Felix as a girls' name?

[kathrynsarah]

@izzy.indigo: wow, I am a huge huge huge believer in equal rights, especially gay marriage, and none of these thoughts have ever crossed my mind about names! I have to say I'm very glad I came back to this thread and got to read your post! It is actually making me think twice about names I have crossed off my list because they were "too this or too that." Thank you for the enlightenment, and also to the other posters who stayed positive and weren't downright rude!,

[amberdaydream]

Sorry, I'm not a fan of Felix on a girl.

[whirligig]

Never thought about it before but it kinda appeals to me if you use a more feminine middle. I wouldn't use it myself but then again I love Jasper on a girl and everyone hates that. If your feeling brave go for it or like other people have said use something like Felicity and use Felix as a nn.

[hayley88]

Why in a perfect world would all names be unisex?
Is it feminism that pushes people towards it?
Why is it that people post these questions and then others who dislike or disagree are wrong or somehow holding the human race back?
In what way will having all names as unisex change the fact that there are gender differences? Biological rather than societal I mean.
Does that mean we should raise our children as "gender neutral" until they choose themselves?
This thread was gotten way out of hand. So some people don't like the idea and some were a little rude about it? Plenty of people said they liked it. What does that tell us...oh that people have different opinions and you can't please everyone. That is pretty much all.

[dresdendoll]

While I don't really see it for a girl, I guess it's something that could catch on for girls, and I can imagine myself warming to it eventually. In which case, I would end up preferring it for a girl, because then it would just be totally unique and cool (not just the old name Felix for a boy, which, for me, initially brings to mind Felix the Cat). It's in the similar vein of Diane Keaton's daughter, Dexter...both masculine-sounding names with x.

[flick]

Why in a perfect world would all names be unisex?
Is it feminism that pushes people towards it?
Why is it that people post these questions and then others who dislike or disagree are wrong or somehow holding the human race back?
In what way will having all names as unisex change the fact that there are gender differences? Biological rather than societal I mean.
Does that mean we should raise our children as "gender neutral" until they choose themselves?
This thread was gotten way out of hand. So some people don't like the idea and some were a little rude about it? Plenty of people said they liked it. What does that tell us...oh that people have different opinions and you can't please everyone. That is pretty much all.

I have to agree here to an extent.

Women are not men and men are not women. Does that mean we are not equal? NO - it means I recognize that fact that we have differences. It does NOT mean that I do not think everyone, no matter what, should be equal, I'm a HUGE civil right's advocate - I just think that turning a blind eye to the fact that there ARE differences between men and women is ridiculous and a little ignorant.

[flick]

This being said - the whole double standard behind the "unisex" name movement is what gets me. If we're all for equality, then why aren't feminine names being used for boys? If you name your daughter Felix, why can;t you name your son Victoria? Too feminine? That's what I thought

[izzy.indigo]

Why in a perfect world would all names be unisex?
Is it feminism that pushes people towards it?
Why is it that people post these questions and then others who dislike or disagree are wrong or somehow holding the human race back?
In what way will having all names as unisex change the fact that there are gender differences? Biological rather than societal I mean.
Does that mean we should raise our children as "gender neutral" until they choose themselves?
This thread was gotten way out of hand. So some people don't like the idea and some were a little rude about it? Plenty of people said they liked it. What does that tell us...oh that people have different opinions and you can't please everyone. That is pretty much all.

A lot of things would make this world perfect. Genderless names would be one thing that would set off others, ultimately changing society for the better.

I never said anyone should raise there children that way, just that I wish we could. It seems pretty much impossible in the world we live in and I wish it wasn't. Anyway, this is straying from the topic. I just want to say that if names didn't have feminine and masculine connotations children wouldn't grow up so bound to gender. I realize there are going to be men and women and masculine people and feminine people, but I don't think it's quite right for us to stick feminine names on babies that are born "girls" and masculine names on babies that are born "boys". If names were genderless and children were brought up doing what they love (don't discourage a boy from playing with dolls and that sort of thing) people would end up being able to be themselves, whoever that may be.

I have to agree here to an extent.

Women are not men and men are not women. Does that mean we are not equal? NO - it means I recognize that fact that we have differences. It does NOT mean that I do not think everyone, no matter what, should be equal, I'm a HUGE civil right's advocate - I just think that turning a blind eye to the fact that there ARE differences between men and women is ridiculous and a little ignorant.

No one is turning blind eyes here.

This being said - the whole double standard behind the "unisex" name movement is what gets me. If we're all for equality, then why aren't feminine names being used for boys? If you name your daughter Felix, why can;t you name your son Victoria? Too feminine? That's what I thought

You can. The problem is not that it is too feminine, it is that boys are brought up to think that the have to be manly and masculine. Boys pick on each other a lot more. Well, more is debatable, but still, it is hard for a boy to not have a masculine name. Why? Not because the feminine name is too feminine, but because the boy (or at least his friends) are raised in a society that tells them they need to be capital M Men. If people just start giving boys "girl's names", like people are doing for girls, it will become the norm, and voila, a big chunk taken out of gender stereotyping.

I know this is all unlikely to happen. People are too stuck to binary gender. *sigh* And if it does I'll probably be long dead and buried along with my great-great grandchildren.

Anyway, I hope I haven't offended or irked anyone here. I didn't mean for my first post here to in such a debate! Forgive me if I've come on to strong.

[jasmineroses]

I think Felix is cute! Go for it. If met a woman named Felix, I would tell her how lovely her name is. Do whatever you want.

[hayley88]

Why born "girls" or "boys"? Unless you have a rare medical condition, you are actually are born one or the other? What a person may later choose to identify as,as an adult doesn't change that.
I don't see how having 100% unisex names would make a great deal of difference to the world. Clearly we are not going to agree on that point.