Boys or Girls names?

Question

If these names aren't short for anything, are they boys or girls names? I know they could be both- but which do you think they are better as?

1) Riley 2) Reese 3) Payton 4) Hayden 5) Cameron 6) Harper
7) Taylor 8) Jordan 9) Ryan 10) Ari 11) Travis 12) Jamie
13) Preston 14) Keaton

Answer 1

1. Riley - girl
2. Reese - boy
3. Payton - boy (Peyton - girl)
4. Hayden - girl
5. Cameron - boy
6. Harper - boy
7. Taylor - girl
8. Jordan - girl (can be boy)
9. Ryan - tough one. My cousin's (girl) name is Ryan, and it TOTALLY fits her SOOO well, but I know like three guys named Ryan. I'm gonna say both....although I'm sure that's not what you wanted..........sorry!
10. Ari - boy
11. Travis - boy
12. Jamie - girl (James, nn Jamie - boy)
13. Preston - boy
14. Keaton - boy

Answer 2

I'd assume that 4) Hayden; 5) Cameron; 9) Ryan; 10) Ari; 11) Travis; 13) Preston and 14) Keaton are boys.

The others are up in the air. I prefer Riley and Jordan for boys, but I know girls with both of those names.

Jamie is my favorite nickname for James, but again, it's used for both. Ditto Taylor, Reese and Payton.

Answer 3

1. Riley.. boys. Could be short for Rylan or Ryland.
2. Reese.. girls, sounds cuter. Spelled Rhys for boys.
3. Payton.. girls (also like it spelled Peyton for a girl)
4. Hayden.. boys, definitely
5. Cameron.. boys. Spelled Camryn for a girl, is sweet.
6. Harper.. girls. Just sounds feminine.
7. Taylor.. girls. Sounds more feminine. Spelling Tayla is sweet, too.
8. Jordan.. boys. Sounds ugly as a girls name.
9. Ryan.. boys, definitely!
10. Ari.. girls, short for Arianna.
11. Travis.. boys, for sure, verrry masculine sounding.
12. Jamie.. like it better for boys personally. Short for James or Jamison.
13. Preston.. boys. Presley works for girls, though.
14. Keaton.. boys.. but not that nice of a name probably neither.

Hope that helps! :)

Answer 4

I love the name Riley. It could be for both girls and boys, but it doesn't sound as good for when a boy grows older, so I would say a girl name. Reese, Payton, Cameron, Harper, Ryan, Travis, Preston, and Keaton are all great boy names, and the rest are great girl names!

Answer 5

I think that Riley is a good girls name, Reese is a good boys name, Payton is a good girls name, Hayden is a good boys name, cameron is good as a boys name, Harper boy, Taylor girl, Jordan girl, Ryan boy, Ari girl , Travis boy, Jamie girl, Preston boy, and Keaton boy.

Answer 6

1) Riley sounds kind of feminine to me, 2) Reese makes me think of Reese Witherspoon so it makes me think of a girl (even though her name is really Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon and it is more of a masculine name) 3) Payton sounds feminine 4) Hayden sounds more masculine, 5) Cameron makes me think of Cameron Diaz, so feminine, 6) Harper sounds more masculine 7) Taylor sounds more masculine 8) Jordan sounds more masculine 9) Taylor sounds more masculine 10)Ari sounds more masculine 11) Travis is definitely more masculine 12) Jamie sounds more feminine 13) Preston and 14) Keaton sound more masculine

Answer 7

Just what I would assume if seeing them on paper. :)

Riley - boy (though the traditional Reilly would make that even clearer)

Reese - boy (though again, I'd stick with the strictly masculine Rhys spelling)

Payton - boy

Hayden - boy

Cameron - boy (I don't advocate misspelling a masculine name to make it somehow seem more feminine, but speaking in terms of raw numbers, Camryn is the more common spelling for a girl, so I'd definitely assume this a boy)

Harper - girl (classically unisex, but most familiar as a feminine name at the moment)

Taylor - boy (dated, and popular for boys in that time period, so most will assume this is yet another of them)

Jordan - boy

Ryan - boy. No question.

Ari - boy (if not short for anything, as you said, this is definitely male -- in three different languages!)

Travis - boy LOL Again, no question.

Jamie - either! ;) A pet form of James/Jamesina, so suitable for either gender. And of course, most who use this for a girl site the link to the phrase j'aime ("I love"), even though the two are said differently.

Preston - boy

Keaton - boy

Answer 8

Riley- Girl
Reese- Girl
Payton- Boy
Hayden- Boy
Cameron- Girl
Harper- Boy
Taylor- Girl
Jordan- Girl
Ryan- Girl
Ari- Girl
Travis- Boy
Jamie- Boy
Preston- Boy
Keaton- Boy

Reese, Riley and Ryan are my faves on this list- and honestly, I would name both a boy or a girl Reese or Riley (not Ryan for a boy, tho, too popular). Good luck!

Answer 9

I definitely love all of those names on boys more! With the exception of Brooke. I think boy names on girls is really tacky and unattractive, and it makes things really confusing when you're talking about someone and can't tell if they're a boy or girl. I mean one of the main purposes for a name is to be able to tell someones gender... Plus girls are taking all the sweet boy names and now it's like you can't name your son something that isn't "Mr. Super Butch McTestosterone" sounding. As for the surnames like McKenzie and Addison, those should just stay surnames... I don't like them on either gender. Edit: I think it would be embarrassing to some to meet someone of the opposite sex with their name, I know some girls who don't care, and then there's my friends Logan and Morgan who are both girls and get really annoyed by it and Logan gets "butch" jokes a lot from people because she looks very tomboyish and you know people are just @sses sometimes, so sometimes bullying can be a problem too which is another reason I don't like it. And I feel bad for boys with names that are starting to be used on girls because now they're getting picked on by kids that don't know better too.

Answer 10

This is just what I think....

1. More for a girl.
2. More for a girl.
3. More for a girl.
4. More for a boy.
5. More for a girl.
6. More for a girl.
7. More for a girl.
8. More for a girl.
9. More for a girl.
10. More for a boy.
11. More for a boy.
12. More for a girl.
13. More for a boy.
14. More for a boy.