That's one thing I hate about unisex names.. Some people see them one way and some see it the other way..
I know plenty of people that think Riley sounds like a girls name and I shouldn't name my son that
They're SO many names throughout history that was once a boys name and now is pretty much strictly girls names and extremely popular at that.. Example: Ashley, Maddison.. Erm I had more but I forgot..
My dad's grand dad was named Maddison James and when I first found out it was a boy and my dad hated the name Damien he was like trying to convince me to name him after his grandpa.. Maddison for a boy in this day and age?!
That would NOT work..
He bugged me about it for weeks too, it irritated the crap outta me..(Even worse is I never knew the guy and the only stories I ever heard about him was like after he was dead for acouple minutes and got a brain injury from it and like threatened to kill them and went completely nuts!)
I'm so glad he stopped trying to get me to name him Maddison.. I think he's happy with Riley and I did make James his middle name which is my dads aswell..
I didn't do it for that purpose but I love the name James and it fit and hey its just an added bonus!