Emerson for a girl?

kbchicago

My husband can't get past the fact that he thinks Emerson sounds like a girl's name....but I just love it.  My grandma is Emily and you could use the nn. Emme or Em, or even Emery.

 In 2007, it was listed as #312 popularity for girls and #494 popularity for boys....so technically it is more popular for girls.

Can you help provide some positive reassurance on this name so I can show him? If you know Emersons...etc.

sophie080208

I would never in a million years think of Emerson as a girls name! I think because there is a book series that I used to love where the main character's husband is this really masculine, tall, strong handsome guy named Emerson and so that is what I associate with the name!

SuperCuteBenz

Emerson was my #1 choice for a girl's name, but DH vetoed it. He said we weren't naming our kid after an appliance.

I still love it as a girl's name. I don't see it as a boy name, but then again I named my DD Addison which is a boy's name.

thatgirlang

Did you mean that he thinks Emerson sounds like a BOY'S name?

I am not clear... but honestly I don't think of it as a girl's name at all. But I do recognize that a lot of people are using it for girls. There is a difference though.

Just like I know two girls named Ryan. They're adorable, sweet girls and I accept their names and the "new association" but Ryan is still a boy name, too.

nybor1975

I know a lot of Emersons.  But it's their last name.

jennings235

I would only every think of it as a boys name....especially since it ends in -son.  Names that end in -son almost always mean son of....

I love it for a boy, but think it is an awful girls name.

lcarlson0131

I actually kind of like it for a girl name, and her nn could always be "Em."?

kbchicago

yes...sorry he thinks of it as a boy's name.  I just saw that I typed that incorrectly.  We are having a girl!

leah1615

I definitely think of it as a girls name! I like it too!

franciscaz

I know 3 Emersons in my life... they are all men.  Never met a female one.

Emie28

I just don't see how people would want to give a girl a name that means "son of..." Emerson will always be a boy name to me. I know that there are girls w/ this name, but I just see them as girls w/ a boy name.

JillAly

Teri Hatcher named her daughter Emerson.  There are 2 or 3 other nesties who named their daughter's Emerson as well.  I can't remember their names off hand.  I agree that "son" should be a guys name but with the explosion of Emma, Emily and other similar names, Emerson has been swept up with them and there are a lot of girls with the name now.

cupcake_queen

I don't like Emerson for a girl. How about Emma?

CelticWife

My grandfather's mn was Emerson. After he died a few years ago, my cousin named his daughter Emerson Hunter. They call her Emmy. Our whole family is in the "what were they thinking?" mode. My cousin's wife has always been a tomboy with a girlie name, and so she wanted her daughter to have a non-girlie name.?

Every time the little girl is introduced, people do a double take like, "Is it a girlie boy with longish hair or is it a boyish girl?" I was once asked if he liked dressing like a girl.

If you do decide to use the name Emerson, please at least give your daughter a?distinctive,?feminine?middle name.?

You could do Emma or even Emer. ?Emer - Origin and Meaning of the name Emer at BabyNamesWorld

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LMS05

Emerson is a boys' name in my book. I don't like it for a girl at all. On your poll,?Jillian and Mallory are 1000x better.?

vanceandlori

I asked my DH about Emerson as a girl's name and he said that he works with one . . . but it's a HE not a she. Sorry.

iluvtom

I love it as a dformal name for a girl and am considering using it too. It is different but to each his own. I love the nickname Emmy too. GL - we are ahving a hard time too with finalizing a name!

PenelopePond

I don't like it for a girl name.

 

I think of Emerson Cod from Pushing Daisies (show's been cancelled, but it was still good).

monkey62

The name is NMS but I do know a few Emerson's and they are girls. They go by Emmy.

MandC17

I have always thought of Emerson as a girl's name, maybe that's because I've never heard of a boy with that name.  I had it on my list, but DH didn't like it.

kcdollar

I think Teri Hatcher's little girl is Emerson.  Honestly, that's the only person I've ever heard of with this name, so I associate it with a girl!  I love it. 

thatgirlang

This post is very interesting. Associating Emerson with a girl and liking it for a girl is fine. But I don't get how people don't realize that EmerSON is still a boy's name! LOL. It's just one that some people happen to like/use for girls.

sweet*18

I know an Emerson, they call her Emmy.. i love the name its so elegant and it completely fits her.

hause1nm

Im in the minority here, but I ONLY think of Emerson as a girls name. I dont care if it ends in "son" or not or if it means son of. I have never met a male with this name, only females and I think its beautiful. I especially love the name Emerson Rose. I say go for it!

PianoPlayingSarah

I don't get why people think that if a name ends in SON it has to be a boy's name.

I've never met any men named Alison.  Have you???

I know of 2 Emersons - Teri Hatcher's girl and Emerson Hart the lead singer of the band Tonic.  If someone told me that they had named their newborn Emerson, I would think that they had a girl - I think that's the trend these days.   

 

thatgirlang

PianoPlayingSarah:

I don't get why people think that if a name ends in SON it has to be a boy's name.

I've never met any men named Alison.  Have you???

No. I sure haven't. I've always thought this was the one exception but since joining this board I've learned that even Allison originally meant "son of Alice." In the years to come, some of these other son names will be thought of as just a girl's name, too. Because why would people keep using them for their sons once there's millions of girls with the name? Still, they all mean "son of" something.

That's the thing. Everyone will say they only know girl Allisons. Just like many people only know girl Addisons and Emersons. I was just saying that the "son of" is a clue that the name was originally a boy name. Not denying that they're used for girls. And I don't personally care all that much.

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i LOVE it!

Emie28

PianoPlayingSarah:

I don't get why people think that if a name ends in SON it has to be a boy's name.

I've never met any men named Alison.  Have you???

I know of 2 Emersons - Teri Hatcher's girl and Emerson Hart the lead singer of the band Tonic.  If someone told me that they had named their newborn Emerson, I would think that they had a girl - I think that's the trend these days.   

 

Way to miss a point! Nobody was denying the fact that there are girls w/ the name. However, it doesn't change my mind that it is a boy name that is more frequently given to girls. And you are right Allison is considered a girl name, but I would never use it b/c it means Son of Alice.

If the latest craze was to name little girls Poophead and people knew tons of little girls with the name Poophead, would that be enough reason for me to name my daughter that? Nope. But if it's enough reason for others, then they should just go right ahead.

jensahokie

I automatically think "GIRL" for Emerson.  It's funny you posted this b/c our neighbors had a boy and put a sign out with his name, weight, height, etc. and I was shocked that a boy was named Emerson.  To me it is feminine.  I just asked DH, and he said he thinks "boy"... hmm. 

If you like it, I say go for it.  We aren't too worried about gender-identity, though.

thatgirlang

jensahokie:

I automatically think "GIRL" for Emerson.  It's funny you posted this b/c our neighbors had a boy and put a sign out with his name, weight, height, etc. and I was shocked that a boy was named Emerson.  To me it is feminine.  I just asked DH, and he said he thinks "boy"... hmm. 

 

Everyone obviously has the right to use whatever name they want and I am actually not against unisex names. But this is where I feel sorry for parents of boys. To think you can name your son Ryan, Dylan, Addison or Emerson - and have people wonder if you have a girl! Seems unfair when these were all boy names first.

Erin Olson

My good friend just named her little girl Emerson. I think it is very unisex, but using it for a girl is very cute and will definately grow with the kid.

sprice88

I love the name Emerson and associate it with a girl only. But is cute for either one.

ShawMich

I've only heard it for girls probably because of the nicknames, as you mentioned.

cabana1

I've never met a girl with this name, only guys. Maybe it depends on your location? Either way, it is used for both boys and girls, and that would be enough for me to not use it at all.

PianoPlayingSarah

Emie28:

PianoPlayingSarah:

I don't get why people think that if a name ends in SON it has to be a boy's name.

I've never met any men named Alison.  Have you???

I know of 2 Emersons - Teri Hatcher's girl and Emerson Hart the lead singer of the band Tonic.  If someone told me that they had named their newborn Emerson, I would think that they had a girl - I think that's the trend these days.   

 

Way to miss a point! Nobody was denying the fact that there are girls w/ the name. However, it doesn't change my mind that it is a boy name that is more frequently given to girls. And you are right Allison is considered a girl name, but I would never use it b/c it means Son of Alice.

If the latest craze was to name little girls Poophead and people knew tons of little girls with the name Poophead, would that be enough reason for me to name my daughter that? Nope. But if it's enough reason for others, then they should just go right ahead.

I didn't miss a point - I was making one.

MsSally

i only think of this as a girls name. maybe it's a regional thing? i love it too! very pretty!

Jen Thomas

I know two Emersons that are both girls.  I love the name!  It is very classy and unique.  Not to mention, they are both very beautiful girls. 

 

One goes by Emmy for short.  

 

Love the name! 

Mike&Care

I see it a lot on these boards for girls. I don't like it at all. I kind of think of the author (Ralph Waldo Emerson) and associate it as a boy's name.