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I like the way it sounds, it's not too mannish sounding - but Merlin is a dude, no question about it. Besides, hardly anyone even names their boys Merlin because it is too dorky on boys. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to go through life as a woman named Merlin. It's still a man name, and until everyone else is using it for girls, I wouldn't even remotely consider using it for a daughter. It just seems lame to use a name for a daughter that you know everyone will assume is a guy's name ... it seems to suggest you thought there's something cool or sexy about sounding like you're male when you're not. "Merlin Elizabeth" just sounds comical. If it were already trendy to use it for girls, though, and there was a common expectation that a Merlin *could* be female - I have to admit I'd probably be guiltily on that bandwagon. It "feels" like it could be unisex to me.

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Merle is unisex, and 'lin' is a common ending sound for female names, so IMO the only problem is just the perception that it's exclusively masculine. But I think that's a big problem.

This message was edited 3/21/2013, 1:20 AM