Riley...boy or girl name?

GREENEBLUM

Okay, I'd like your honest opinions...do you think of Riley as a boy or girl name?  (I'm not going to to tell you which gender we're thinking of using it for so I can get unbiased feedback) Thanks!

soccerwife

girl

joanithegreat

BOY!

klafle3

I only know boys named Riley, so.. boy.

Edit: I just remember my coworker has twin girls named Riley and Ramsey (IMO they are both boy names, though). My opinion still stands.

shall923

Girl

mclaugaa

Boy

greenclovers

I think of it as a last name.

NinjaNic

Boy!

Kimmy1836

I think it could go either way.

atlb

It truly is a unisex name, but I think boy.

LMK613

both...but it is our #1 Boys name...

i kind of think of it as Jamie or Kelly or Erin...depending on the spelling i think it is perfectly find for a boy or a girl.

but that could be just me! 

erinb1025

girl

LVT

Girl

Carmell226

Rylee=Girl

Riley=Boy 

 

apc1929

I honestly like it for either..  and I know one girl and one boy so can't really decide

 

sunnyday016

I think of it as a girl's name, but I much prefer it for a boy!

Under.the.Rose

Boy -- I have a cousin (male) named this. Suits him perfectly

youngin12

I think it can be either. However, if I were to use it, I would use it for a boy.

callthewind

It doesn't make me think one or the other. I know a few Riley/Ryleighs of both sexes.

marthac123

GREENEBLUM:

Okay, I'd like your honest opinions...do you think of Riley as a boy or girl name?  (I'm not going to to tell you which gender we're thinking of using it for so I can get unbiased feedback) Thanks!

 

I like it for both. However my husband thinks it is just a boys name. We are having a girl and I offered Riley as a suggestion but he said NO. There was a show 'Dead like me' and the youngest sister was named Riley and I liked it. I also tend to like boy names for girls though. I say both, my husband says boy.

victoria1977

Honest opinion??? Dog name.

nycitylove

Since it has become a FN (I think it is best suited as a LN), I think it is a boy's name. That being said, I know a lot of little girls named Riley and not one boy named Riley.

Lynzk05

I like it for both

Lynzk05

Im sure a lot of people will disagree with me but I like it spelled Riley for boy and Rileigh for a girl. I think it is prettier and on paper nobody would confuse her for a boy.

jiffy-pop

Riley - boy

Ryleigh - girl

ArmyWife3

I personally know a few boys and girls that are named Riley, so it's a tough call. To me, I think it sounds better for a boy. 

wife1014

I think girl (or dog)

JellyJam

Unisex, so it would work for either gender

fraglette

marthac123:

 There was a show 'Dead like me' and the youngest sister was named Riley and I liked it.

Nope.  Her name was Reggie.  Short for Regina.

 

and to the OP.  I think of Riley as a boy name. 

pawcall

I know a few girl Rileys, but I always think boy. 

littlestbear03

I know both girls and boys named Riley. BUT I think of it as a boy name.

redtulip

Boy

lovemytwoboys

I wish it would have stayed a boy name, but I have to say I think of it as pretty unisex now. I know both girls and boys named Riley.

Riley was my Irish FIL's middle name. We decided to use it as a middle name (rather than first) for DS2, because it is just way too popular with girls right now. So we have a Jacob Riley

KStar21

Boy, and I'd consider using it in spite of it also being used for girls.

CrazyToast

girl...I have taught a few Rileys...all girls

candr09

Its a unisex name. Personally, I love unisex names for girls, I really dislike unisex names for boys. (except for Sam, I like Sam better for a boy..)

IMO, A girl with a "boys name" is edgey and cool, a boy with a "girls name" is a sissy.

That being said, I would only consider Riley for a girl (but I would spell it Rylee or Ryleigh).

AHblessed01

Carmell226:

Rylee=Girl

Riley=Boy 

 

 

This exactly 

julisat

Girl.

mrsjohnny

Boy. My nephew is named Riley. 

sarajo317

apc1929:

I honestly like it for either..  and I know one girl and one boy so can't really decide

 

 

same here!

Goode517

Boy.  I have a friend who named her boy this but spelled it Rylee....horrible spelling for a boy!!