just curious what do you think of giving all your children unisex names?

Question

My sister has two kids Peyton and Riley. they are both girls she plans on having three more children but whether they are girls or boys here are her names

Camden
Carson
Mason

Do you think it is dumb to give all your kids gender neutral names?

i think personally it is ok for one or two of your kids but if all your kids have gender neutral names it'll be very confuzing when you tell people about your kids.

btw these are my sisters choices and she obviously has the right to name them whatever she wants andi am not disputing that i was just curious what others thought abou tthis

Answer 1

Madison , Jordon , Brett these are names of my great nieces . It's cool .

Answer 2

Would I ever use a unisex name on a female? Perhaps, depending on the name. I can't think of any off the top of my head that I would use. As far as I know, none of my favourite female names are unisex. So for the sake of this question, I'll go to part 2. If I met a male who had a full-blown female name or a predominantly feminine unisex name, I would curl my lip. Not at HIM, but at his name. I would think, "What were his parents thinking?" My coworker's husband's name is Courtney--a name that used to be boyish but is now more common on females. He gets made fun of SO bad by all the cops I work with and the other dispatchers. We all giggle about his name, even Molly (his wife). Even though we pick on his name, we all feel bad for him. The name does not fit him. Courtney just SOUNDS like a girl's name. When it comes to this whole boy-names-on-girls trend, (which, btw, I am SO sick of), I would curl my lip in the same way. A girl at my old job was named Rian (Ryan with an i) and just like Courtney, we all made fun of her. She was a b-word though so we actually made fun of her to her face about it (I was a mean 17 year old lol). Looking back on it now, I feel bad for her, even though she was a b-word to everyone. If I were to use a unisex name, it would have to be one that is very rare on the opposite gender.

Answer 3

I like unisex names as long as they aren't too extreme. Ashley, Jamie, Peyton, Jordan, Blair, Lee, Lindsay, Logan, Cameron...these are all names that generally aren't gender-specific.

I think Carson is a bit extreme and I know someone with a daughter named Austin, which I found odd as well. But to each his/her own!

I just think people should consider the child's feelings before naming them. For example, naming a girl Austin or Carson is going to cause lots of confusion for the poor girl in her life. She will almost always be mistaken for a boy and well...that sucks for her!!

Answer 4

I think it is a mistake. If you give your sons unisex names, the girls should have identifiably feminine names and vice versa.

That said, these are nice names, and she *could* even things out by giving more gender-specific middle names - Peyton Elizabeth, Carson Alexander, Mason Anneliese.

I certainly understand not wanting to typecast your child with a super-frilly name like Audrianellia or a testosterone-charged moniker like Hawk, but there's middle ground that satisfies everyone, and gives kids names that will endure for a lifetime.

Answer 5

bad idea. Gender neutral names are hard to deal with. She will always be identifying her kids by sex, for example, my daughter Peyton, my daughter Riley, my son Carson etc.

Riley is a boys name. All the Riley's I've met have been boys, from older men to teenager to a baby.

Tell her to pick girly names for her girls so she can avoid this confusion.

Answer 6

It's not something I would personally do, though I've nothing against unisex or even masculine names for girls (though the bandwagon mentality of a few choice examples I could do without LOL).

If, for example, I had sons named Morgan and Avery, I'd likely use something overtly feminine for any girls, rather than something like Jordan or Riley (basically names that would have worked well for BROTHERS to the aforementioned boy names LOL).

Likewise, if I had used Harper and Rowan for girls, I wouldn't likely name their brothers Teagan and Finley. I'd use more obviously masculine options.

Basically, I think it's just fine if unisex names or traditionally-masculine choices for girls happens to be your style, but I wouldn't use them regardless of gender. Especially if one child's name happens to be more commonly associated with the opposite gender. Madison, Jadon and Ryan, for example, would likely be assumed girl, boy, boy by most (at least when heard spoken ... I realize misspellings like Jaidann and Rhianne would unfortunately be thought feminine). But what if Madison was named for HIS father, Matthew, and Jadon and Ryan happened to be his sisters? It just tends to be a bit awkward.

Answer 7

Boo Boo, I have heard that if you can avoid unisex names, you really should.
It can be most irritating for the person when they are continuously being taken for the wrong gender.
Working as a secretary, I often took messages for people with unisex names and made a point of writing (male) or (female) after the name so that my boss would know which gender he was calling.

Answer 8

I like Riley for girls but Peyton isn't the best in my opinion..

I know a girl named Carson, but I like Mason & Camden for boys. I don't like gender neutral names, they mostly sound rediculous to me. I know girls named:

Zach (yes, I know)
Ryan
Tyler
Skyler
Jake
Noah
Toby
Colby
Maverick


It definately would get confusing when she tells people her kids names. But hey, they aren't my children!

Answer 9

I do not like Peyton for a girl
Riley is a cute girl name

I am not found of Camden, Carson or Mason

Here are some unisex names I like for a girl
Hayden, Harley, Avery, Jordan, Morgan, Taylor

I think it depends on the name
Some unisex names I would only use for one sex
Some I like better for one sex

It's up to the person

Answer 10

It's everyone's choice to name their children their choice, after all they brought them into the world, so they have the right.

That being said, personally, I think girls should have girl names and boys should have boy names. Girls often end up with boyish names that end up being a girl's name in the end (such as Brooke and Ashley). However, you never see boys being named Elizabeth.

If gender equality is what one is after, what message does it send to girls that they have to a boy's name to make it in the business world? She should have a girls name, and stand proud that she's a woman!

Answer 11

These unisex names are really hard -- I just registered 2 children at our school and the girl was named "Burgess" and the boy was named "Austin"--I would have never guessed if they weren't standing there! Someone should start naming girls "Mary" or "Jeannine", etc and I can guarantee they will have the most unique name in school!