Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 16:21     Subject: Evan for a girl
Anonymous wrote:I don't have a strong opinion - I would assume Evan is a boy but I think a girl could pull it off fine.

We were listening to "A Boy Named Sue" on our drive home from Thanksgiving and it made me think about this. It's hard to imagine a kids being beat up for having the name usually associated with the other gender any more. Times have changed. IMO kids these days care so much less about gendered names or gendered anything really it wouldn't be an issue at all for your daughter or her peers. It's just the moms/family/teachers/etc. who are going to balk.


+1

Her peers won’t bat an eye if you decide to name her Evan. Generation Y and Z parents generally won’t give a shit. It’s Generation X and mainly Boomers that will clutch their pearls. It won’t be a problem as the latter group continues to die off.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 15:47     Subject: Evan for a girl
I don't have a strong opinion - I would assume Evan is a boy but I think a girl could pull it off fine.

We were listening to "A Boy Named Sue" on our drive home from Thanksgiving and it made me think about this. It's hard to imagine a kids being beat up for having the name usually associated with the other gender any more. Times have changed. IMO kids these days care so much less about gendered names or gendered anything really it wouldn't be an issue at all for your daughter or her peers. It's just the moms/family/teachers/etc. who are going to balk.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 15:42     Subject: Evan for a girl
Anonymous wrote:Middle name, given it's your maiden name - sure. Anything else, please don't.

+1

You read my mind, PP. All I could think was, “please don’t.”
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 15:41     Subject: Re:Evan for a girl
I like it as a middle name....Good name for a boy. When there are so many nice names for girls why give her this one?
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 15:40     Subject: Evan for a girl
That’s my son’s name and the name of 2 boys at his school haha.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 13:00     Subject: Evan for a girl
Anonymous wrote:I actually think it’s pretty. Maybe because I’ve always thought it’s such a soft boys name?


I agree.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:59     Subject: Evan for a girl
I like it it. I knew an Eavan (ay-ven) which I also liked.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:59     Subject: Evan for a girl
I actually think it’s pretty. Maybe because I’ve always thought it’s such a soft boys name?
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:58     Subject: Evan for a girl
I hate the name for any gender. It's just an ugly name. If you want to keep it make it a middle name and give your daughter a cool first name.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:58     Subject: Evan for a girl
It's my middle name but I love it for a first name.

My first name is also gender-ambiguous and I don't mind that at all.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:57     Subject: Evan for a girl
I like it. If it wasn’t for the maiden name connection I would suggest Devon, which I think is really pretty for a girl.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:57     Subject: Evan for a girl
I knew a female Evan growing up- she was very cool and always having to correct gender but I also have a unisex name and could relate.

I like it
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:56     Subject: Evan for a girl
Middle name, given it's your maiden name - sure. Anything else, please don't.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:56     Subject: Evan for a girl
No.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 12:53     Subject: Evan for a girl
Thoughts on Evan for a girl? It’s my maiden name. My husband suggested it. Is it more of a middle name? At first I said no, but it’s starting to grow on me. Evan Rachel Wood pulls it off I think.