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Help[Opinions] Re: Evan (girl)
in reply to a message by Lily
I'm voting against Evan on a girl, sorry.
How are parents of little boys supposed to pick a name for their newborn if every traditional male name gets turned into a female one in ten years time? OK, that's an overstatement. But sometimes it feels like that, like a slippery slope.
I'm not here to say every single name that has been traditionally male *has* to stay that way. But there has to be some limits, right? If it were a two-way street I might not mind so much. But it only ever seems to be male names that get poached.
Why not turn your sights to Bevan instead? That's traditionally male, but I could see it "turning" female smoothly, without as many repercussions for parents of little boys. I thought it was feminine, to be honest. I was all proud of myself with the combination Eleanor Bevan. Then I saw it was male. (gasp! hypocrite alert!)
OK, how about this? I'll give you Evan for a dd if you promise to name a ds Aubrey, Kendall, Avery, Emery, Nikita, Alexis, Kelly, Ashley or Ainsley? Deal? :-D
How are parents of little boys supposed to pick a name for their newborn if every traditional male name gets turned into a female one in ten years time? OK, that's an overstatement. But sometimes it feels like that, like a slippery slope.
I'm not here to say every single name that has been traditionally male *has* to stay that way. But there has to be some limits, right? If it were a two-way street I might not mind so much. But it only ever seems to be male names that get poached.
Why not turn your sights to Bevan instead? That's traditionally male, but I could see it "turning" female smoothly, without as many repercussions for parents of little boys. I thought it was feminine, to be honest. I was all proud of myself with the combination Eleanor Bevan. Then I saw it was male. (gasp! hypocrite alert!)
OK, how about this? I'll give you Evan for a dd if you promise to name a ds Aubrey, Kendall, Avery, Emery, Nikita, Alexis, Kelly, Ashley or Ainsley? Deal? :-D
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