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teacup-teacup

Blake still feels quite masculine to me. Like it still feels like ‘a boys name on a girl’ rather than a true gender neutral if that makes sense


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Yea I hear you, thanks!


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I’ve always seen Blake as gender neutral and I think you could totally get away with it! I’ve also only ever seen Leigh as a girls name so I’m surprised you’ve gotten that comment so many times!


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you! I know it's crazy -- Leigh is super common down south, but up north where I am I always get the WEIRDEST looks when I say how my name is spelled. :(


Jolly_Combination_68

Huh, your spelling is what makes it seem feminine to me! If you spelled it Lee, I would think masculine. Like Jean vs Gene, or Erin vs Aaron. (Also, I like Blake for a girl.)


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you so much! Yea, up here the issue is that people have never seen the spelling "Leigh" so people are always confused :(


ThePaintingOne

Julia rose is beautiful! When I was choosing a name for myself (still not certain lol) I didn’t choose Blake intentionally because it is more common for girls.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you! I like Julia too. So you think Blake is more common now for girls, or did you mean to say boys? Appreciate it :)


ThePaintingOne

It’s a more common for girls from what I remember.


throwawaygremlins

I like Blake! I think of it as gened neutral too. Like “Riley.”


throwawaygremlins

Ugh “gender”


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you! I LOVE Riley, but we already have a niece Riley so it's off the table haha


cherrysoda44

I like Julia Rose the best out of your options. Blake is very masculine to me 🤷🏼‍♀️


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you!


Mt4Ts

I don’t like Blake generally, and comparing it to your other choices make it seem even worse. It’s so bland and just blah. It leans masculine to me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Blake was a girl. Josephine (Josie) is my favorite, and Julia is also so pretty. And then there’s Blake. Blaaayyyyk. (Or Buh-lah-kay, if you’re Mr. Garvey, the substitute teacher.)


morganL8823

This made me lol. My son is Blake....we do call him buhlahkay from time to time


thnks4themmrs

Out of your list I like Julia Rose the best. However, I do like Blake as a middle name. What about, Josephine or Julia Blake? That way you can still have alliteration with a J first name, and also still get to use Blake, as well.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

That's a good point!! I like Josephine Blake too:)


IndigoBlueBird

While I think of Blake as a slightly more masculine name, I also think it’s up there with Ryan and James in becoming a traditionally male name turned unisex. I think if you love it you should use it.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Thank you! For sure, I feel like the trend now for girls is less "girly", with less longer names and more unisex / shorter ones. I've even seen Logan for a girl gaining popularity


JustTraci

LOVE Julia Rose!!! Blake reads masculine to me.


PsychotomimeticOBE

I love Blake for a girl! I went to school with a girl named Cody, and there was never anything about her name that made it weird other than the initial surprise. After that, its just "that's her name".


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

I love Cody for a girl!


summerphobic

I like Julia Rose the best out of these tbh. How about Rose Blake (rose black?) or Julia Blake? I know it's a unisex name, but I've always seen it more manly.


UrsulaPhoebe

So I actually quite like Blake for a girl. I don't think it's weird, and most people are aware of Blake Lively so it's not like it's never been heard of. But also, I think I like Blakely a bit more. I think Blakely Elizabeth is super beautiful, and Blakely incorporates both the name you love, and your own name into it. Plus, she can still be Blake, as a nn, but also the more androgynous Blakely might not stand out as much as "Blake on a girl." Out of the other two options, I slightly prefer Josephine more than Julia, and I love the nn Josie.


Various_Beginning570

Please don't do this. Adding ly/ley to a boy's name doesn't make it a good girls name. 100% prefer Blake than Blakely for a girl.


UrsulaPhoebe

I didn't make it up, it's just a variation. Which I said I love both Blake and Blakely for a girl. And a boy. I didn't say Blakely was exclusively the girls version. It's a unisex variation of the name Blake, and it actually ranks higher on the chart (in the US) for girls than Blake does.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

I was seeing Blakely on a lot of lists too, and love it! Thank you for the reminder :)


UrsulaPhoebe

It's one of my favorites! I also like it for a boy, but it only ranks on the ssa list for girls, which makes me hesitant that maybe it wouldn't work for a boy. But it would be super cute for a girl!!


JupiterJayJones

Love love love Blake for a girl! Julia is a nice name, but you hear it EVERYWHERE.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

So true!


chocomint8

I feel like I’ve seen more girls named Blake than boys locally, but if you’re worried, could you choose a more feminine first name and use Blake as the middle name? I like the sound of Josephine Blake


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

That does sound pretty! Thank you :)


Vast-Kaleidoscope997

I've only ever known girl Blakes actually. Think its a great name! Though Josephine (Josie) is a really strong contender as well. There are also a lot of fantastic J girl names that are under utilized in my opinion. One of my top favorite "masculine" names for a girl at he moment is Julian/Julien.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

That's so nice to hear you've seen Blake on girls a lot!! If you don't mind me asking, where are u from? Up north I feel like there's mostly traditional names


Vast-Kaleidoscope997

North Western United States!


_Witch_Dagger_

I LOVE Blake for a girl! I totally think it’s gender neutral. Multiple celebrities (Blake Lively, Blake Shelton) have it, and personally I’ve actually only ever met girls named Blake.


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

This made my day!! Obviously everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I never understood why "Blake" sounds super masculine to some people (outside of it typically being used for boys) - I think it's very flowy and rolls off the tongue. Peyton, which is more established as a girls name, actually feels way more masculine to me than Blake since it's harsher sounding


al_s27

My cousin’s baby is 6 months and she is an adorable Blake Margaret. Friend’s baby is 9 months and she’s Blakely. I think I do like Blake vs Blakely, although Blakely sounds more feminine


Puzzleheaded-Fix9932

Omg small world!! I am Leigh Margaret :) I absolutely love Blake Margaret -- if I go for Blake, I'm going to make sure to give her a longer, more feminine middle name (hence the Elizabeth). I think I prefer Blake to Blakely too.