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[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

what is with giving girls boys names all of a sudden?

i have just been informed that my cousin, mother of a little girl she named Jamie-Lee, has named her second daughter Billie-Joe. they are going to grow up to be truck drivers or something, i can tell.


personaly, my baby girl will be called "Jessica Rose". my partner wants "Mordikai" for a boy (its an old family name) and i like that it can be shortened to a more modern sounding "Kai" as a nickname.

EDIT: for the record, we live in the North-East of England. the hillbilly/redneck thing...urgh.

Comments

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

My problem with Billie Joe is I think of the guy from Geenday. Haha I dont know if thats his name but for some reason I think it is. I would prefer Billie Jo for a girl. Jamie Lee is very cute.

I love the name Mordikai!

[janelleandheart.livejournal.com]

Lonelygirl15!! hahaha.
I think Billie is cute as girls name.
My friend has a daugther named Billie.
Jamie reminds me of Jamie Lynn spears so I think female when I see it.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I know a Billie-Jo and she has a sister called Kennedy.
I can't help but think Billie-Jo is cute, but i can't imagine it on a teenager/adult, it's just too cutesy.

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

Lonelygirl15 ?

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

i don't think that's a recent thing, actually. i went to school with a billie jo and a frankie and i'm in my twenties. regardless, it sounds a bit too hillbilly for my taste. my first thought wouldn't be "boy" it would be "redneck." haha. ;)

[cerise-blue.livejournal.com]

errr, a female billie jo and a female frankie, i mean.

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

hillbilly/rednecky : oh very much so.it suits the family too, i think.

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

i love it too. its unusual, yet traditional as well.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

and im th e north east too, which part are u in? Im in Middlesbrough =\

[janelleandheart.livejournal.com]

Google will give you all the info you need on Lonelygirl15.
Basically Jessica Rose should be a well known name right now.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

ah, yes, i forgot truck drivers are rednecks with bad names...i must go remind my husband...

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

o_O ....thats just...odd! wiil, it should have died down by the time i name my little girl.

[scottish-diva.livejournal.com]

I like Jamie-Lee and Billie Joe alot.. lmao. She's not following 'stereotypes' in a way where Jessica Rose is very english although pretty it's very.. yeah and next.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Billie-Joe is awful! I can't believe people on here like it. =/ I hate boy names on girls, and will never understand the appeal. Unfortunately it's a very popular trend, though. People like to tell themselves that Charlie, Brett, Ryan, Kyle, Dylan, etc, are "unisex." I don't even really like Jordan, Taylor, or Mackenzie on a girl. Being feminine or having a feminine name isn't a bad thing, but people seem to think that naming a girl Charlie will make her spunky and strong because obviously calling her Charlotte will make her weak and wimpy.

Plus, it ruins perfectly good boy names. I can really see Ryan and Tyler making the jump over to girl names in the not-so-distant future. And god forbid any of these people give their SON a so-called unisex name. Once Ryan and Tyler make the leap, it'll be like naming your son Vivian, Kelly, or Leslie. Nobody will do it, even though it was originally a male name.

Grr. This is definitely the naming trend that bothers me the most.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Boys names on girls are supposedly spunky and cute and unique and strong. Girls names on boys are weak and feminine (which is apparently bad).

I hate this trend. It's nothing more than people trying desperately to be different. A female name with a boyish nickname (Alexandra = Alex, Josephine = Joey) is fine, but naming a girl Ryan or Tyler is tacky, trashy, and annoying.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

UNISEX names are ok for girls (and sadly, Billie-Jo is a uni-sex name... *sigh*), but BOYS names for girls just annoy me...

I like "Mordikai" (my boyfriend is 'kai'), but I really don't like "Jessica Rose", sorry... probably because I know 342398+ Jessica's... :S.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

oh, and I wanted to say that I adore your icon!
Great movie!

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

thanks! join the V for Vendetta Comunities!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_meliska/]

One of my friends growing up was named Bobbie Jean Nicole (insert last name). We used to make jokes about her name all the time. :o)

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

is your Boyfriends name the Shortened form?

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

Nope... "Kai Mitchell"

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

I like Mordecai but not the way your boyfriend spells it, it looks bad to me.

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

yeah, we played around with the spelling a bit, but thats the one we liked.

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

Haha, I thought of Lonelygirl too.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

wow, really dont see that in england much! Jamie-lee is more popular i guess, but Billie-Joe, with the JOE not plain JO.. awful.
Jessica Rose is pretty but also pretty boring...i generally dont like names that i knew on a lot of people growing up.. Sarah, Lizzy, Jo, Kelly...etc but Jessica is my favourite out of that group!

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I completely agree with this, except that I don't mind gender-neutral names as nicknames. Like, girls called Sam, or Charlie, as long as their actual name is Samantha or Charlotte, etc..

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Would you mind explaining the whole lonelygirl15 thing to me? I never quite got why people make a huge deal of it.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

Lol, yes, I thought of that as well. Ah, stereotypes.

[janelleandheart.livejournal.com]

Basically some "16 yr old" girl on youtube made a bunch of friends with her awesome real videos.
Later a fan of hers [a stalker in my opinion] found out she was a fake.
They ended up announcing it on the news as it actually being a fake tv show thing. So shes basically an actress.
People are now bitching that shes fake but I don't think they understand what an A-C-T-R-E-S-S is.
I don't know why it got big enough to go on the news but it did & now all kinds of people feel betrayed and now leave her threatening messages.
& Thats the story of Lonelygirl15.

Shes awesome.. You should check it out.

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

I love the name Billie, it was my mother's name. She passed away in '98. I would love to find a way to use it, but I can't come up with anything.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Mordecai could be an old family name. I sincerely doubt that Mordikai is, with that spelling.

As for the girl name ... "All rise for Supreme Court Justice Billie Joe [Blank]."

PS: Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahachee Bridge.

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

short for Belinda?

[steerpikesister.livejournal.com]

yeah, we played fast and loose with the spelling. :)

[pearshateraqui.livejournal.com]

I agree I much prefer Mordecai. That's quite a good name I think. Jamie Lee and Billie Jo I'm not a fan of at all. Jamie Lee makes me think of Jamie Lee Curtis, and Billie Jo of Billie Jo Jenkins, who was murdered ten years ago.

Btw, North-East England? Which bit? I'm originally from Newcastle :)

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Haha, sounds pretty interesting. I might check her out.