Maybe as a middle name, but definitely not as a first.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

rowan is kind of cute. i really like rowena.
why spell emilie like that? why not emily?
grace is pretty and classic, but...too classic. it's starting to get boring.
gabrielle and natalie are my favorites of your list. they are well known and used but not trendy.

[mamalong.livejournal.com]

I like Riley. I would have personally spelled it Ryleigh, but I'm a sucker for the -eigh endings, lol.
Jade & Jada are pretty too.

[djador.livejournal.com]

I really like Grace with the nn Gracie.
I don't mind Quinn or Rory but like them better on boys.
I like Jade better than Jada but I'm not crazy about either of them.
And also weird because I have really good friends named Natalie, Gabrielle and Kirsten (pronounced Kerstin, but still). Natalie gets called Nat and Gabrielle gets called Gabby/Gab a lot. It's just so much easier. So if you don't like Gabby, I would be careful.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I love Rowan!!!
I like Emerson, Quinn, Rory, and Gabrielle(I hate Gabby)

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the name Rowan. It's my favorite girl name (hence my username hehe). I really like the name Quinn for a girl and Grace is cute. I like the spelling Riley and I like Jade better than Jada.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i only like rowan for a boy (its my cousins little boys name) but thats the only one i feel strongly about in that way. i love emerson and quinn, and also grace (although its too popular!), emilie, gabrielle, and natalie. riley is too trendy for my taste, but its cute, and i dont like either jade or jada. rory is cute too, for either sex.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Love Emerson. Quinn/e is on my list. Ariana is pretty. Rylie is nice. Jade is a favorite. Bleh on Jada.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I like Rowan, Quinn, Rory, Kiersten, Grace, Ariana, and Natalie.

I cannot at all see Emerson on a girl.

[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

Rowan is cute
Hate hate hate Rory as it has become so common since Gilmore Girls, and I don't like when people directly name after televison characters, especially when they have odd names

Love Ariana, Grace and Jade/Jada... I prefer Jada though

PS Rylie looks terrible... stick with Riley, or Reilly for a boy

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love Kiersten and Riley.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Rowan - I like it
Emerson - I think it's too masculine, and it'd be ugly on a boy too.
Quinn - It's ok. Not my style.
Rory - Argh. I hate this on a girl, I think it's ridiculous. It's like naming a girl John or Robert :-/
Kiersten - It's ok.
Grace (nn Gracie) - It's ok
Ariana - Pretty
Emilie - I think if it's pronounced the same as Emily then that is a better way to spell it.
Gabrielle (no nn. I dislike Gabby) - I think Gabrielle is ok and I agree about Gabby.
Natalie - I think it's quite a harsh sounding name. The "Nat" makes me think of gnats.
Riley (or Rylie. Which spelling?) - Too masculine
Jade (or Jada...which one?) - Tacky

[sweet-caro1ine.livejournal.com]

I really like Riley (spent over half my first pregnancy trying to get my husband to agree to this name, to no avail). Jade actually was one of his favorites. I'd have agreed to it as a middle name if we weren't going to go with carrying on family names instead. And I used to like Gabrielle but now I'm not so keen on it. My parents have a spoilt little dog called Gabby and it's put me off I think.

[polly-purebred.livejournal.com]

I've always loved Quinn for a girl! We're not using it because it doesn't sound very good with our last name.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Rowan - I quite like this. The only names I class as unisex are 'nature' names!
Emerson - Don't like
Quinn - Don't like
Rory - DEFINATELY a boy's name. Sorry - I just can't see it any other way!
Kiersten - Not a fan
Grace (nn Gracie)- Like Grace, dislike Gracie!
Ariana - Love
Emilie - Don't like
Gabrielle - Quite like. Ellie as a nn?
Natalie -Dislike Natalie
Riley (or Rylie. Which spelling?) - Neither!
Jade (or Jada...which one?) - Jade, I like!

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Love love love Rory!!!!


(For a boy. I still see it as too trendy-sounding for a girl.)