Charlie or Charley?

Hi everyone,

This is the only name that DH and I can agree on so far! We're having a little boy and we both love Charley/Charlie but not sure what the best spelling is. I've had a few people suggest it's a girlie name - I totally disagree but it made me wonder if the spelling would effect if others saw it as a boys or girls name. What do you think?

For the record I would have gone with 'ie' if I hadn't had the 'girlie' comments :)

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

i think for a boy the only way i would spell it was Charlie! charley is too girly for me

I think it's a cute name. I like it spelt Charlie.

I like it Charlie but I'd probably call him Charles on his birth certificate. Just my opinion

i know 4 Charlies (all boys) and they spell it the "traditional" way :) - I think Charley actually looks more girly! - When i saw that way of spelling it, my first instinct was to pronounce it Char-lei :redface:

Thanks girls. It's good to have my gut feeling confirmed!

Do you automatically think girl or boy when you hear 'Charlie?' Still feeling a bit worried that it's become more of a girls name these days.

That said we don't have any other options that we both like. I love Finn but DH won't even consider it, which is not like him so he obviously really doesn't like it :rolleyes:

When I hear Charlie I (& DH) initially think boy. I like Divvy's idea of putting Charles on the birth certificate though. It is a cute name, but he may not want Charlie when he's a grown man.

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i think for a boy the only way i would spell it was Charlie! charley is too girly for me

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Charlie or Charli. Charley is more for a girl i think.

Another vote here for CHARLIE for a boy :thumbsup:

Charlie for a boy, but Charles for the Birth Certificate ;)

Agree...Charlie is a boy's name, especially as Charles on the birth certificate. (My pooch is Charlie...he is well and truely a boy)

I think Charley does look more girly....and I do know a girl named and spelt Charleigh

I agree that Charley looks a bit too girly, I'd definately be going with Charlie, gorgeous name! :)

I love the name Charlie. Spell it with an ie though not an ey. I would also put Charles on the birth certificate as Divvy suggested.

I still see it as a boys name.

Charlie = boy for me!

all the male Charlies I know are Charles on their birth certificate.

Yep, I'm just going to repeat everyone else LOL.
I like Charlie, not Charley, and would probably go Charles on the birth certificate.

FWIW though I automatically think girl when I see the name Charlie, but that might just be me as we were going to call Jazz Charlie.

I think Charlie for a boy for sure!

As you can see from my sig I have a daughter Charli and I purposely left the E off because when written on paper Charlie looked more boyish to me and without the E looked more feminine.