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Why not Boston Terrier? more

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It's good for a boy or a girl.

Boston is so horrible as a name, though I do love the city.

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On the other hand, I love Dallas as a male name but hate the city, lol. For that reason, Dallas is definitely a GP for me.

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I like some place names and not others, so it's not a like/dislike thing. I love India for a girl.

This message was edited 3/17/2015, 10:02 PM

Boston...I don't really like it, but I could maybe almost see it working on a tough-guy type, or a shy, skinny boy with huge glasses (two different pictures, I know). On a girl though...eugh. I just cannot see it. And something about those combos, Boston Charlotte and Boston Oscar, just really turn me off. It may be because they're all disyllabic and I feel that Boston could only benefit from a longer middle name, or a short, concrete middle name.

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I'm not big on place names, but I do like Cairo on a boy. Definitely GP, but I think it's quite nice. I'm slowly warming to Berlin as well. For what gender, I don't know. I do love Israel, but that was a person's name before it was a place, so I'm not sure it counts.

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I'm not totally against place names, some sound okay. Something about them bug me a bit, though; they almost seem a bit pretentious, I guess, and too "big" for a real person to bear, if that makes any sense at all.

Boston for a boy is not that bad, though is not something I would consider. It's not a bad middle name

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Some place names that aren't too bad
Adelaide is a favourite but it is named after a person which makes it a little easier.
Vienna is a name I would never use but I rather like it.
Roma or Romana is a nice name I think.

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I think place names can be all right if there is a connection or a lot of place names are named after a person so that is ok.

I kind of like Boston for a boy. It's awful for a girl.

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I adore Sedona. I'd use it no hesitation.

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I think place names are okay sometimes. It depends on how namey they are. Like around where I grew up there was a Jessamine and Fayette county and a little town called Ravenna those are namey enough to use. If it were something like Texas (my great great aunt's name) or Albuquerque or something like that it's different.

I hope she has a boy.

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Boston is on my short list. Boston the place is special to me and I find the sound attractive (fits in with my other favourites Griffin, Deacon & Hudson).

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I personally would only use a place name if the place itself meant something to me. I like India, but I've never been to India and have no attachment to the place so would never use it. London on the other hand, I do and would.

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This does not apply to place names that are also people names or that were people names first. Eg would use Adelaide even though the city means nothing to me and I've never been.

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Just a personal preference :)

I dislike Boston as a first name, but think it would be a cool middle name. Some place names I like are Cairo (m), Holland (f), Caspian, Salem (m), and Delphi. I also like Ireland a bit, but only as a GP.

I guess "Tony" could work as a nickname. I hate all place names Except Marwa and Medina (GP)

The chances of Boss or Bossy happening as nns seems fairly high, which to my mind would not be good. Is she actually from Boston, or is it a family surname?

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I like quite a few place-names, but they're all Welsh and local and meaningful, or are also generally-used people-names. I don't much like the idea of naming a child after a place you've no connection with, but I suppose it depends on how much you like the name.

*sigh*/