Kenzie for a boy?

[coopiez]

And I think Mackenzie is atleast more masculine...how do you possibly think that is more fem? At least you could call him Mac.

[dillonsfan01]

McKenzie is not the only way to get to Kenzie. The SSA list has Markenzie, Lakenzie, and Nakenzie as well. I can imagine that many of these girls would go by the more familiar Kenzie than these names. I added up the total number of female births in 2011 (the other posters statistics were from 2010) of girls named McKenzie (and all its spelling variations), Kenzie as well as the other -kenzie names that totals too 110,383 little girls with the name. As I mentioned in my previous post, I know 17 girls named McKenzie and at least half go by Kenzie. So that is a lot of little girl Kenzies running around. Over 2200 per state if you split it up evenly! If you add up the births for boys that is just a mere 59, just a little over 1 per state. If I were a boy I don't know that I would be too happy sharing my name with that many girls! Especially in a classroom setting, as a teacher we don't always know what gender the students in our classroom are. Several times I have changed name tags from blue to pink or vice versa. I imagine it gets old pretty quick for these kids always being mistaken for the wrong gender. I like a lot of unisex names on boys, such as Avery and Quinn, which are still ranked very high for boys, but I think this gender gap is just far to wide to name a boy Kenzie.

[marymom]

And I think Mackenzie is atleast more masculine...how do you possibly think that is more fem? At least you could call him Mac.

Just association, I guess. I've known two Mackenzies, both girls, who went by their full name. I've seen Kenzie just once, as a male character in a book.

[amberdaydream]

Kenzie is mostly a boys name in the UK, if that helps as well.

[mollykat78]

No.its way to girly for a boy!I lilked the Kenzo suggestion...

[cka]

If you love Kenzie, I say go for it. So what if he is mistaken for a girl? That will only happen on paper, and the people who see him and know him will know he is a boy. Having a "girly" name has not affected Morgan Freeman, Tracy Morgan, or Kelsey Grammer.

Exactly. Yes, there may be some confusions, but for the most part they are easily sorted out and one offs. Sure it can be a bit tiresome at times, but overall it is less of a big deal than people imagine. Teasing comes mostly from cues kids pick up from adults. If adults act like it is not a big deal, children will just accept it.

[parkerbelle]

No and that is coming from experience. My name is Parker and I am a woman in my 20s, so I was given a boys name well before the trend! Parker is still more common for boys. Don't get me wrong I love my name and I would never EVER change it, which is something I never thought I would say! It gets really old having your gender confused all the time. I had a teacher in grade school blow up at me because she had everyone seated in a boy-girl-boy-girl order and she assumed that Parker was a boy. I was just a little girl and it was not my fault that I had a traditional boys name, but she took it out on me anyways. This happened all the time through out my schooling. Though I love my name now, I know many people with similar experiences that do not and end up changing their name. The fact that you have to question is a big red flag for me. I know that many people here are all for unisex names on boys but to me this one is way past unisex! Names like Avery, Harper, Quinn, Kendal, Reece, Riley and so on are still unisex and work fine on both genders according to your taste. I'm sorry, and I mean this in a nice way, but it seems a little selfish to name your son Kenzie and just risking whether or not it will cause him problems. If you don't want something overtly masculine there are lots of options that are subtle boys names. What about Kelso? It gives me a unisex vibe, yet it is still entirely male

[whit32]

You could use Kenneth nn Kenzie. Just a thought.

[rollo]

Yes, it is not for the boys.