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All I can think of is this song we used to sing at camp called "The Grand Old Duke of York."

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The Grand Old Duke of York,
he had ten thousand men,
he marched them up the hill
and then he marched them down again.
So when you're up you're up,
and when you're down you're down,
and when you're only halfway up,
you're neither up nor down.

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Then I think of yorkies, the dogs. And then I think of how it rhymes with pork. And if I try to picture a child named York, I picture an annoyingly pretentious kid. So I guess I don't like it. Although the song is fun to sing.

I don't like it, and I'm not sure why. I love Kent, which is cut from the same name cloth in many ways. Maybe it's because I have so many associations with York that aren't name-like: Yorkie dogs, York Peppermint Patties, New York, Yorkshire Pudding, the "Grand Old Duke of York," and so on.

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I think it would make a great mn, and Y would be a cool middle initial.

I like York because it reminds me of early America. I don't think it would use it because of all the other things it is associated with though.

Sounds like stork

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eta: and dork and pork

This message was edited 10/18/2007, 9:03 AM

I love York. But try not to say it too many times in a row. It starts to sound really, really dorky. I think it sounds a bit better in mn position, especially with my sort of tastes.

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York Reynold
York Sterling / Sterling York
York Vaughn
York Whittaker

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Benedict York *
Matthias York
Redmond York
Riordan York *
Sebastian York *
Thaddeus York

I don't mind it at all. I think it works well as a fn or a mn.

It makes me think of a Yorkie bar, but that could be because I'm hungry.

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Otherwise, it's best kept as a surname, IMO.

Heh, that name has been in my head for a long time and has finally made it onto my favorites' list. I think it sounds sophisticated.

I think of a dog.

Well, that's my first thought. My second thought is Fork (in Dutch actually (Vork) but now I realise it also rhymes in English). I think the last part is because we have a joke that goes like this:

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- York, york, york, you're supposed to eat soup with a.....

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- select text: Spoon (but it makes you tempted to say Fork).

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So, I don't really like it as a FN....

The grand old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And marched them down again
And when you're up you're up
And when you're down you're down
And when you're only halfway up
You're neither up nor down!

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That's what I immediatly think when I hear York, probably because I have a two year old cousin. I don't like it. I think of the city, or perhaps the surname, and it definetly doesn't sound like a first name to me. It also sounds quite pretentious to me.

I don't like it. I have a bad association because of a girl with the last name York.