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in reply to a message by Lucille
I think Mia Farrow has a daughter named Dylan. Some other movie star-type person does as well (I can't remember who). It's not totally bizarre to see a girl named Dylan...after all, names like Cameron, Mackenzie and Taylor are all used for girls now. The trend is moving towards girls absorbing boys' names. I'd make the suggestion that she use a feminine middle name to offset the masculinity of Dylan. She could always use her middle name then. Or she could spell it Dylanne or something feminine looking...I shudder at the thought...but it is a way to use a male name, but still get the point across that it's a girl. I've met a female Brandyn and a Mykelle.
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I have also met a woman named Michael, she Hated the name. She felt it was unfair to her, she always had fights about her name when she was younger and now that she was older she was still correcting people about her name. The one thing that really upset her was that her mother never gave her a good reason why she would use that name for a girl. She assumed her mother never really wanted a her.
The only advantage she felt she had was she could be a tomboy.
So, as much as I have tried to disuade my daughter from this name, I think she has her heart set on it. I dis suggested she use a more feminine spelling, and when I rattled off the "Dylanne" spelling she loved it. I think that she is going to use that spelling. Thank you for the idea.
Grateful Gramma ;)
The only advantage she felt she had was she could be a tomboy.
So, as much as I have tried to disuade my daughter from this name, I think she has her heart set on it. I dis suggested she use a more feminine spelling, and when I rattled off the "Dylanne" spelling she loved it. I think that she is going to use that spelling. Thank you for the idea.
Grateful Gramma ;)
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