Cool new trend: Boys' names for girls

Jan 09, 2013 11:00 AM by Kim Grundy

Posted in Parenting / Having a Baby / Baby Names

Today’s parents are thinking outside of the box when searching for baby names, which is evident in the hottest new baby name trend of gender-bending boy names for girls.

Celebrity driven trend

Jessica Simpson jumped on this gender-bending trend when she named her daughter Maxwell Drew. She explained that the name is from her fiance’s middle name (Maxwell) and her mother’s maiden name (Drew).

Other celebrities give their child a masculine first name paired with a feminine middle name, such as Michelle Branch who named her daughter Owen Isabelle or Rachel Uchitel who named her daughter Wyatt Lilly.

Soleil Moon Frye and her daughter Jagger

Other stars, such as Soleil Moon Frye, went masculine all the way by naming her daughter Jagger Joseph Blue.

“Jagger was a name that we loved from the beginning of the pregnancy. We always wanted to be surprised by the sex and we felt like it was perfect for a boy or a girl,” Frye told People. “Joseph has a meaning that is so very close to our hearts. It was the name of our godfather... Blue, we just loved it.”

“We have always believed in the names within our family having a deeper purpose and for us, Jagger Joseph Blue was certainly one that came from the bottom of our hearts. She is beautiful, happy and healthy, which is what is most important, and the name makes us smile each and every day,” she said.

Check out more celebrity baby girl names with unisex or boys’ names:

Sawyer: Talk co-host Sara Gilbert
Elliott: George Stephanopoulos
Emerson: Teri Hatcher
Wyatt Lilly: Rachel Uchitel
Arlo: Johnny Knoxville
Dylan: Joe and Heather Nichols
Jude: Alexis Stewart
Billie: Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart
Lou: Heidi Klum

Gender-bending baby names

If you are considering a unisex or gender-bending name for your baby girl, check out the below ideas, which we have broken down into unisex names and, for the more adventurous, boy names for girls.

These unisex names won’t raise many eyebrows as they are often given to both girls and boys:

Dylan
Jayden
Logan
Quinn
Reese
Drew

The following baby names are more often given to boys, however would make cool girls’ names as well. You can also consider giving your child a feminine middle name to balance out the masculine first name.

Tell us

What do you think of this gender-bending baby name trend?

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Comments

Comments on "Cool new trend: Boys' names for girls"

I honestly love boys names for girl and other way around!!! I have a 6 month little girl and her name is Hunter Merlot, I get so many compliments on her name!! I want to stay uni for my next child to!!! People get over yourself there is tons of names out there for a girl or a boy! Be creative and stop crying over names!

Names change with the times and the culture; there is nothing wrong with changing who gets what name! Or inventing names!

Please don't do this to your child. I have had no end of problems all my life because of my name, from getting semi bullied to keep getting mail addressed to ms k farr, to when you phone up a company or a company phones you and they don't believe you when you tell them your name. Had one company I was banking with thinking I was tupid, kept saying can I have your name, told them no your name not your wifes! Arrrgh! Its not fair to your kid!

I love boy names for girls. I have a daughter named Adrien & the other one Devynn.

Doesnt anyone find it interesting that a girl having a boyish name is seen as strong, super cute, but a boy with a name which a girl could EVER have is being traumatized by it? What's so horrible about a boys name being shared by some girl somewhere? I mean, your boy is clearly a little boy and will be a great man. And girls with the same name will clearly be beautiful great omen. All this super insecurity about male's fragile egos is baffling to me. A tough guy like John Wayne was named Marion. We have a tough senator named Lindsay. Do these names make people confused about gender? Maybe we should still, as adults, dress in pink and blue, or wear tags with our gender on them, in case anyone is confused by the Michael with boobs or the Tracy with a trouser snake. BTW this brand new trend is about ten million years old.

I absolutely Love the Idea of a tasteful boy name for a little girl! As a matter of FACT our son Kegan is 5 and and is now ready for a sibling and we really are hoping for a little girl and would love to name her Andi. It's still a boy name but tastefully different just for her. I think it's great!

I personally love the names Blake, Spencer, Preston, and Hunter for girls names. I think boy names for girl are super duper cute :)

If you ladies are angry and upset by the fact that people are being creative with naming their children, you need to grow up. Maybe you should worry more about teaching your children that everyone is different instead of reassuring the idea that its a problem when people comment on their name. Personally i love boy names for girls. They are super cute.

I have two lovely beautiful little ladies. My nearly 7 year old is Ryan, and my 2 year old is Reese. Ryan has been told that she has a boys name by a few kids... She usually responds with an eye roll, and a quick "we'll, I'm not a boy." They usually move on fairly quickly to talking about more important things. I also totally love the name James for a girl. Watch out people. I am taking all the boys names and claiming them as my own! Bwahahaha. Or, in just naming my girls names that my husband and I love. I don't regret it. Sorrynotsorry.

My 6 yr old daughter is named Elliott. We think it fits her quite well and we receive loads of compliments. I also work with a girl named Kyle. She thinks her name has been an advantage in the professional world.

Stop taking all the boys names! It's getting harder and harder to find a name for a boy if the girls take them all!

This is becoming ridiculous. Aren't there any names that moms of boys don't need to be afraid of using?! I'm mom to a 10 year old Avery and 8 year old Tristan. Both names are BOYS names. Both boys are upset because they've been told at on time or another by a inconsiderate woman that they have a "girls name." I get sick an tired of, not only defending the extremely personal choice I made when naming my sons, but also of consoling the hurt feelings of little boys who try to remain "tough" when some ignorant person flat out insults them.

my own name is tamlyn (girl) which is not a every common name either

My daughter's name is Camdyn. Though it's more common for a boy - spelled Camden - I love her name and it's so fitting. We call her Cami for short, which is girly!