[Opinions] Re: Onyx
in reply to a message by Sabrina Fair
Onyx is OK, in an eccentric way. I usually find unusual gemstone names kind of tacky, but there's something charming about Onyx. It has that exotic & mystical feel to it, but it does not sound like it was taken from a trashy fantasy novel.
I generally associate gemstone names with femininity (probably because most gemstone names, like flower names, are feminine), so I think I'd rather see this name on a female. But since it's so rare that it isn't heavily used by either gender, I don't see why it couldn't work on a boy as well.
Some Onyx combos, for your amusement:
Onyx Veronica
Onyx Cassandra
Onyx Deirdre
Onyx Augusta
Onyx Cordelia
Onyx Winifred
Onyx Jezabel
Onyx Selene
Onyx Philippa
Onyx Evening
Onyx Salome
Onyx Ishtar
Onyx Adelheid
Onyx Doriane
Onyx Wren
Onyx Ivana
Onyx Hecate
Onyx Evangeline
Onyx Felicity
Onyx Demelza
Onyx Christiane
Onyx Hedwig
Onyx Selma
Onyx Ciara
Onyx Lucinda
Onyx Sofia
Onyx Phyllida
Onyx Edelweiss
Onyx Sophronia
Onyx Winter
Onyx Samara
Onyx Ursula
Onyx Zahira
Onyx Gisele
Onyx Phaedra
Onyx Fatima
Onyx Dorothea
Onyx Zaida
Onyx Fairuza
Onyx Junia
I generally associate gemstone names with femininity (probably because most gemstone names, like flower names, are feminine), so I think I'd rather see this name on a female. But since it's so rare that it isn't heavily used by either gender, I don't see why it couldn't work on a boy as well.
Some Onyx combos, for your amusement:
Onyx Veronica
Onyx Cassandra
Onyx Deirdre
Onyx Augusta
Onyx Cordelia
Onyx Winifred
Onyx Jezabel
Onyx Selene
Onyx Philippa
Onyx Evening
Onyx Salome
Onyx Ishtar
Onyx Adelheid
Onyx Doriane
Onyx Wren
Onyx Ivana
Onyx Hecate
Onyx Evangeline
Onyx Felicity
Onyx Demelza
Onyx Christiane
Onyx Hedwig
Onyx Selma
Onyx Ciara
Onyx Lucinda
Onyx Sofia
Onyx Phyllida
Onyx Edelweiss
Onyx Sophronia
Onyx Winter
Onyx Samara
Onyx Ursula
Onyx Zahira
Onyx Gisele
Onyx Phaedra
Onyx Fatima
Onyx Dorothea
Onyx Zaida
Onyx Fairuza
Onyx Junia