Baby Name Poll Results

Every boy name is used on girls, which doesn’t mean they sound good on girls. August does not sound good on a girl, imo. Go with Augusta. That’s lovely and feminine and can have any of the same nicknames as August.

I think the title of the poll says it all. That’s what your child will be hearing for the rest of her life. I know people use those names for girls, but honestly, they sound horrible and none of the girls that I have met with names like Tristan or Ryan seem to fit the name.

I absolutely love August on a girl! Definitely needs a frilly middle name too...

Rose
Shay
Cheyenne
Claire
Marie

Good luck!!

Anything seems to go on either gender these days but I would personally never use August on a girl

I have a daughter named Aspen and I am considering August for our next girl. I found it on this site years ago.

August on a girl seems kind of tacky. Augusta would be a better option.

I wouldn’t go with August... just seems a bit too masculine. What about Auden? It’s unisex. I think Auden with a girly middle name would be nice.
Suggestions...
Auden Rose
Auden Maria
Auden Lucille
Auden Meredith
Auden Isabella

Hope I helped! Good luck!v19

Augusta isn’t even pronounced the same way as August. Girl, if you and your spouse love the name, use it! You will regret choosing popular opinion over your true desire in the long run.

Oh I love Auden. I’ll have to run that by hubby too! I’ve never heard of Aspen, I find that beautiful. Thanks so far, would love more suggestions.

Don’t do it. It sounds like you were expecting a boy, but got a girl instead, so you gave her a boy name in wishful thinking that she were actually a boy. Especially because you had it picked out for a boy, you shouldn’t use it for a girl. And that’s in addition to it being really odd for a professional woman to have the name and all the teasing she’ll get in school. All things considered, you’re better off finding a girls name (doesn’t have to be frilly, just feminine enough). Save August for your next baby, if he’s a boy.

I like it better than Ryan and Parker and some of the other so called unisex names but to be honest, I do think these names are just best avoided. I don’t think it’s fair on the child.

My aunt had the same dilemma...ish. For her it was that they could only have the one child and she really really loved this one boy name that she knew she wouldn’t get to use so she was considering using it for her daughter. This was way back when, when a girl Emmett would have been the weirdest, most out-there thing (to be honest, still would). She went through months of trying it out in fake situations (school reports, work interviews, calling the name out at the park), but what finally did it was at a swim meet, the announcer said "and it’s Emmett in the lead!" or something like that and she just knew they couldn’t be talking about a girl. Anyway, she named her daughter after her sister and put Emmett as the middle name. Point is, it may seem cute and simple (as you wouldn’t have to find another name), but in the long run, it’s not what’s best for your daughter. If you really want, though, you could use August as the middle name. Hannah August or Catherine August would be nice. If you want a similar-sounding name, Audrey or Arlen would be nice, although then you couldn’t use August for a future boy.

I find it perfectly acceptable for either gender. It’s not at all as masculine as many "unisex" names im seeing these days.

If you use August you should be aware that she’ll get mistaken for a boy fairly often. Maybe that doesn’t bother you (though it might bother her). Another thought to keep if you plan to have more kids is how her name will affect the way they’re viewed.

If you have a daughter named August and a daughter named Lydia (or some other feminine name), people are going to be more likely than previous to consider the first child a boy. And if she doesn’t like it, it could make her resent having the masculine name while her sister gets the feminine name.

If you name your daughter August and her sister Parker (or some other boy name on a girl) or if you name her August and have a boy next with any male name, you’ll get people thinking they’re every combination of genders. Again, some kids that will bother and some it won’t.

Personally I don’t think it’s worth the trouble and the possibility that it will bother her or her potential brother or sister. There are so many pretty girl names that it seems kind of absurd to use a boy name when you have no idea what her personality will be.

*to keep in mind

Well, this is indeed our only child. We are foster parents and have tried for 8 yrs to conceive this miracle. If we make it through this, it will be out only biological child. That’s why I want it to be so special to my husband.

Can’t use Audrey, thats my nieces name.

It’s way too masculine, just because you can doesn’t mean you should! Autumn could be a nice and feminine alternative.

Autumn
Aurora
Aurelia
Audra
Amethyst
Celeste
Tempest

If you really, really love it and this will be your only child, use it as a middle name.

I’ve been a primary school teacher for 28 years. One couldn’t possibly imagine the confusion we go through, sorting names of children we haven’t yet met. Seeing August on a little girl would actually be refreshing in my opinion. It is a common word, but not a common name. It us certainly a better option than what seems to popular in recent days.
Regardless of how her personality will be, a person and their name are one. A name does not make a person. The person makes the name. In other words, chose the name you love, and you will never be able to see her as anything other than that name.

I know sisters named Kerrigan and August. One is a doctor and one is a dental hygienist. Kick-butt women too!! I have never met another person by either of these names.
Forget "other’s" opinions and be bold enough to do chose what you love.

A person makes her name but she can still be affected by other people’s opinions. I know a 10 year old girl named Avery, which has gotten more common on girls than boys in recent years and she probably mostly comes in contact with people who don’t blink at it on a girl. But she hates that it’s a boy name and has been asking people to call her Ava for a year or so. Some people really want to be called something gender specific. Avery can easily go to Ava but I don’t know what girly version you could get out of August if she wanted a female sounding name.

Thanks for all the insight. I certainly have alot to consider now. I will see if hubby will consider it as a middle name, and I will also run the names Aspen and Auden by him. I havent seen any other name suggestions that hit me like these two. I’ll check back in once we’ve talked about it! We have 2 1/2 more months to decide.

August on a girl? Call me crazy, but i love it!

A black female actress known as Queen Latifah, played a girl named August in a movie.

My name is August! I’m 19! You have no idea how happy this poll makes me. I have never resented my name and I know I will go far in my career as a CPA. It’s sillynto think a name could hold you back in life, that’s ridiculous.
August Rianne!!!

Um I’m not sure what the problem here is....August for a girl name is so completely acceptable where I’m from. Do your research people. It’s definitely heard of!

Just because others are doing it, doesn’t mean you should. Think about what we always tell our kids "if Johnny jumps off a cliff, will you do it to?"

It’s not quite horrible like Parker or Hunter or something like that on a girl, but take it from someone who has worked in schools, in dozens of summer and winter camps, as a teen counsellor and lately in an office, boy names on girls work maybe 10% of the time. Yes, it can work and people always say they know someone for whom it works, but for the other 9/10, it doesn’t. I wouldn’t go with those odds.

Do you like country music? Garth Brooks has a daughter named August! You’re welcome.

I’m baffled that most of these opinions perceive it as a boys name being given to a girl. In Croatia, you will see it on girls. In Germany, you will see it on boys. It’s not a boy name on a girl. It’s clearly a unisex name.

It depends where you live. In America its neutral. In Germany its more for a male. If you’re not living in either of those, who cares?

"If Johnny jumps off a cliff, will you do it too?" Hahahaa that is ridiculous! We are talking about whether or not to use a gender neutral name, not suicide! Lighten up folks!!!

Mysteriously lovely.... Definitely for a female. I can see a strong willed successful woman, with a gentleness about her, named August.

Not unisex at all! August isn’t on the name charts for girls in any country! August however its common in USA and very common for boys throughout Europe. As a form of Augustus has been a male name since the Roman empire.

I know an Augusta who goes by the nn Gussi (Gus-ee), I have always thought of August as unisex because there is a male and female version of it. If you love the name use it! Certainly better then some names out there :) ~ all the best Cx

It’s quite masculine. I don’t see it as feminine at all.

I absolutely adore the name August for a boy, but I could certainly see it working on a girl, as well. It’s really cute.