Emerson

My son Andrew Emerson, is the 4th generation of MALES in the family with E as a middle name. Too masculine for a girl.

I think the name is more for a boy. My son is named Kaiden Emmerson and he is every bit of his name.

Emerson is clearly a boys name. My name is Emerson and by my personality I couldn't imagine a girl having my name. Emerson is a very masculine name and I go by Em, Emer, or just plain Emerson. I am proud of my name and if I were a girl I would definitely not want to be named Emerson, just because it sounds so masculine. And for the person who said Emerson is an ugly boy name, they can screw themselves, I take offense by them calling my name ugly.

We have a beautiful 2 year old girl name Emersyn Justine. We love the name. We get compliments on her name all the time. We thought spelling it with a Y would make it look more "girlie". It is starting to become more popular as a girls name. I don't find it very masculine for a boy name. But to each there own.

I thought I was being fairly original in '01 when we named our daughter Emerson...oh well, I still love the name:)

There are so many nice girl names out there. Good boy names are hard to come by. So, I can't stand it when parents choose boys names for girls. Emerson is very mucy a masculine name. If you want to cutzie it up for a girl just go with Emmy or Emma.

I agree with Joe, I have a SON named Riley. Back when I named him you didn't see lit'l girls with this name. Why give a girl a boys name, if you want to call her Emmy or Emma just name her that! Heres to all the Emerson, Riley, Hayden, Payton, Taylor, Ryan!

when i first heard the name i immediately thought this is a boys name...guess most people thought something different...It sounds great either way though.

I found the meaning for the "girl version of Emerson. I spelt it Emersyn and this is what I found: Meaning: Its source is Emery, an English name meaning "Home strength." On the website I found it , it said it was a girls name.

i agree with the two comments above about naming girls with boys names. For some reason you can always name a girl a boys name but NEVER name a boy a girls name.. weird. But i probably shouldn't be talking, my name (Shannon) is listed as a boys name :/

We named our 2 year old daughter Emmerson Lyn and we LOVE IT! To me, it sounds very feminine. Although we do call her Emmi as a nickname, we call her Emmerson just as much. MANY people have commented on what a beautiful name she has and it fits her wonderfully! She is a very strong-willed, independent and caring little girl...we are so happy we chose this name!

My daughter is naming her baby daughter Emersyn Aleese, and we LOVE IT!!! I know, I know! All you haters out there, it's been a boys name FOREVER! Not anymore!! Times are changing...and people need to GET OVER IT! My daughter has always like Emmy, because it sounded cute but only wanted it as a nickname not a given name. Emma and Emily are SOOO over used! Emersyn was the perfect solution! To us, it sounds VERY feminine!
To all of you who think it's only a boys name---NOT for long! It's to beautiful of a name to just be for a boy!! Just like generations ago Ashley, Aubrey and Lindsey were boys names, but not anymore! They also sounded too feminine and are now considered girls names.

I believe I'm going to chose this for my girl, and I love it so much. Who cares if I end up calling her Emmy or Emma? My name is shortened to Kaety and Kate, but I went back to Kaetlin. I think its pretty, and it pays homage to the poet.

In response to people who think Emerson/Emersyn can only be a boy's name, then what about Madison? MADISON is a girl's name yet nobody cares about the fact that 1. it has SON in it and 2. It was originally a male's name. Its time to get over the fact and get used to the word "unisex"!!! Boy names are becoming girl names. I see no problem with naming a girl Emerson, Hayden, Riley, Ryan, Peyton, Madison, Carson, or any other "boy" name. Change is coming!!!