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Hello,
I have a daughter who is going to give birth to a baby girl next spring. My daughter is tending to go for the name Dylan for the first name. My thoughts are since this name is so "male" it will be a difficult name for a girl to bear. (I have met other women with male names, and they have predominately stated that growing up with their name was difficult.)
Does anyone know a girl/woman with this name?
If so, does she resent the name?
Thank you for your input.
Lucille
I have a daughter who is going to give birth to a baby girl next spring. My daughter is tending to go for the name Dylan for the first name. My thoughts are since this name is so "male" it will be a difficult name for a girl to bear. (I have met other women with male names, and they have predominately stated that growing up with their name was difficult.)
Does anyone know a girl/woman with this name?
If so, does she resent the name?
Thank you for your input.
Lucille
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Personally, I don't like boy's names for girl's. It's not so easy the other way either -- I've known two men named Shirley (one a big tattooed plumber) and a guy named Muriel (even if he did pronounce it Merle).
Mia Farrow also has a daughter named Soon Yee - how about that name? Maybe she'll have better luck in men than the first one has.
Mia Farrow also has a daughter named Soon Yee - how about that name? Maybe she'll have better luck in men than the first one has.
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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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The answer is blowin' in the wind
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I personally don't like the name Dylan for a girl. I think it would end up being embarrassing for her, because at school she will be teased and also when writing letters and other official things for work or anything else later in life she will have to explain that she is in fact female! I would definitely encourage your daughter to choose a more feminine name.
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I like unisex names. Maybe change the spelling to Dilan?? That way it's not spelled the usual way. I plan on using Cameron for a girls name but spelling it Kameryn.
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