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Help[Opinions] Re: Ryan?
in reply to a message by TeamPeeta4ever
Ryan has been very popular for a long, long time, but I don't think that matters much when you're talking about a favorite name that you've loved for years. Better to go with the common name you love best than settle for one you don't love as much but happens to be less popular.
It doesn't bother me to see Ryan on a girl, but it should be Ryan, not Ryann. Ryann looks like it should be rie-ANN to me, not RIE-an, and if it's supposed to be pronounced like Ryan, that extra N is just unnecessary and confusing. I always say that if parents make the choice to use a masculine name on a girl, they should be brave enough to spell it correctly rather than put it through some pseudo-feminization process where misspelling it somehow makes it more girly. (The exception to this would be names with well-established feminizations like Francis vs. Frances).
I prefer Ryan Michael over Ryan Austin Michael, and I don't like Ryan(n) Skye or Ryan(n) Storm at all.
It doesn't bother me to see Ryan on a girl, but it should be Ryan, not Ryann. Ryann looks like it should be rie-ANN to me, not RIE-an, and if it's supposed to be pronounced like Ryan, that extra N is just unnecessary and confusing. I always say that if parents make the choice to use a masculine name on a girl, they should be brave enough to spell it correctly rather than put it through some pseudo-feminization process where misspelling it somehow makes it more girly. (The exception to this would be names with well-established feminizations like Francis vs. Frances).
I prefer Ryan Michael over Ryan Austin Michael, and I don't like Ryan(n) Skye or Ryan(n) Storm at all.
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