Just wonder, if you'd use a boys name for your daughter, are you willing to use a girls name for your son? If no, why not?

I would never give my son a girl name. Likewise, I would never even consider giving my daughter a boy name. I'm not some crazy old trout who thinks that "boys should be boys and girls should be girls". In fact, gender stereotypes really grind my gears as I am a serious gender-equality advocate.

However, I do not support gender-bending names because, at the moment, the trend only goes one way. Boy names are being converted to unisex, but there are no girl names being converted to unisex. Not only that but, once a boy name goes unisex, suddenly people discourage parents from using that particular name for a boy because, deep down, people still see femininity (and girls as a result) as weak and submissive, and not something that boys should have anything to do with because boys are strong and superior, and need strong and superior masculine names to reflect this. In other words, people give their daughters boy names because the masculinity to them gives off the appeal of power and strength. But these same people would never give their sons girl names because that would be seen as lowering his status to that of a girl - and to many people still, there is no greater shame.

Therefore, gender-bending names is a sexist trend. Whether people want to acknowledge that fact or not is their choice, but I simply cannot support something so shameful when all it does is reinforce horrible stereotypes.

I WOULD NEVER GIVE MY CHILD A NAME THATS TO THE OPPOSITE GENDER. NEVER. I find that incredibly dumb, ignorant and causes future problems.

My daughters will have female names. My son with have male names. And that's the way it should be.

Unisex names I wouldnt even use just out of preference. There's only a very very few names that I can see as being unisex. Most names I either see as a boys name or a girls name.

I would use a boy name for a boy, a girl name for a girl. Because that's what's meant to be. names like Veronica and Theresa are NOT for boys. Names like Dylan and Evan are NOT for girls.

Im pregnant right now and if I have a girl her name is going to be Bobbie:) I think there are a lot of boy names that sound good for girls but I wouldn't name my son a girl name

Definitely. Where does it say anywhere that they are certified boy or girls names anyway? It's just a group of people that stick their head's out to find away to group names! I have a friend that named his son Avery, and he is just the cutest little thing. And someday I hope to throw out a so-called 'masculine' name for a daughter I may have.

I would use a boys name for my daughter

No I would not use a girls name for my son. I would worry he would be made fun of.

I wouldn't do either...certain names are asexual but even those names are often times spelled different for each sex...examples would be Aaron (boy) or Erin (girl)...the line between male and female is becoming more and more blurred each year and in turn our children don't understand what it means to be male or female, they end up homosexual or drag queens or something...