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Help[Opinions] Dylan & Oakley
Both girls. I don't know why I like Oakley, since I don't even like the sound of it that much, but I do. Dylan for a girl is a long-time favorite.
My favorite comment, for Dylan:
I love this as a first name for boys. It is inappropriate for girls. You will get mistaken for a guy on a school list or whatever. All the responses to your emails or snail mails will come back to you addressed with Mr. You will have to live with that for the rest of your life. Some names just shouldn't be messed with.
And, Oakley:
Really cute. Manly.
So, what is your opinion?
**Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**
My favorite comment, for Dylan:
I love this as a first name for boys. It is inappropriate for girls. You will get mistaken for a guy on a school list or whatever. All the responses to your emails or snail mails will come back to you addressed with Mr. You will have to live with that for the rest of your life. Some names just shouldn't be messed with.
And, Oakley:
Really cute. Manly.
So, what is your opinion?
**Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam/Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham**
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Sorry to say this, but I REALLY hate both names. Dylan is fine on boys but very dumb on girls, and Oakley just sounds absurdly redneck along with Oaklyn. Not saying you can’t use them, of course, but maybe try looking for some alternatives?
Not trying to hate on your opinions in any way, but these names just aren’t my type.
Not trying to hate on your opinions in any way, but these names just aren’t my type.
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I don't like either for a girl
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I find Oakley very unattractive, but I don't much enjoy either lnfns or tree names, so it was doomed from the start.
As for Dylan, it's not as if no girl has ever been given a male name! It sounds recognisably like Lauren and Sharon etc - not butch, which helps. But, well, I wouldn't use Leonard on a girl, or Cohen, or Bob. That's my issue: I find it a one-owner name, and that owner is male.
But, what do I know? On a needlepoint list, there's a well-respected woman named Maryelvis! Go figure.
As for Dylan, it's not as if no girl has ever been given a male name! It sounds recognisably like Lauren and Sharon etc - not butch, which helps. But, well, I wouldn't use Leonard on a girl, or Cohen, or Bob. That's my issue: I find it a one-owner name, and that owner is male.
But, what do I know? On a needlepoint list, there's a well-respected woman named Maryelvis! Go figure.
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I don't care for either on a girl. I like Dylan enough on a boy, and I like Oakley on a (male) dog - it makes me picture a golden retriever for some reason.
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Dylan f: I prefer it as a first name for boys, and generally think of it as a boys' name. But in my experience (regardless of its true history) it's a surname name (Bob), and I've seen it on a girl and remembered it (can't recall seeing it on a boy, but likely I have in passing). So I don't assume Dylan is a boy. And I don't mind if she's a girl, because the name itself isn't surnamey, and I personally don't feel like it has a distinctively masculine shape. I don't think it's a really great name for a woman - it's kind of like Daryl was, once upon a time. But it's not awful, and I can see why people like it.
Oakley: It's usable, but seems too trendy for me. Maybe this is more about me than anything, but I'm afraid I think exposure to the branding and image marketing seems like a subliminal true reason people like the name. It seems like a brand name people would hardly ever say out loud, a few might put an "O" sticker on the back of their sporty vehicle - but for a long time now it's been on the edges of awareness, it's on stuff in the background, recognizable but not really consciously "read." And by it, the person associated seems determined to appear like 1. they seem to have some money and 2. they seem "sporty" / outdoorsy and youthful. And as a name, Oakley has fashion galore, with its long vowel and its "nature word" reference and its desexed -ley ending, so add in the prefab marketing image and voila! A name of the moment, for a baby of either sex. At least, until we start seeing mere human Oakleys around ... children of the sort of people who like the name ... and then it will start to go the way of Lindsay and Kelsey because we've seen that on an ordinary person before, who maybe wasn't quite as sexy and fun and wealthy as his/her parents thought the name sounded.
Oakley: It's usable, but seems too trendy for me. Maybe this is more about me than anything, but I'm afraid I think exposure to the branding and image marketing seems like a subliminal true reason people like the name. It seems like a brand name people would hardly ever say out loud, a few might put an "O" sticker on the back of their sporty vehicle - but for a long time now it's been on the edges of awareness, it's on stuff in the background, recognizable but not really consciously "read." And by it, the person associated seems determined to appear like 1. they seem to have some money and 2. they seem "sporty" / outdoorsy and youthful. And as a name, Oakley has fashion galore, with its long vowel and its "nature word" reference and its desexed -ley ending, so add in the prefab marketing image and voila! A name of the moment, for a baby of either sex. At least, until we start seeing mere human Oakleys around ... children of the sort of people who like the name ... and then it will start to go the way of Lindsay and Kelsey because we've seen that on an ordinary person before, who maybe wasn't quite as sexy and fun and wealthy as his/her parents thought the name sounded.
This message was edited 3/4/2020, 1:20 PM
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I keep forgetting Oakley is a brand name.
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Not where I live! What's it a brand name of?
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Hate both for girls, sorry, they are just so masculine.
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