Baby B Girl Name

mrsb8244

I posted and someone gave me the great idea of doing a poll for each gender! Last name starts with a B and is 2 syllables (9 letters). MN will be Jayne (after my little sister). P.S. I posted this but it isn't showing up so hopefully this doesn't post twice

Bringmemylongswordho

This is silly, but I voted for Lillian over Layla cause I thought with Jayne it was too many y's.

But definitely Layla or Lillian. Aubrey will always be masculine and inferior to Audrey.

mrsb8244

Audrey is very pretty! I never thought of Aubrey as masculine so thank you for bringing that up to think about!!!

magsugar13

lillian jane

Mamabeagle

Definitely Audrey.

Knottie1442268460

I know the sweetest little Aubrey. She was named after a sweet Aubrey. I don't think of it as masculine. Nowadays if I met a male Aubrey I wouldn't be impressed! I don't care for Audrey at all. And I really like Audrey Hepburn-so who knows!

MamaWren919

I voted Layla. I like Aubrey too, but love Audrey. If Audrey was a choice, it would be #1 for me. Audrey Jayne is lovely. There are too many Lillian/Lilys to me.

Sassenach1743

Aubrey is a masculine name. I do not care for masculine names for girls.

Prefer Jane spelled without a 'y'.

Layla and Jane have the same 'a' sound, which is redundant (imo).

Lillian is your best option, although very popular.

parenthood4

MamaWren919 said:

I voted Layla. I like Aubrey too, but love Audrey. If Audrey was a choice, it would be #1 for me. Audrey Jayne is lovely. There are too many Lillian/Lilys to me.

Agreed!

NHKx2

Lillian Jane (please not Jayne).

mrsb8244

Thank you all! Jayne is my sister's middle name

rebelone

Aubrey Jayne has a nice flow to it.

emgee27

Voted Lillian but I'm with previous posters - I prefer the spelling "Jane."  Simple, classic and side-eye-free.

OrangeFox

My best childhood friend was named Aubrey. She was named after her great grandfather, Aubrey. I have always loved the name because of the connection I have with her. I know it was traditionally a male name but I like it for girls.

edited to add:
I also don't think people need to be so concerned about "male" or "female" names. 

Bringmemylongswordho

OrangeFox said:

My best childhood friend was named Aubrey. She was named after her great grandfather, Aubrey. I have always loved the name because of the connection I have with her. I know it was traditionally a male name but I like it for girls.

edited to add:
I also don't think people need to be so concerned about "male" or "female" names. 

I will be less concerned about the "male" and "female" names when boys are named Esther after their grandmothers and no one comments or thinks anything of it. Until then girls being named traditionally masculine names is a double standard that hurts everyone for renforcing the idea that it's okay for girls to be boyish but not okay for boys to be girlish.

daystardreams

I severely dislike Aubrey, my first apartment maintenance man was an Aubrey and he was a super pervert...I shiver every time I see a cute little girl named Aubrey.

I really like Lillian and Layla but Lilli- names are so, so popular. I can name five girls named Lily or a derivative off the top of my head. I like Layla Jayne despite the double y

4N6s

I like Jane as the first name.

queenbone

I voted for Lillian.
Aubrey is a boy's name and I don't like the song association with Layla.

ncm1919

I like Aubrey and Audrey for a girl. While I understand some of the negative sentiment around girls with boys names, I think there is room for names to change and morph in how they are used.


Ashley used to be a boys name. It is now almost exclusively used on girls, at least in the states. The only male Ashley I know of is Ashley Wilkes and he was alive during the Civil War.

I don't think using Aubrey on a girl is the same as using something like James at this point.