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I love it but my husband thinks it's girly. :P

Tristan doesn't sound girly at all to me, and in my country it's not unisex at all.
Anyway, I don't care for it, it's to close to the word "triste" (sad).

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Trista is a bit better, but still nmsaa.

Tristan is near unheard of where I live (Scotland). Therefore giving it to a girl here would be no problem, as people don't have gender ideas about it. I really love it on a girl, although I love it on a boy as well. I don't think that, in the States, it's really unisex yet.

Love Tristan for a boy and Trista for a girl

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Tristan is all-boy to me, and does not sound girlish at all to me. Although there have been some people that have used this name on girls, it is by far more popular on boys (if anything, it is becoming more masculine, since its female usage currently is actually lower than it was several years ago). The popularities of Tristan on both genders can be seen at the link below:
http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=Tristan&popterm=&gender=both&extra=p

This message was edited 12/14/2004, 3:44 AM

It doesn't sound at all girlish to me. Or even feminine.

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It is masculine, one of the gentler sounding masculine names to me -- like Keith or Grayson is. The gentle quality about it is a distinctly manly, mannish quality to me, however, since I've known for decades that it is a male name (despite it apparently attracting some folks to use it on females, as though anything not tough-sounding must be femme). It's already being used on girls, but I doubt it will be extensively used by either sex, and I doubt it will ever be considered a mostly female name.

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edited to add: I think maybe some people might also find it suitable for girls because of its similarity to the well known name Trisha, and because of the lack of other Tri- boy names. (trying to mellow my harsh on cross gender namers here)

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- chazda

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This message was edited 12/14/2004, 1:20 AM

I have never liked it, sorry. I do think it has a strong potential of being used on girls.

The only Tristan I know is a girl. But I definitely think Tristan is a boy name. I think it sounds too masculine to be a girl name. But I really like it a lot.

I love it for a boy and only for a boy.

I love the name Tristan. As a matter of fact it's my number one choice for a male name. I am planning on naming my first son Tristan (although that is still quite a while from now, so we shall see). My favorite combination is Tristan Michael. :)

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I don't find it girly it all. I can't see this name on a girl, nor would I ever give a girl this name. All boy to me!

I do not know any male or females with the name Tristan. While I see it as a boy's name, I think it's too feminine sounding (but not feminine enough for a girl - if that makes any sense). Either way, I don't care for it.

I don't think it's girly at all, and I do like it. =) I hope it doesn't become unisex, but I'm not sure if it already has. I wouldn't name a girl Tristan.