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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A little bit. A name with an L for a kid with a speech problem and a more feminine name for a kid who prefers a less feminine name (and in fact has changed their name, not officially, but goes by a different name 100 percent of the time).

I don't think those issues were foreseeable, though. No regrets.[/quote]

I think both of those are both fine, but will admit that we chose a name for our DD that has both feminine and more androgynous options for nicknames because we wanted a name that would suit whatever person they became. It was something we thought about because we both have short, androgynous names (like both of our names are fairly commonly used for both genders) and that impacted us growing up. I wouldn't see it caused problems, but for instance I always wished I'd had a more feminine name because I'm pretty feminine, and my DH always wished he'd had a more standard "boy" name. We're not screwed up by it, but it's a preference.

So when we named our DD, we made sure to choose a clearly feminine name, but picked one that has a common, more masculine, nickname in case she would feel more comfortable using that. And we like both versions of the name.[/quote]

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