Poll! What do you think of 'Crosby'? (for a girl)

What do you think of Crosby, for a girl.
I know a little different, but I think it is kind of cool.
Plus i was checking it out on the nameberry search bar and they only have it for a boy. I know it is a boys name, but my best friend's name is Crosby and she is defiantly a girl.

I don't really like it for a girl. I really do like unisex names though. How about Darby?

I'm not a fan of it, immediately thought of a show that was on years ago called the Crosby show. Also it could be shortened to nn Cross.

The name Crosby probably has significance to your friend's parents, possibly her mother's maiden name, or her grandmother's, or other family name that didn't filter down to her generation. In some places, surnames that even sound masculine were given to girls - that doesn't make Crosby a "girls name." Now, it is becoming more common practice in general to use surnames for girls, but I still don't see Crosby as a girl's name unless it has significance to the parents. It is otherwise out of the blue, not really that attractive a choice. It would have to be really significant.

I think there is a dog named Crosby somewhere on tv, so mostly it reminds me of that, and not even Bing Crosby so much. Maybe your friend Crosby has a sisters named Hope and Lamour, and her parents just like the "Road to..." movies of the 1940s on, featuring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour, or maybe they liked "White Christmas." It's a very unusual name choice, and I think in the current scheme of surname names for boys and girls, this one's for boys whether you have a reason or not, or for girls only if you have a good reason.

I think if Crosby is one in a set of quadruplets, you could name the other three: Stills, Nash, and Young.

Or... maybe not. :)

-- Nephele

I am sorry to say that I really dislike it. I know it can be easy to be blinded by sentimental value, though - before I knew the gender of my little boy, I considered some names that, when looked at objectively, I know are horrible or not my style at all, but I was swayed by the fact that they were names of close friends.

How about Darcey/Darcy? It's in the same style, has literary connections (although to a male) which lend it a romantic feel, and is the name of a brilliant retired ballerina.

I am not American, but wasn't it the Cosby show? Crosby just makes me think of Bing, I'm afraid.

Sorry but you did ask!
xx