Yay or nay?

kmvw · June 2014

Thinking of the name Blake for our baby girl. I like that it's not super popular but I don't want people to think it's too boyish either.

kandersn · June 2014

boy comes to mind

chapstix7 · June 2014

Very boyish.

LisaG09 · June 2014

I wouldn't call it boyish. It is 100% boy. No ish about it.

ProfessorMcGonagall · June 2014

Blake is 100% boy

==N== · June 2014

Nay. Love it for a boy but this is not a unisex name at all.

Ladymouse · June 2014

Nope, all male.

NerdyLucy · June 2014

If you give her a boy name, people will definitely think it's boyish.

lifeonthehill · June 2014

Nay

ajdubya126 · June 2014

Blake is boy to me. Maybe Blair?

Jags8 · June 2014

Nay.

Saratiff · June 2014

Lol yes if you name a girl a boys name it will be considered "boyish" nay nay nay nay

please there are so many gorgeous girl names out there please pick one of them

MoFree · June 2014

Nay.

sharksfan · June 2014

Team Nay

EXL311 · June 2014

No it's definitely a boy name and therefore definitely boyish.

Kate0034 · June 2014

I like a lot of boys' names on girls...but not this. Nothing about Blake sounds the least bit feminine.

saham07 · June 2014

But it IS too boyish!

ashiscute · June 2014

People will assume you have a boy if you say you have a LO named Blake.

plus12012 · June 2014

Nay that is way too boyish for me and I'm pro unisex names.

BlueRidge8 · June 2014

kmvw · June 2014

Thanks for all of your input. We are just stuck on naming our girl due in 6 weeks. Its a name DH suggested and at first I didn't like it but it was starting to grow on me. I have heard of girls being named Blake, so I thought I would just see what people's opinions were.

kandmarrocha · June 2014

I do love unisex names but this one tends to be more on the boy side. Now I would go with Blakley which is very close, but if you both love Blake go with that!

catahoulatte · June 2014

Nay.

What do you like about it? The B? The sound? Do you have other names you like?

LNic5 · June 2014

Blake is pretty boysih. If you're set on Blake, why not try Blakely or Blakesly? Those I find more feminine but still have Blake in them

NLJ82 · June 2014

I like boy names for girls and last names for boys. VERY UO here, so..of course..I love it

I would just expect to have you LO called a boy though, because it's gonna happen...like every day.

melody921 · June 2014

I think boy when I hear Blake

BlueRidge8 · June 2014

LNic5 said:

Blake is pretty boysih. If you're set on Blake, why not try Blakely or Blakesly? Those I find more feminine but still have Blake in them

This suggestion hurts me.

CiderWench · June 2014

I hate, hate, hate boy names on girls. Not cute; not unique.

okayestmom12 · June 2014

I'm a big fan of gender neutral names but Blake is all boy to me. What about Quinn/ Avery/ Ryan?

Kendrav4 · June 2014

I know I'll be in the minority but I love it. I've debated it but decided against it bc even though l love it, my daughter my hate it when she's older

divinemsbee · June 2014

I don't particularly like Blake on a boy, and I loath it on a girl. Team Nay.

Whenever I meet someone who named their girl(s) a boy name(s) I always wonder if one of the parents would have really preferred a boy and was so disappointed not to get one that they used the name anyway (knew a girl in high school named Christopher for that very reason).

I do understand sometimes using a family name or last name that is masculine as a middle name (for me, my GP name is Elizabeth Dale for my grandfather). But not for first names.

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