WHEN WILL IT STOP???
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WHEN WILL IT STOP???
| Thu, 03-08-2007 - 9:31pm |
UGUGHHH!!!!!
I just went to one of our local hospitals virtual nurserys and guess what? Another name gone to the girls!!!
Since when did Grayson become an unisex name? I really liked this one (not for me to use but I know ALOT of boys w/ this name!) There she was pretty in pink Grayson Ann.
WDYT? I am slow? Are all boy names unisex?

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I have seen it quite a few times already, usually spelled Gracyn. It has the built in nn of Gracie, I guess that appeals to the parents.
I do agree with you though, growing up with a unisex name myself, I hate that so many perfectly good boys names have gone to the girls.
When I lived in NC, Grayson was an EXTREMELY popular name in the under 5 crowd...for girls. I never met a single boy named Grayson, but I knew at least six girls with this name.
While I admit that I don't understand in general the anguish unisex names seem to cause some people, I REALLY don't understand it when it comes to names that are actually surnames. Those names have been given to boys AND girls for centuries. They might have been more common for boys, but this is certainly not a new trend. I can see why a girl name Thaddeus or Theodore or Benjamin might be shocking and elicit a "WHEN WILL IT STOP???" post, but is it really SO shocking to see a girl named Grayson?
it's not going to stop, but it won't happen to the super-classic, traditional, biblical-sort boys names I don't think- things like :
Benjamin, Christopher, Charles, David, Douglas, Daniel, Edward, Franklin, Gregory, George, Henry, Harry, Isaac, Isaiah, Joshua, Joseph, James, John, Kenneth, Lucas, Lawrence, Matthew, Michael, Marcus, Nathan, Nathaniel, Nicholas, Oliver, Patrick, Robert, Richard, Stephen, Scott, Thomas, Timothy, Victor, Vincent, William, Walter, Zachary
although I have heard Michael for a girl a few times, but when you think about it, a lot of those names I listed have a FEMININE version - ie:
Christopher - Christina, Kristin etc
Daniel - Danielle
Joseph - Josephine/Josette etc
James - Jamie
Kenneth - Kendra
Michael - Michelle, Michaela, Mikayla
Nathan/Nathaniel - Natalie/Natasha
Nicholas - Nicole
Oliver - Olivia
Patrick - Patricia/Patrice
Robert- Roberta/Robin
Richard - Richelle
Stephen - Stephanie
Victor - Victoria
so I think back years ago some of those names began that way deliberately - to be a female version of the male name - then somewhere along the line, everyone just must've said "oh, what the heck, no matter if it's a boys name, I'll just use it on my girl anyway" and then some names ended up almost completely crossing over like Morgan and Taylor
but I agree with you - I wish it could stop
the few that I can see being unisex along with Morgan and Taylor are Skylar, Payton, Hayden, Riley, Reagan, but I cannot see Hunter, Spencer, Emerson, and quite a few others I come across
hate to break it to ya, but i've known women named Gregg, Martin, Mitchell, Jon, Kyle, and George.
for Grayson, isnt too much different than Allison, which was origionally a boys name, so like many.
Ashley, Shannon, and even Julie was a boys name.
Surnames used as feminine names don't generally surprise me, though the -son and Mc-/Mac- names do seem odd if they have no special meaning (for example, I don't mind Emerson in general, but would like it much more if the father or another close relative was actually named Emery, KWIM?).
I've realized I don't even mind more masculine names used for girls, as long as the parents realize they are masculine and don't try to "girly" them up by purposefully misspelling them. And don't even get me started on how offensive I find that logic! I mean, why would an incorrectly-spelled name be automatically assumed to be the feminine version? Are we all poor spellers? I think not.
But I digress. Basically, all I'm saying is that I find Grayson for a girl perfectly fine. Not my style, but fine. Much more appealing than, say, Gracynn would be ("we liked Grayson, but wanted a more feminine spelling, and this way we can call her Gracie"). LOL You get my point.
FWIW, I find it much more puzzling when classic, traditional male given names are used for girls -- like Jeffrey John, for example (I know a woman named this LOL).
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I've known both male and female Graysons, so it doesn't surprise me. To me, Grayson--like Addison, Hunter, Harper, Parker, MacKenzie, Taylor, Emerson and countless others--is a surname used as a first name more than either a masculine or a feminine name. It's open season on these names for either gender, as far as I'm concerned, strictly a matter of parental preference.
Grayson in particular is attractive to parents searching for a more unisex choice thanks to its girlish nn, Gracie, similar to other names like Addison/Addy, Madison/ Maddie, and Emerson/Emmie. Grayson nn Gracie fits nicely into both the trend for unisex names and the trend for old-fashioned names.
Now, when Richard and Peter crack the girls top 1000, I'll join you in a chorus of "when will it stop??". :) Grayson, though, doesn't bother me a bit.
I've known a female David and a female Michael.
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