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Had I been born a girl, my name would have been Christian Nicole. This being said, I don’t like it. It was solely because my parents are hardcore Christians. It’s like having an expectation for your kid so they fit into that mold…I don’t think that’s fair. I don’t have an issue with any religions. However, I do agree that it’s a little over the top. Why not use a name associated with the religion instead of the name of it? I don’t mean to offend anyone.

Love Christian but for a boy only. It's a very handsome name.

I don’t have a problem with religion of any kind and I don’t mind it being less directly reflected in names, but the type of people who are so into it they have to literally name their kid “Christian” are usually trouble. It’s just one step too far, imo.

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There’s also the “Sister Christian” song about a guy trying to convince his sister not to lose her virginity. Yuck.

This was the name of one of my best friends in high school. Starting out she went by Chrissy, but eventually she shortened it to Chris because she thought Chrissy was juvenile.

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She hated her name. True, a lot of people don't like their names growing up, but unless someone saw her (very feminine) middle name in print, every new teacher assumed she was a boy until they met her. This was also the case outside of school. Chris even mentioned a couple times (usually to new people) that her parents weren't even the ones that named her - apparently, due to some sort of family tradition (I forget the details) her godmother actually named her.

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So... the only girl I've ever known with this name hated it. Outside of this personal association, I don't generally like the name Christian for anyone. To me, it's like naming your kid Muslim or Buddhist.

Not being remotely religious myself, I wouldn't consider Christian or any form of it for either gender. However, two of my great-grandmothers were named Christiana, so if I'd wanted to honour them I'd have used Christiana but only as a mn.

I agree with the sentiment that there are many pretty female variants to Christian it really isn't necessary on a girl

I prefer Christiane and pronounced as such personally, or Christiana, or Chrysanthe etc.

I don’t care for it on a girl. I prefer Christine or Christina.

When I first saw it on this News Reporter I was quite shocked to see on a female. I mean, it could’ve been much worse but it’s basically how I feel about Julian on girl. I understand it has been used before frequently but it’s so primarily masculine it’s hard to imagine in a girl especially the beautiful Christina, Christine, Christelle, Christiana, Christa, and even more exist.

Why? What is the purpose of using the masculine version when an attractive feminine version exists?