[Opinions] Madison on a boy
Met a boy Madison today, and his sister "Sam", aka Samantha. Thought it was interesting, and while Madison is nearly always used for girls (in my experience), I realized it has a sort of masculine handsomeness. James Madison the US pres. comes to mind. WDYT?
This message was edited 6/23/2012, 2:03 PM
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I don't really like it on either gender. I mean I like it ok on myself, lol, but I've never thought it actually sounded all that nice. But, I would MUCH rather see it on a boy than yet another little girl. Give him a definitively masculine MN though. I work with a woman who has a son with the same name as me, first and middle =/ Granted, my MN is unisex but it also leans female and I know that her son already feels like he has a girls' name so the MN can't be helping
This message was edited 6/23/2012, 8:21 PM
I don't like it for girls, but I like it even less for boys. Madison has never really felt like a boy's name to me. It was used so sparingly as a male first name for most of the 20th century that, to me, Madison just sort of went straight from being a surname/place name/movie mermaid name that wasn't used much by anyone to mega-popular girl name almost overnight.
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...tread lightly :P j/k
...tread lightly :P j/k
I'm only talking about the Madison's that I know.. not saying they are all like that!
I know I know :) I don't even personally know that many Madisons but I myself still cringe when I hear it on a young girl
I'm not really a fan of the name to begin with, but I see it more as a girl's name. I've never known any boys named Madison, though, so that likely factors into it.
I absolutely prefer Madison for a boy. I prefer almost any name ending in -son on boys though. (w/the exception of Allison) I wish Madison never turned girl to begin with. But b/c it did I would never name my boy that. Though I don't disagree with others who want to name their boys Madison; it's just my preference.
I agree, it sounds presidential. I still like it for a girl, though. It goes both ways in my mind.
I think I'd way rather see it on a boy than on a girl. It's always seemed masculine to me, which is one of the objections I've always had to it as a girls' name. It's not something I'm wild about for a boy, but it doesn't shred my senses to bits the way it does as a girls' name.