Thoughts on a Boy's Name

tanzy42

Ok....I know everyone is going to have an opinion, and that is what I am looking for!  I was hoping to get some feedback on the name "Emerson" for a boy.  This is a family name, and we both like it for a FN, so I started looking online, and it seems a lot of people use this as a girl's name...but I never thought of it this way until I started looking online.

 Since we are keeping the name a secret from friends and family, I can't really try it out on anyone I know.  But since no one here really knows us (lol) I figured it was worth a shot to ask without giving anything away!  What are your thoughts on this name for a boy?  Good or bad, I don't mind, I just want honesty!  Thank you!

nikki&timothy

I've only heard it on a girl with the NN Emmy but I actually thought it was weird as a girl name. So I like it

aimeern623

I have only heard it as a girls name. Can you use it as a MN?

magsugar13

Unfortunately Emerson has been taken to the other side...while it is a boys name...many of his girl classmates will also have that name.

BabySmiles31

BOY BOY BOY!!! I'm having the same troubles with the boy name I like!

CocoBrynne

justAphase:

Unfortunately I think it's too far gone to the girls side. Sad because it's so much better, and makes sense, as a boy's name.

Sadly this.  I'd stay away from it bc lately I have only heard it used for girls.

Soap&Cider

Like PPs, I think this name is left for the girls at this point. I only ever hear it on girls and even though it is a boy's name, I think feminine every time I hear it now. Also, it reminds me of the TV brand. I wouldn't side-eye you for choosing this for your boy and actually like the name much better on a boy...it's just tough to get past the feminine feel I get from it now. 

Puppylove*85

I would use it as a middle name but not a first name.  Unfortunately, Emerson has been used on a lot of girls lately.  Also, anything with the prefix "Em" has the possibility of being seen as feminine.

It's too bad because Emerson is not feminine, and I do not care for it on girls.  But I wouldn't want your son to be teased so I would steer clear.

LoCarb

I think of it as unisex.  I have only met one Emerson IRL and it as a girl nn Emme

Aleja0918

I love it. To me, it's all boy.

JulieN0704

I like the name but I haven't heard it for many boys. It seems like it's more of a girl's name now. But if you like it, I say go for it anyway.

stahlop

Love it, and love it that you're using it for the right sex.  I actually have never met an Emerson, male or female.  I think it's great!

FWIW, if you're a little iffy because it seems to have gone to the girls, I met a male Addison, Avery and Madison this year and none of them seemed to be bothered by the fact that they had a name that has become popular for girls recently (all elementary students). 

Jaytee501

Like it for a boy, love the family history there.

capulet

My first reaction was that it's too far gone to the girls.  But then I thought about it, and I have never met a girl named Emerson - or a boy for that matter, but to me it's clearly a boy name despite the trend.  So it's quite possible that if you've never heard of it as a girl name outside the Internet, you won't run into many people who use it.  Most of my friends give their kids traditional and/or religious names, as do most of the parents of the kids at DD's school (she went to a Catholic pre-K where the only duplicate name in the class was Leo/Leonardo, of all things).  I know from the SSA stats and this board that the masculine-sounding-surnames-for-girls-names trend (along with the -aden trend, etc.) exists, but I haven't encountered it a lot in real life.

To me this is a double win:  a family name, and a boy name on a boy.  I think you should go for it.

strawberrytree

Snaps on using it for the right sex! I know of two little boys named Emerson and zero girls, so it absolutely has not become exclusively a girl's name.