Emmaline a boy's name?!???

bim38106

I love the name but DH immediately vetoed it, saying it's a boy name. What?! I guess he knew a guy in high school whose name was Emmaline (not sure if it was spelled that way). Is it just me or is it really more of a girls name? It's not even that common but I definitely have never heard of it as a boy name.. ?

yale

Definitely a girl name.

etoussa

Sounds like a girl name to me.

mrs_tacos

Well, my parents have a friend who is a man named Wanda, so I guess anything is possible, but it is traditionally a girls name, I searched and couldn't find it listed for a boy anywhere.

amoureux

It is not a boy's name.

Of course people can do anything they want so they could give this name to a boy but as a whole, it is perceived as a girl's name.

TripMomma

yale:

Definitely a girl name.

This

PearlPink

I've known males named : Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly, Kay and Loren. Does that mean these are all boys names? Nope. I'd share that with DH. But if he just doesn't like the name, he just doesn't like it.

erinms

amandarene112:

Well, my parents have a friend who is a man named Wanda?

That is hilarious!

Emmaline is definitely a girl's name. ?Your DH just doesn't like it. ?My DH came up with some lame excuse for every name he didn't like, too.?

jsillyfun

WTF? That kid must have gotten his A$$ kicked in HS.

mrs_tacos

he tells

mrs_tacos

erinms:

amandarene112:

Well, my parents have a friend who is a man named Wanda 

That is hilarious!

He tells this story about how he managed to successfully keep it a secret and go by his mn, Dale, until 9th grade when he moved to a small town and his PE teacher was taking role and said "WTH, Wanda?!?! This is a BOYS gym class!!!"...he's a big man though. No one in their right mind would mess with Wanda. 

Edit: Stupid bump. I'm not sure what happened up there.

andrea922

PearlPink:

I've known males named : Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly, Kay and Loren. Does that mean these are all boys names? Nope. I'd share that with DH. But if he just doesn't like the name, he just doesn't like it.

Actually traditionally Ashley, Kelly and Loren were male names. So that doesn't actually work.

 

But no, Emmaline is definitely not a boy's name.

thatgirlang

What! That poor boy!

Well, your DH knowing a boy with that name does not make it "a boy's name."

I'm sure this thread will help you if you show him because everyone is going to say "girl." And it's a nice girl name at that.

anarivera

That's my uncle's name... It's spelled different but it has the same sound

wheelenl

PearlPink:

I've known males named : Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly, Kay and Loren. Does that mean these are all boys names? Nope. I'd share that with DH. But if he just doesn't like the name, he just doesn't like it.

 

Actually, Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly  were all boys' names before they were girls' names, and Loren has been a boys' name for decades. I don't know why you would say that...

That said, Emmaline is definitely not a boy's name.

CourtneyRDH

It's a girl name. For sure.

thatgirlang

wheelenl:

PearlPink:

I've known males named : Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly, Kay and Loren. Does that mean these are all boys names? Nope. I'd share that with DH. But if he just doesn't like the name, he just doesn't like it.

 

Actually, Lindsey, Ashley, Kelly  were all boys' names before they were girls' names, and Loren has been a boys' name for decades. I don't know why you would say that...

That said, Emmaline is definitely not a boy's name.

I was thinking this too after reading that post! This is like how I *really* think that many present day moms don't realize that Madison and Addison are boy names, too.

Sept17.05Bride

yale:

Definitely a girl name.

ditto.

Rachel&Jake

Definitely a girl name this is my nieces mn.

DMDavidson

jsillyfun:

WTF? That kid must have gotten his A$$ kicked in HS.

I was thinking the same thing . . . reminds me of the song "A Boy Named Sue."

It's a girl's name for sure.

TheNextWest

Maybe the kids name was Emmanuel and your H remembered wrong?? Guys do that you know... lol. Mine would!

KappaUCF20

Maybe he was thinking of the name Emlyn and got confused?  Emlyn is a very old male Welsh name.