ie. naming a boy Courtney
2006-10-17 17:22:16 · 20 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I think it's unnecessarily confusing. It sets the kid up for a lifetime of correcting people when they think he or she is the opposite gender.
2006-10-17 17:32:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Courtney, Ashley, Whitney, Cary, Marion, were ALL once thought of as only BOY'S names, not girls. John Wayne, the greatest He-Man movie hero of all time was really named Marion Johnson at birth! (Think about that John Wayne's real first name was Marion!) So, Courtney for a boy is a good name.
2006-10-18 00:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by Daydream Believer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Names change with the time. Jordan used to be a boy's name exclusively, now it is used mostly for girls. My son's name is Sean, and since he's been born I have met girls with this name. Just pick what you like. A boy named "Courtney" can also go by "Court" if he wants.
2006-10-18 00:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by Becca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, it is completely horrible. If a name is know for being either a girl or a boy's name for 99% of the time (such as Courtney), it is horrible. Boys named Lindsay, Shannon, Courtney, etc...= PUKE. However, if the name is more neutral (such as Taylor, Randy/Randi, Corrie/Corey, etc.) it's not so bad. But trust me, your child probably doesn't want to grow up being the only male Courtney he'll ever meet.
2006-10-18 00:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on what the name is. Naming a girl Jordan, or naming a boy Taylor, for example, is fine. Just not something too questionable like naming a girl Thomas, or naming a boy Gabrielle. I doubt they would get assaulted in school because of a first name though. -.- To the person above me, everyone is entitled to their opinion. Calling Americans stupid just shows how shallow you are.
2006-10-18 00:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by Yeahsx3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a man. My name is Ashley. I'm Australian. In America, though, Ashley is a girl's name. In Australia, Ashley is a boy's name. Most Americans who answer my questions think I'm female. They look at my pink cap, associate pink with being a girl and assume all people named Ashley are girls. Americans are dumb. If it's not American, they don't know and they don't want to know any different.
It's a cultural thing. Everyone is entitled to their own sense of taste. Who are you to judge the cultural gender role in a person's name?
2006-10-18 00:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see no problem with it! In fact I know a male Courtney and Stacy. I know a couple of female Jordans and Micah. It's okay! It doesn't scar the children for life or anything!
2006-10-18 00:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by Dana J 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Horrible idea! Unless you want your kid to be teased their whole adolescent life, and then hate school, and end up being a serial killer, all because the parents couldn't give them a decent name. It's not worth it!
If John "the He-Man" Wayne liked Marion so much, why do we all know him as John? Stick with the boy names, please, for your kids sake!!!!
2006-10-18 00:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by 2Good4U 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Names are cool and important to kids. Naming a kid whatever fits them and you and the fatrer believe in is the way to go. If the kid is strong, they will survive being named Courtenay.
2006-10-18 00:30:38 · answer #9 · answered by magnet4trouble 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that they should consider the feelings of there children they are the ones that have to live with that name
2006-10-18 00:25:25 · answer #10 · answered by steffi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋