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[babyjess8.livejournal.com]

One of my main naming pet peeves is when people give their children gender ambiguous names so that you cannot tell if the child is a boy or girl. Spellings sometimes help identify eg Taylor is more masculine than Tayla. It's not that I hate unisex names or even boy names on girls and vice verca, but unisex combos drive me insane! If I was going to give a girl a unisex/masculine name then I'd pair it with an uber-girly name eg Riley Sophia

Here are just a few examples from this weekends papers... Can you tell if these are boys or girls?

Riley Tallen
Mackenzie Jayden
Brooklyn Finn
Tulli Raine
Jaden Taylor

What are some others that you have seen? Anyone have the same issue with naming etiquette as me?

Comments

[wolff.livejournal.com]

i love andro. names. my SO whole family has names that could work for both genders. his mother's name is Patty, his father's name is Kelly, his name is Cary, and his brother is Stacy.

i am seriously considering carrying on the tradition.

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I think it's fine with a first name, but they should be given a middle name that is gender specific to (a) make it easier for people to figure it out and (b) give them the option to go by something else if they dislike their androgynous name.