# Favorite names - for boys or girls?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729 "2002-05-13T01:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Lyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyra)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/21 "2002-05-14T01:16:04Z")
I forgot one more. Girl = Kerrigan ---
**Author:** ![Lyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Lyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyra)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/22 "2002-05-14T01:17:15Z")
I forgot one more. Girl = Kerrigan ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/23 "2002-05-14T03:23:26Z")
Female… Melody Ann Angela Dawn Male… Joshua Jacob or just Jake ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/24 "2002-05-14T03:38:35Z")
{b]Lyra:\*\* “Joshua Jackson”? Intentional? 😃 I like Alan for a boy. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/25 "2002-05-14T05:07:49Z")
My boyfriend’s name is Jack and he’s been teased unmercifully all his life by it. \ For girls, I don’t like Katherine, Laura/Lauren, Leslie, or Deborah because so many girls had that name when I was in school we had to call them by their last names. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/26 "2002-05-14T20:45:30Z")
My girlfriend’s name is Felicia. I like it cause it’s unique and pretty. Carol is a nice name. You could start it with a K to be diffirent if you really wanted to, I guess. For an unusual name, Cadfael. Might not be for everyone though. Leo is ok, but he’ll likely be called Leo **nerd** by cruel kids. ``` Casper, just for the hell of it. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/27 "2002-05-15T00:04:17Z")
Well, congrats on your little “project”! 🙂 I love the name Jade for a little girl, but please don’t use it if your last name is Greene. 😛 For a boy, I like Dylan and Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729/28 "2002-05-15T02:09:15Z")
Here’s some more: Girls: Margaret, Julia, Glorianna, Pearl, Maxine, Ruby, Nerissa, Bernadette, Meredith Boys: Trevor, Brett, Barry, Tristan, Edward, Lucius or Lucien [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-names-for-boys-or-girls/108729.md?page=1)