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Help[Opinions] Re: Middle name for Rylan??
in reply to a message by Seda*
The odd thing to me though is that when I first heard the name Rylan I thought it was for a girl. It's not exactly a very masculine name. Typically when you hear the -lyn sound in a name you think it's a girl. And I doubt if my child would be sent a draft notice or be labeled anything without the people first checking her gender, or that having a non-run of the mill girl's name will put her into a depression or determine her career choice. If I spelled it Rylinn would that properly express her gender? Anyways, since it is different for a girl I was planning on using a somewhat traditional girl's name such as Catherine for a middle name, just to balance it out and prevent confusion on paper. If she hates Rylan she can always use her middle name, but she might just like it.
Oddly enough, I went to school with 2 girls named Ryan and Stevie who weren't confused or teased. In fact most people liked their names because they weren't the traditional choice when more than half of the other girls were Brittanys, Michelles, or Jessicas. What's wrong with changing the so called rules?
And softball is a girl's sport, isn't it? Or have they changed the rules on that?
Oddly enough, I went to school with 2 girls named Ryan and Stevie who weren't confused or teased. In fact most people liked their names because they weren't the traditional choice when more than half of the other girls were Brittanys, Michelles, or Jessicas. What's wrong with changing the so called rules?
And softball is a girl's sport, isn't it? Or have they changed the rules on that?
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Softball- It is a girl's sport, but it's not "girly". We call the girls who play a lot of softball or other ball related sports "tomboys", do we not?
Typically when you hear the -lyn sound in a name you think it's a girl.
~I don't hear a -lyn sound. If you say it correctly, it ends like "land" without the D. -lan(d) names are boyish to me.
And I doubt if my child would be sent a draft notice or be labeled anything without the people first checking her gender, or that having a non-run of the mill girl's name will put her into a depression or determine her career choice.
~Well, alright, but as friend of a female Jaden, I know for a fact that she had some time with it. She now goes by Jade to stop the confusion. She was sent a draft notice. Also, after reading about a female Christopher in one of my baby name books who was also sent a draft notice and labled "effeminate" on the apititude test, I decided I hated boy names on girls. Why does the world think that by putting a boy's name on a girl they are doing something "new" or making their child "speacial"?
If I spelled it Rylinn would that properly express her gender?
~No, then you would just make her hate the spelling too.
...most people liked their names because they weren't the traditional choice when more than half of the other girls were Brittanys, Michelles, or Jessicas.
~Well, I didn't say name her Emily or Hannah. Just name her a girl's name; you can name her something uncommon and special without using a boy's name. What's wrong with a name that's unheard of (Fiora, Sairwen, Jola) or a word name (Winter, Harmony, Providence) or even some surnames as first(Kereden, Delmar, Merival)? Why not an occupation name (Harper, Piper, Sailor) or a foreign name (Esme, Eulalia, Noela) or a name from literature(Esmeralda, Estella, Arwen)?
Typically when you hear the -lyn sound in a name you think it's a girl.
~I don't hear a -lyn sound. If you say it correctly, it ends like "land" without the D. -lan(d) names are boyish to me.
And I doubt if my child would be sent a draft notice or be labeled anything without the people first checking her gender, or that having a non-run of the mill girl's name will put her into a depression or determine her career choice.
~Well, alright, but as friend of a female Jaden, I know for a fact that she had some time with it. She now goes by Jade to stop the confusion. She was sent a draft notice. Also, after reading about a female Christopher in one of my baby name books who was also sent a draft notice and labled "effeminate" on the apititude test, I decided I hated boy names on girls. Why does the world think that by putting a boy's name on a girl they are doing something "new" or making their child "speacial"?
If I spelled it Rylinn would that properly express her gender?
~No, then you would just make her hate the spelling too.
...most people liked their names because they weren't the traditional choice when more than half of the other girls were Brittanys, Michelles, or Jessicas.
~Well, I didn't say name her Emily or Hannah. Just name her a girl's name; you can name her something uncommon and special without using a boy's name. What's wrong with a name that's unheard of (Fiora, Sairwen, Jola) or a word name (Winter, Harmony, Providence) or even some surnames as first(Kereden, Delmar, Merival)? Why not an occupation name (Harper, Piper, Sailor) or a foreign name (Esme, Eulalia, Noela) or a name from literature(Esmeralda, Estella, Arwen)?
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