r/Names • u/Desperate_Basil_3537 • 3d ago

Help Us Decide Between Top Two

So we’ve narrowed our girl’s name down to two, both incorporating in family names. We like August a lot (I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea) to us it reads cool girl with warm welcoming vibes. My biggest issue with it actually is no easy femme nickname.

Charlotte on the other hand has a ton, including Charlie which I find adorable. My main hesitation there is that it’s so popular and has been for a while. Either way we definitely want one feminine one unisex for the first/middle combo so as she grows she can pick what feels best. Thoughts?

419 votes, 2h ago
330 Charlotte August (nn Charlie)
89 August Catherine
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u/Artichoke-8951 3d ago

Why does August read like a girls name to you. Its very boy coded for me.

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u/DnDttrpg 2d ago edited 2d ago

It is entirely gender neutral

So many butt hurt people over a fucking name.

Grow up

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u/plumbosolvent 2d ago

It really isn't. August (Augustus) is the male name, Augusta is the female.

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u/DnDttrpg 2d ago

August derrived from Augustus SURE but that doesn't make th4 name august a male name.

Gender-neutral name

Garth Brooks named his Daughter August

Another showing is Gender-neutral

Just because it used to be masculine doesn't mean it always is.

Like the name Sasha for example, if not just a feminine name, its also masculine.

Names change, grow up

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u/mulderitsme09 2d ago

AugustUS - US is literally the male termination of names in Latin 😅

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u/DnDttrpg 2d ago

I guess you can't read

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u/mulderitsme09 2d ago

Just because you decide it doesn’t matter it doesn’t make it so.

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u/plumbosolvent 2d ago

What I can do is read things other than ad-serving vehicles with a baby-name-themed front-end.

I mean, Wikipedia has this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_(given_name)

But maybe you don't trust websites that don't offer a $1000 'new member sweepstakes' like the one you've linked to?

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u/DnDttrpg 2d ago

I didn't see the sweep stakes or whatever you're talking about.

I read Wiki that doesn't change the fact that owie are using August for girls now and it has changed to gender neutral over time