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in reply to a message by Elizabeth13
The reason many people prefer Ariel on a boy is because it traditionally is a boy's name (check the link for its history). It was not widely used on girls until very recently, and a lot of that is from the Disney character you mentioned. And a lot of people on here (me included) prefer traditionally boy's names on boys. Also, looking at Ariel's popularities, you can see that there are still some parents who name their sons this, despite the movie. I think that by teaching him about the historical and other male namesakes of this name, you can counteract the mermaid association (which is very recent compared to the other associations) enough to make the name tolerable for him.
This message was edited 11/28/2004, 10:32 AM
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But people he associate with may not know the histoy
and he will either end up having to explain it to every person he meets or be slightly picked on. Don't you think?
:D Elizabeth :D
and he will either end up having to explain it to every person he meets or be slightly picked on. Don't you think?
:D Elizabeth :D
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I know that
I say the same thing about all the other numerous originally boy's names that have been taken by the girls that I like. At least Ariel is one of those with several good male namesakes to use; one current male namesake that many people will probably know is Ariel Sharon (which I forgot to mention on the original post).
I say the same thing about all the other numerous originally boy's names that have been taken by the girls that I like. At least Ariel is one of those with several good male namesakes to use; one current male namesake that many people will probably know is Ariel Sharon (which I forgot to mention on the original post).
This message was edited 11/28/2004, 10:42 AM
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I don't know why the USA has to be like that. For being such a young country we don't seem so open about a lot of things. If someone wants to name thier daughter something like Rowan people think it's cute & creative, but if they want to name thier boy Ashley people think he'll get ridiculed. I'm not mmeaning this about every American but if I were to mention I think Ashley is a great name for boy to anyone who doesn't know much about names they'd laugh. But I hear comment like, 'isn't that a creative name' when heard that someone named thier daughter Rowan. I'm not trying to be negative about girls w/ boys names, to each his own, but shouldn't things be equal?
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yea but we can't help the people we live around
I guess it's more accepted because now tom-girls are becoming more and more accepted
I guess it's more accepted because now tom-girls are becoming more and more accepted
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That's good.
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Luckily our children won't only associate with 13 year old who know nothing about history or anything that happened before the 1990's. Even 10 year olds I know are a little more knowledgeable and open-minded than that.
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What do you mean Isla?
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