Boys vs Girls ish

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

So seeing my name in a boys list a couple posts down made me think of this. (I was aware it's a boys name, or at least the boys spelling? But I haven't thought about it *too* much, except that I don't like it a whole lot)

So I wanted to get your opinions on a couple of names:

Jessica Aaron (f) (she later changed this to Jessica Erin)
Casey Paige (f) (I have not changed this..yet?)

Jon (f) (I don't know her middle name)

Edited to make the sibset more clear.

Comments

[veracity]

I have a stepmom named Johnnie, after her uncle. Her middle name is Loriane. I think that's how you spell her middle name. i don't really worry about her stupid self often, but a long time ago she told me that'swhy she went by Lori growing up.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I think the reason I have a harder time seeing any form of "Jon" as a name for a girl, is because my brother is Jon (middle name Eric), and he's named ater my uncle Jon (middle name Gerald? unsure of spelling). So they were the only Jons I knew for many years. I can see how it can be feminized, but to hear it as a girl's name straight up is unusual to me.

I tried to go by my middle name for yearssss and my parents wouldn't have it (I was supposed to be a boy, and they refused to change the name because they absolutly adored it, but for whatever reason gave me a middle name they hated).

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

To me, Jon doesn't work as a girl's name at all, it's a very, very masculine name to me. Then again, my father's name is John, so I guess that's to be expected.

I like both Aaron and Erin, but not interchangeably! Even though where I live we pronounce them basically the same way, they are not the same name!

Casey is one of the very few names that I like basically equally on both boys and girls, and I don't automatically assume the person to be one or the other. Robin is another one, and Frances/Francis, except that in that case, E is for girls and I for boys.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my brother and uncle are both Jon (brother named after uncle), so it was very unusual to me. I usually like unusual, to an extent, but this one struck me as odd.

They are pronounced basically the same way, but it was on her drivers licence, medical records, etc and she got strange looks and got tired of explaining it.

I think Casey is okay for a girl's name as a nickname (my opinion may be influenced by the fact that it's my name and I hate that my parents named me as a boy and after a boy so :P lol). But just as "Casey" for a girl it's weird to me. I have people (particularly males) tell me all the time how I spelled it wrong, or girls asking me if it's short for Cassandra. So IDK maybe I'm poorly influenced :)

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

I think Casey Paige is pretty. =) I coached several girls named Casey who never seemed to have a problem with their names. I would personally use it on boys, but I think it works either way.

Jon is horrible on a girl unless it's a nickname. =( And Erin/Aaron are totally not the same name, and I completely understand why Jessica Aaron changed it. That's like naming a girl Peter.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I'm hating my name less and less as more people comment lol.

I think I just get hung up on the fact that my parents were expecting a boy, and refused to change the name (even though they see it as only a boys name)).

And Jon is not her nickname. That's her whole first name.

Yeah Jessi hated her middle name for years, and I hated my first so we always offered a trade, jokingly lol.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Re: Aaron and Erin, I meant that it should have been Erin all along, not that she shouldn't have changed it :) I meant that just because it's pronounced the same does not mean that you can give the name Aaron to a girl. Kind of like the Francis/Frances distinction, except that that *is* the same name, but should still be spelled differently.

The only Caseys I have ever known personally were male, but I remember thinking when I met them that it was kind of a girly name. But there was a girl on Canadian Idol a few years ago named Casey, and I really liked both her and her name hehe. It suited her.

To me Casey isn't really a nickname for Cassandra ... Cass and Cassie are, but not Casey.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

My sis was named Morgan after a boy (my grandfather), and she's always hated it no matter how many girls we point out named Morgan. And I see her point: SHE was named after a BOY, not all those other girls named Morgan. I think Morgan, like Casey, is pretty unisex, so I really wouldn't worry about that. And Paige is lovely.

Aaron/Jon....just, why would you do that to a little girl? Both perfectly nice names (although Jon is such a nickname to me and should be Jonathan or something in my eyes, which makes it worse)... FOR BOYS. Your friends need to talk some sense into some people in this comm who are all about very masculine names on girls, I think. Sigh.

(I'm Katherine McLaurin, and I loveeee it.)

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I knew that's what you were saying. Sorry if I wasn't clear in my response on Aaron vs Erin. I was just agreeing with you and shaking my head at my dad thinking it worked. He never understood any of her reasons for hating it.

Written out (and I guess spoken as well) Cass and Cassie make much more sense as nicknames for Cassandra, but I knew a girl who went by Casey which was short for Cassandra (I only remember her because she thought I stole her name, as if I had a choice in naming myself).

[veracity]

It gets better. My dad's name? John. So it's John and Johnnie. Her son? John Brandon. Me? Jessica. I was the odd girl out there. I've never heard of it for a girl, either. But then, I don't think she's much of a feminine girl anyway. She's very masculine in her personality.

My dad was going to name me Sean, had I been a boy. For some reason my parents decided that it wasn't a girl's name, so I ended up with Jessica. I think it was going to be Sean Jean, since it's the feminine version of John Eugene, to which he was the third and didn't want me to be stuck as the fourth. Sean was different enough with keeping the tradition. Jean would have also stood for his mom. But noooo, I end up with Jessica Joyce. And my younger male cousin ended up with Sean, even though it rightly should have been my name.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it definatly affected my opinion of my name when I found out I was named after a boy (and expected to be a boy). I wouldn't think too much of my name at all (since I'm aware of it's interchangability...correct me if that's the wrong word) except for the fact that I was named after a man, and they thought I was going to be a boy.

I agree, Jon is better as a nickname (I want to name my first son Jon (if I ever have one), after my brother Jon, but I'd have to name him Jonathan and use Jon as a nickname). I have no idea why her parents used it as her first name, and also lacking a longer name to nickname. For reference, she's my parents age now (late fifties to early sixties I think).

I think some previously boys-only names, might work on girls (can't think of an example right now, sorry) but not names that are extremely masculine. Maybe my sister can come in and rant when necessary lol.

And I like your name. I've never seen your middle name before but it's interesting, and as a writer I love the names that stand out a bit more :)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

One of my cousins is a Faith Aaron; it does have a meaning to the family, but other than that, I still don't see a problem with it. When I found out, I just thought that it was really nice. Here, Aaron and Erin are pronounced the same way (I was surprised when I found out that that wasn't true everywhere) so it doesn't bother me. They're both cute.

If it were a first name, I'd probably use Erin, just because that's really the feminine form, but I don't know why she'd change it if it were just a middle name. Jessica is obviously a girl, so I wouldn't think people would be getting confused.

Casey is probably a lot closer to a unisex name than Jon or Aaron are, I just don't like it on anybody. Jon is a bit too much, but at least they didn't choose John. Jon looks a lot more feminine.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

I was the odd girl out too because everyone on my dad's side, has a name that starts with "J". (Jon, Judy, Jean, etc). So to throw in my name with a C the family was like "Oh..wait what?" LoL

Do John and Johnnie get confused a lot? Amungst themselves and others?

I like Sean. I see it more often as Shawn, but I like the ea spelling better than haw.

[veracity]

See, I even had a J name and was screwed out of a happy place. And oddly enough, I was just the odd girl out on everything.

Yeah, they do. And so do the bill people, since they assume Johnnie is just a nickname for John. It's really not. And the they born 6 months or so apart, her older.

I like it spelled Sean, too. I don't like 'haw' version. I think partly because of the family association, but because it's different. It's not as common as the 'haw.' I knew a Shawna in elementary, and I felt like screaming, "Give me my name back!" I told dad if he wanted to keep the tradition up, he could have named me Seana.

[theroutineriot.livejournal.com]

My cousin's name is Jonnie Jeanette. She always hated it when we were younger, I think she's still pretty unhappy about it, but she never bothered to change it.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

It's my grandmother's maiden name. =) I have little affection for naming after family members, but I think it flows well and is pretty with my first name, so this one time, I like it.

[mandidoll.livejournal.com]

i only know boys (2) named Casey, and one thats Kevin CHristopher.. nn K.C. .. but i actually think its really pretty on a girl.

i cant picture jon on a girl at all.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I don't get why so many people seem to think Aaron and Erin are interchangeable. They're totally not the same name. They're not even pronounced the same. They're close, but Aaron = AIR-run, and Erin = AIR-rin.