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I don't think you should worry about it being "girly" enough. If anything, it reads more as a double surname than a middle. Like... Lucy Frank Smith. See? Not weird at all. It's fine.

There's no law against it (at least in the US), however, I wouldn't recommend it when there are feminine forms available such as Jane, Joanna and Joan. I know I wouldn't want a man's name at all and when you consider that Ashlynn isn't super feminine, then I'd just say no to John.

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WDYTO:

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Ashlynn Jane
Ashlynn Joan
Ashlynn Joanna -- I think this has the most going for it.

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BTW, have you considered the Ashlyn spelling? It just looks better, less clunky.

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I read further down the list that you like Alexandra. WDYT of Alexandra Jane? Now that is gorgeous, elegant and timeless all rolled into one.

I think it's okay. I mean, a lot of people have their mother's maiden name as their middle name, so middle names don't have to be "namey" (like it doesn't have to be something you'd go by). Although a lot of people use middle names as alternate names, in case they don't like their first name and want to go by something else. So maybe you could give her two middle names, "Ashlynn [girl name] John [last name]".

It's sweet, that you wanna honor your granddad. But it doesn't make sense to me why you would use John when John already has myriad feminine forms. Ashlynn Johna, Ashlynn Joanna, etc. would all be improvements, and your honorage should be covered.

I wouldn't do it, but it's not the end of the world. There are plenty of girl's with masculine sounding first names, I really don't see how a middle name would be a big issue. If you want to, then go for it.

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If you're waffling on it, don't forget to look into feminine names related to or similar to John. I love Joanna.

I think it's fine! ESPECIALLY to honor. And I think it's kind of neat, actually, it has a very colonial vibe. I have Sylvie Charles on my own list ;)

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You could use a variant of John, also:

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Johnna (Johna)
Joan
Jane
Jean
Johanna

Name the child Ashlyn Jane. Or, preferably, Jane Ashlyn, since Ashlyn is unlikely to age well.

No. There are plenty of lovely female variants of John you can use that would honour him just as much.

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Ashlynn Jane or Ashlynn Joan would be a million times better.

Why can't you use Jane? That is the female version of the name.

I don't think it works for a girl. It's sweet that you want to honor your grandpa, but I would think of something else.

My grandpa's name was also John, I plan to use John as a middle name for a boy to honor him, and I would use Jane for a girl. What would you grandfather think if he knew you wanted to name your daughter John instead of a feminine form? Mine would not be wouldn't like it at all. Your daughter would probably appreciate having a feminine form of John as a middle. By the way Alexandra is way better then Ashlynn, but I prefer Aisling/ Aislinn to both.

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Here are some feminine forms:
Johna/ Johnna
Johanna
Jane
Jeanne
Shauna/ Shawna etc.

Well, you can do whatever you like, but personally I wouldn't do it. I'm not totally against boys names as middles for girls, but only for more soft sounding names. John is way to masculine. What about Jonnea? I don't actually know if that's a real name but it's one I've heard in real life and it includes the sound jon, or you could use a female variant of John, the most obvious being Jane. Ashlynn Jane sounds nice.

NO.

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I'm okay with Ashlynn, but using John as her middle name is out of the question. I know that some names that were once used on boys are now considered feminine (ex. Beverly, Chelsea), but John has and always will be 100% masculine. My dad, brother, and late grandfather carry the name John as their first name.

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However, this doesn't mean you can't use a female variant of John in place. There's Jane, Jean, and even Joan. Look below to see which of the combos is your favorite.

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Ashlynn Jane
Ashlynn Jean
Ashlynn Joan

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I don't want a little girl's life to get screwed up over the fact that you gave her a guy's name as a middle name.

Sorry, but I think John would be awful as a girl's middle name. I actually have my grandfather's first name as my middle name and I've disliked it most of my life. I'm okay with it now, but it's not nearly as masculine as John. If it was John I would seriously consider changing it.

Ashlynn is good for a girl.
I had no ideabit was even unisex

This message was edited 8/11/2014, 1:42 PM

I think it could work to use John as a middle name for Ashlynn to honor your grandpa. There are other names related to John that you could try too. It would still honor him and the name would be feminine (and possibly save her some explaining in her future).

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Ashlynn Johanna
Ashlynn Johnine
Ashlynn Jane
Ashlynn Janae
Ashlynn Jeanette
Ashlynn Johnna
Ashlynn Shawna

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Do you like any of them?

Ashlynn is really, really lovely!!

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I'll always love the Aislinn / Aisling spellings more though. We were thinking of this name for one of our girls and decided not (cos we thought people would mishear as Ashley all the time) but I still love it :D

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But John... it's always gonna sound like a boy's name >_<
Even if she was Arabella John (Super girly!) it still sounds kinda funny to me but I get that you want to honour your grandfather and HEAPS of people are using boys names on girls now but.

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But if it was me, I'd use Joan or something.

I've considered the idea before, of a girl having a masculine middle name, and I think it's just fine for honouring purposes and I actually quite like it as such. I do, however, think Ashlynn is a little too brief for such a short middle name as John, especially with them both ending with the same letter, so personally I'd look for another first name.