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How about Daniel? Danielle is too feminine in my opinion.

Just spell it Daniel and the Fr. still pronounce it like Danielle... With the double l and e, it becomes feminine, but the Fr. pronounce it the same, so you can too if you want.

The difference is that Carol is a legitimately unisex name. More commonly used on girls? Oh, definitely. But Danielle is a feminisation of a male name, making it's use on a man...kind of silly. Especially as it's so close to Daniel anyway.

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There are many unisex/gone to the girls names, and those would "match" Carol a lot better. Some suggestions:

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Ashley
Laurie (maybe Lauren? I've always thought it sounded very masculine)
Robin
Evelyn
Lindy, Lindsey
Jocelyn (Joss)
Joyce
Marion

I've seen it on boys, nms

Carol is not bad because of its tie to Karol which was the given name of the pretty famous Pope John Paul II.

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Danielle is overtly feminine and, although I can understand it in a guilty pleasure kind of way using it on an actual child is a no go for me. I knew a boy from spain named Daniel pronounced fairly close to Danielle (dahn-yell vs. dann-yell) so you could probably pull off this prn. with Daniel without having to add the feminine ending.

It IS too feminine. What's wrong with Daniel? The pronounciation isn't awfully different from Daniel. Why not just use that? Why use a name you foresee your son might not like?

Carol is both a male and a female name so works fine even though I personally wouldnt use it, Danielle is a feminine name full stop save it for a daughter.
If you want a name that sort of matches then at least choose another unisex name a few examples
Alexis
Ashley
Kelly
Kerry
Kim
Lesley
Lindsey
Stacey

I'd just use Daniel, Danielle is a feminine form of a name, whereas Carol is the original name.

I don't like it. The -elle at the end is way to fem for a boy impo. Why not just Daniel? or if you must got w/ a Danielle-esque name Daniell.

If it's the sound that you like why not go with the Hebrew pronounciation (dan-YEL)or the French pronounciation (Dahn-nee-el)of Daniel? They have a similar sound, imo, to Danielle. Danielle for a boy is too feminine.

It is feminine, but I sort of think it can work though. Daniella to me would be going a bit too far, but Danielle seems okay.

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I see what some people are saying about Daniel, but the thing is, having named your first son Carol, he will now wonder why you gave your second son a more regular boy name (I mean you could have put Carol as a mn to honor your husband's grandfather). So, I think you should tend towards a softer first name for your second son too, something that is unisex. Personally, I still think Danielle could be okay in this instance.

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Edit: I agree with some of the others posting here though. You could spell it Daniel but pronounce it Danielle which is a bit more like the French pronounciation, but then he will have to correct them all the time too.

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Chels'

This message was edited 10/13/2008, 8:26 AM

Please, no. Just go with Daniel. It's overdone, but it's still a nice name, and your son won't wonder for the rest of his life if you had really wanted a girl THAT badly.

You know what else gets you to Dan or Danny? Daniel.

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It is way, way, way, WAY too feminine. It is the girl's version of the man's name. Carol was at least originally masculine. Danielle was ALWAYS a girl's name and was created so that people could use a version of Daniel on a girl.

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Daniel is wonderful. Danielle, not so much.

No way.

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If you want, I can add that to my post below.