Boys’ names make the leap to girls

EVER since I was a little girl, I wanted a daughter and I imagined I would call her

Charlie. Fast forward about 30 years and my husband wasn’t so keen on using what is traditionally a boys’ name on his only daughter.

I still love the name so we named our son Charlie, and when our daughter came along, she was named a very feminine (and insanely popular) Olivia.

According to research by Mccrindle, names that are traditionally boys’ names are on the rise for girls.

These super cute names, like Billie, Frankie and Harper, have moved up in the top 100 Australian baby names.

Billie, the name of Chris and Rebecca Judd’s daughter, went from 82nd place up to 57th on the girls’ list in 2017.

Frankie climbed up from 69th to 49th in the same period, and Harper now sits in 10th place after climbing from 72nd position in just two years.

While many clearly consider boys’ names on a baby girl to be adorable, we’re yet to see any little boys called Olivia or Charlotte, and we think those might be a while off yet.

Photo: istock OH BOY: Parents are getting into the swing of giving their daughters more masculine names.