Bryce....for a girl?

T1andT2 · December 2009

I mentioned Bryce to DH back when we were picking names for DS...who was still unknown as a boy. DH thought I was saying it for a girl. So, now again, he is back to liking Bryce for a girl. I like it, but am kinda on the fence. I would need a very feminie MN....like Katherine to go with it.

Thoughts? Tell me all likes and dislikes. Do you think she'd be made fun of in anyway?

k8edge · December 2009

Ron Howard named his daughter Bryce -- she's an actress. Her full name is Bryce Dallas Howard. It's a pretty common boy name but there's no reason you can't use it for a girl. I personally don't like it but just because it's NMS doesn't mean anything.

victoria1977 · December 2009

DS is Bryce and I HATE the trend of naming girls after boys. That being said, I have met another little girl named Bryce and there is the actress Bryce Dallas Howard (a girl with 3 boy names, oh my) Obviously I love the name, but only for a BOY.

NikkiRaymond · December 2009

LOVE it for a girl

future_mrs.lambdin · December 2009

I strongly dislike it for a girl. But I have a bad association with the name.

Boizmom · December 2009

I guess I can see it as both a boy and a girl name. I've know boys with the name IRL, but not girls. However on Beethoven (you know the movie about the big dog that they made a gazillion sequels for), the teenage daughter was named Bryce. And then there's Ron Howard's daughter too.

scout426 · December 2009

I like it. If you give her a strong feminine middle name she has the choice when she is older to go by either name.

Dukos · December 2009

It's a boy's name. After growing up with a sister Kasey who HATED her name her whole life and always complained that everyone she knew with her name was " a boy or a dog", I would never, ever give my daughter a boy's name. My sister is in her late 20s and to this day she gets mail addressed to "Mr. Kasey...." and gets annoyed every.time. Ironically, I really think Kasey works much better for a girl than a boy, but after watching her be upset about it for the past 25 years, I just wouldn't want to do that to my kid.

14years · December 2009

Sorry, but that's a boy's name. Even if you picked a feminine MN, it's not like she'd ever use it. People would always assume she was male before they met her, and that would be very annoying over time.

kegallagh · December 2009

I don't even like Bryce for a boy, but IMO it is ridiculous for a girl. It's just NMS to use boy names for girls, sorry.

renafaith · December 2009

I've only know boy Bryces, so no. Not for a girl. NMS.

Melissa070707 · December 2009

Boizmom:
I guess I can see it as both a boy and a girl name. I've know boys with the name IRL, but not girls. However on Beethoven (you know the movie about the big dog that they made a gazillion sequels for), the teenage daughter was named Bryce. And then there's Ron Howard's daughter too.

I just saw this movie and thought about her too, but her name was actually Ryce, but really close anyway.

I actually like the name Bryce for a girl, but I guess because I went to school with a girl named Bryce and she was very feminine and model-like. It is all about association. I agree with you though, I would use a definite girl name for MN just to avoid any possible confusion.

Sept17.05Bride · December 2009

kegallagh:
I don't even like Bryce for a boy, but IMO it is ridiculous for a girl. It's just NMS to use boy names for girls, sorry.

ditto.

Laroogirl · December 2009

NMS. I just like girl names for girls and boy names for boys. Only a few unisex names that I like.

swanck · December 2009

Honestly, I'm not crazy about it.

mchupie · December 2009

NMS for a girl.

MrsWindyCity · December 2009

I don't like it, but I also don't like it for a boy.

WheelerToBe · December 2009

I really love it!!

broomy · December 2009

I like it!

sunnyday016 · December 2009

I don't like it for a boy or a girl. Especially not a girl.

getnmarried910 · December 2009

To me it's a boy name. I like some names that can be used for a girl too, but Bryce seems so masculine to me.

bakedlaurabean · December 2009

Please don't, it just sounds so masculine. I wish people would stop using boys names for girls. The boys are running out of names!

alabaster_angel · December 2009

I don't think she'd be made fun of. I have a 'boys' name and no one ever made fun of it or commented on it.

LMS05 · December 2009

Good Lord, this is ridiculous. Bryce is awful for a girl. Yes, I do think she will be made fun of and everyone will assume she's a boy before they meet her. I really like it for a boy though.

MrsLilyE · December 2009

Honestly, I wouldn't do it, but it's not my baby so if you love the name, go ahead. I'd pair it with a very feminine middle name though...

I went to high school with a girl whose middle name was Bryce... I believe it was a last name in her family. (I'm from the south, and that's a pretty common thing to do among people I know, for boys and girls.) She went by her first name, which was also a boys name, now that I think about it, but it worked for her.

That's the thing, though... I don't think every girl can pull off a more traditionally male name, and unfortunately you won't know until your daughter is older whether it works for her.

mcdermom · December 2009

I have only heard it used as a boys name so I'd have to say no way for using it for a girl.

BlindysWife · December 2009

I like some unisex names, but Bryce is a boy name. All boy.

I never used to understand why people would get so irritated by boy names on girls, but now I get it. Girls are stealing every name, next thing you know there is going to be a girl on the playground named Matthew. Sigh.