Parent Wants To Name Their Son Elizabeth, Gets A Reality Check Online

I think people should rename themselves if they want to fight this battle.

When choosing an unusual name for a child, the first and foremost question a parent should ask themselves is "Is my kid going to get bullied for hacving such a name?" - If there is even a small chance for the answer to be "yes", then the name should be rejected.

Facepalm at parents who use their children for political / activist purposes. Leave the child alone. If you want to make a 'statement' just change your own name to Bruce or something. FWIW, a boy named Elizabeth would probably end up being called Eli, like Eli Whitney who invented the cotton gin.

I immediately thought of the Johnny Cash song “A boy named Sue”. Sure, it’s a sexist world out there, but do you really want your son to be the one to “die on that hill”, so to speak? Every time they take attendance his name will be called. He is going to be made fun of by the boys and get bullied. If you want him to go through his childhood that way for the sake of your soap box, you need to think long and hard about your son, not yourself.

I jokingly told my sister to name her son after me (I'm an Elizabeth) and told her Elijaben was the make equivalent 🤣 ....if you like the name Elizabeth then think of a similar/adjacent name. Ellis, Elijah, Billie, Elias, Ellison, Eliam, Ezra, Enzo....

I worked with a man named Lynn. Yes, it can be a male name. But everyone just assumes it's female. The poor guy spent all day every day answering phones like "Yes, this is he. No, I'm not a woman. Ha ha, yes funny!" Clearly he did NOT find it funny. He was a young man too, so he has a whole life's worth of calls like that yet to come. Parents need to remember that their tiny baby will at some point become an adult and need to use the name they were given. No one wants to be signing their emails with Stardust McKinleigh Jones. :)

Stop choosing kids names to make a statement! For meow's sake! THEY are the ones that will have to carry the burden of it. I am sick of these self-obsessed parents who treat their kids as playthings.

If you want to name a boy a girl's name or vice versa, use something like Terry, Pat etc

Naming a boy Elizabeth is instant bully bait.

I don't know why but I think of a Monty Python skit. "My names spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht but it's pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove" . Or, just do what's popular now, make up a name with your own pronunciation. (As Popeye would say, pronunskiashun)

Come on. This is a joke. And I fell for it, clicking on it, and so did the rest of us. And if someone really wants to name their son Elizabeth let them. If they had really wanted to do so, it wouldn't be on the internet.

Just name him Sue and be done with it.

the mother should try to change her name to Michael or John but should not name her son Elizabeth

They all forgot Chris. What up with that

Funny how despite being vehemently anti kid *I'm* the one not treating naming them for life like naming a pet.

As both a mother and an Elizabeth, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?! 🤦‍♀️

Confirmed: anti-bullying rhetoric has gone too far.

But why? What are your trying to prove? There are girl and boy names, that had been the case forever. Why this need to fight every tradition?

She wants to name her son Elizabeth? Look. In the dictionary for Dumb Broad! There is her picture! And a line of bullies just waiting to beat this poor child's a*s in school!

I think Elizabeth is a great name for a boy. That is if you want him to get beat up every day. At least once.

"You just have to follow it with something tough and cool and kool and tuff. Like, 'Bulldozer.' Jody Bulldozer. Nobody's going to think that guy's a girl. Anyway, Ms. Dozer..."

I was named Elizabeth (Female) I didn't like people calling me Liz so I told my coworkers I went by Eli (pronounced Ellie). Most people call me Eli until I correct them but Eli is a perfectly good masculine name. Don't forget Johnny Cash's classic song A boy named Sue.

Surprised that it wasn't mentioned that a lot of the suggestions for "feminine" (whatever that means) boys names are... traditional boys names! Llewellyn, Mallory, Ashley, Whitney, Aubrey, Shannon, Lindsey, Hillary, Kimberley, Kelley all used to be considered boys names not that long ago.

Why do people have to try and be so 'edgy' and 'ooh look at me'. I'd change my name as soon as I hit 18. So glad my parents were normal humans.

I hate my name and always have. I can’t image being a boy and being named Elizabeth. This mom is doing it for a trendy social norm reason. This isn’t the place to do it. The boy will hate his mom. This boy will always think his mom wanted a girl and named him accordingly.

Wouldn’t it be both funny and sad if a kid with a weird name grew up, started school and just refused any part of it? “Stop calling me Jennifer, I am Jimmy” or vice versa.

You could name him Sue! But spell it Sioux! My name is Sioux. How do you do?

this is a stupid post and is just there to bait people into arguments and debate which is dumb and is not a serious name she is considering and if it is she is very ignorant and I feel sorry for that kid having a mom project her gender politics into her child's life to only bring attention to herself for that she sees perceives as being brave or breaking boundaries in gender politics or something stupid like that🤨 SMH people like this are garbage

I saw a name on a headstone that I'd never seen before. Lavantia. It sounds feminine, but I could see it easily going both ways. Lavantia Pearson. I wish I could have known them, but they died before Arizona was even a registered state lol

My name is actually a nickname for Elizabeth (though, Elizabeth is not my real name), that being said, I agree with the commenters that say they should consider the fact that the son has to live with this name. I don't know where they're from, but, legally speaking, in the US , changing one's name can be a long and difficult process. I agree that there are plenty of similar alternatives to the name and I'm glad OP is open to that.

Name him whatever you want but just try to keep what's best for your child in mind. People aren't going to change, though. As progressive as we have gotten, there are always going to be people who make fun of boys for having anything feminine about them, and that's because they don't like women. To them, being a girl is the worse thing you can be. So if they play with dolls, or are too close to another boy, or cry, someone is going to give them cr@p about it. So teach your kid that isn't true or figure out a good nickname -Zeb or Zeth...I don't know...and he'll be okay. I'd prefer this over Moonbeam Astroshine. Or worse, the people who name their kids Hitler or something horrible that is going to cause them a life of suffering until they are old enough to change it. I think Elizabeth is a bit of a stretch for a boy's name, but it's your kid. My favorite name is Harrison and whether I had a boy or girl, that was going to be my kid's name.

I'm starting the betting at $100 that poor boy doesn't make it through his first day of kindergarten. They're fixing to get that child murdered.

I'm on the parents' side on this. I'm SO SICK of the argument that you shouldn't give your kids distinguishing features (like names) bc other people will b AH to them if they don't conform to perceived "normalcy" which, btw, changes every few years. Find a f*****g spine, people. Being different can absolutely be a wonderful thing and if the kid doesn't like the name, the parents can file for a name change or request ahead of time with school officials that a middle name be used. If someone is a D**K to your kid, put the weight on THEM to straighten up and be a decent human being. We shouldn't constantly be pressured to fit into a s****y, intolerant, unimaginative society bc someone might be a jerk to us if we are in any way different. I might also remind you all that 1, there are PLENTY of things people are made fun of for that they CAN'T control. And 2, people WILL find something to relentlessly and viciously tease your kid over, no matter how "normal" you make them appear.