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I don't find James to be a terribly masculine seeming name in the first place. Although I do expect a James to be a guy. And there's always Jamie, which I think is a good name on either sex.

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I dunno, it's nmsaa but I don't have a problem with that particular trend. I agree with armyofbono - there are names that are masculine because they're common or typical guynames, and then there are old man names and butch names - and I object a lot more to the latter being used on females.

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I guess my negative response to cross-gender naming depends more on my perception of a name itself, than on my experience of the gender of the people I've seen named it. Once you know someone's gender, the gender of their name as a name kinda stops mattering - it's mainly when I perceive a name as especially gender-y, and have a hard time imagining it more neutrally, that the clash will annoy me.

This message was edited 4/4/2015, 12:20 AM

Definitely a trend and definitely one I dislike intensely, don't understand and one I wish would stop!

Sadly, I think it is becoming a trend.

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Don't worry. I don't think it's going to last. It's still in the top 20 for boys, so I doubt it will become feminine. Still, I'm sick of hearing James on a girl. The James in the Bible was a man, not a woman.

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I mean, there are various legit feminine forms of James. If you think Jamie and Jamesina are ugly, there are other options:
Jacqueline
Jacquetta
Jacobina - I know this one kinda looks forced, but I think it flows better than Jamesina
Jacobine
Giacomina
Giachetta

This message was edited 4/3/2015, 6:44 PM

Honestly, I don't mind "softer" male names on girls, like James, Michael, or Sean (Shawn is more feminine, though.) I don't know, they don't really bother me. :P

I can forgive the usage of James on a girl, if, and only if, it is done for the purposes of honouring and is kept in the middle name spot. James is actually my grandfather's name and I think, if I were to only have daughters, I would consider it as a second or third middle name in order to honour him, only I think he might have found it a little silly. I would be much more tempted by Jamesina or Jamesin, however.

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To the people using it for non-honouring purposes: pfft, I say! Pfft!

Geez, no. James is a classic boy's name to me, and the thought of it trending for girls is actually kind of sad. I might like to use it on a future son some day to honor my brother, but by the time that comes, it might already be thought of as "unisex." Gah. Hopefully it'll pass soon.

My niece is Leah James. Her mother's middle name was Leah and her father's (my brother's) middle was James.

I know I post this every time that James is mentioned on a girl, but my sister and all my nieces have the middle name James (or Jaymes, ick, for girls). So James on a girl isn't really that insane to me. I don't like it, but it could be worse. My sister is Samantha James because my parents thought she was going to be a boy (after two girls). They kept it because they didn't think they'd be having anymore kids. My oldest sister started the trend of naming the grandkids after my dad since the first one was a boy and my dad always wanted a boy. After two more boys(Kaihl (Kyle) James, James William Michael, David Stephen James), my other sister finally had a girl and wanted to keep the James thing going and thus was Madyson Taylor Jaymes. Way too many y's and James is silly but it's certaily not terrible.

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If it weren't for my family ties, I think I would like James for a girl, in the middle name slot. I wouldn't want to be a girl named James but I think it sounds good with pretty much any name. My one niece is Kassandra James and I think that's really pretty (minus the K spelling).

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I think I'd be more put off by names like Edmund, Frederick, and other old man names started becoming popular on girls.

This message was edited 4/3/2015, 10:14 AM