Baby Name: peyton
Boy Names Used as Girl Names in Pop Culture
Madison, Whitney, Ariel and Paris used to be boy names. Thanks to pop culture, all four are now considered girl names. Madison became a girl name after Splash came out in 1984. The other three were basically unisex until Whitney Houston, The Little Mermaid and Paris Hilton made them unfashionable for boys. In each case, [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names Also tagged addison, ariel, blake, eliot, elliot, elliott, leighton, madison, paris, quinn, reed, remy, rory, whitney
Naming a Baby Boy Shay – Yea or Nay?
A reader named Kelly e-mailed me this afternoon about the name Shay for her son. Kelly asked if I knew any girls or boys named Shay, and if I thought the name was “girly.” I’ve already sent her a reply, but my answers were basically: 1. Yes, I’ve met babies/kids of both genders named Shay/Shea/Shae. [...]
Unisex Names of 2007 – Peyton, Finley, Dominique, Dakota
Last year, over 60 baby names ranked in the top 1,000 for both boys and girls. Most of these names were much more popular for one gender than for the other. London, Morgan, Jamie and Harper were clear winners for the girls, for instance, and Logan, Micah, Charlie and Parker were used far more often [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unisex Names Also tagged dakota, devyn, dominique, finley, jordan, kasey, riley, rowan, skyler jaylin
Peyton – Girl Name or Boy Name?
I was just noticing that the (traditionally male) name Peyton is currently ranked 131st for baby girls and 138th for baby boys. I can’t think of any other baby names with this sort of dual-gender appeal at the moment (not even Payton-with-an-A). Here’s how Peyton has fared on both lists over the last decade: 1996 [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unisex Names Also tagged payton
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