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My husband and I really liked Emerson for a boy, until we found that it is being used for girls. Barf. I think this trend started when the actress Teri Hatcher named her daughter Emerson Rose. Abominations have already started popping up--Emersynn etc.
1. Do you think Emerson will shoot up in popularity for girls--enough to threaten its masculinity? I worry about that because it is a perfect hybrid of Emily and Madison, both of which have been so popular over the past several years, and it also allows for the girly nickname Emmy.
2. Does Emerson seem like it might be like Madison--a boy's name that was uncommon and thus had no "critical mass" of boys to counteract the influx of girls? In other words, although girls are being named things like Michael and James, there are so many boys with those names that they just won't become girl names. In contrast, Madison was an uncommon boy name that was easily hijacked since there was no base of boys to keep it from rapidly turning girly.
What do you think--too risky to use on a boy?
Note: I actually prefer names like Morgan, Lindsey, Ashley, and Madison on boys--I would just never use them on my own child because of the teasing factor.
1. Do you think Emerson will shoot up in popularity for girls--enough to threaten its masculinity? I worry about that because it is a perfect hybrid of Emily and Madison, both of which have been so popular over the past several years, and it also allows for the girly nickname Emmy.
2. Does Emerson seem like it might be like Madison--a boy's name that was uncommon and thus had no "critical mass" of boys to counteract the influx of girls? In other words, although girls are being named things like Michael and James, there are so many boys with those names that they just won't become girl names. In contrast, Madison was an uncommon boy name that was easily hijacked since there was no base of boys to keep it from rapidly turning girly.
What do you think--too risky to use on a boy?
Note: I actually prefer names like Morgan, Lindsey, Ashley, and Madison on boys--I would just never use them on my own child because of the teasing factor.
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