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I'm sure people are mentioning the Beckhams' son, whose name is Brooklyn, but that's honestly the only male Brooklyn I've ever heard of.

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I personally dislike it a lot on either gender. To me, it's a city, or just a "kre8tiv" name with Brooke + Lynn combined (and I dislike those names separately anyway :b).

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However, I kind of like Brook and Brooks on a boy, though I'd be afraid he'd get teased. I knew a little boy whose mn was Brooks (fn Kristian) and also a little girl named Brooks. I've I had to pick, though, I prefer it on a boy, for sure. (But not Brooklyn!)

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This message was edited 2/21/2005, 3:56 PM

I don't see any reason why Brooklyn couldn't be a male name. It's a place name, and I don't see how places get gendered. That said, however, this is a *very* down-market name (not trying to be judgmental; it's just the truth). Brook or Brooks would get the same sound and avoid the Brooklyn-Bronx types of associations.

The database is a bit random sometimes when it comes to giving a gender for unisex names. I like Brook on a male, but not Brooklyn - which I find too feminine, even though the first time I heard it was on the Beckhams' son.

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♥Elinor♥

I guess it could be for a boy. David Beckham named his son this (I think) but to me it is a girls name. I know a boy names Brooks but thats bc it is his last name and her has ppl call him that

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Nikki :)

I see it as feminine, because of the names Brooke and Lynn / Lyn. I don't care for it though, as it's a place name to me, and I don't like place names.

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-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom

No, I too like Brooklyn on a boy. I agree with MelH about that.

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And I also like Brooke for a boy. In a perfect world, I would prefer Brook for a boy and Brooke for a girl. But unfortunately my eyes don't like Brook as a name: it looks very incomplete to me. Therefore, to make my eyes happy, I'm forced to prefer Brooke regardless of which gender it's applied to.

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Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry Pratchett

I came across a little girl on the bus named Brooklyn. Victoria and Peter Beckham's eldest son is also named Brooklyn.

I have a male cousin named Brook so I've always seen it as male too.

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I think Brooklyn is usually thought of as feminine because of the trendy "lyn" ending. Most names that end in "lyn" are feminine, and plenty of parents believe that throwing "yn" on the end of name that ends in "in" or "on" will make it feminine. But, like Evelyn, I think Brooklyn can be used as a male name. I don't really like it on either gender.

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Mel

This message was edited 2/20/2005, 7:10 PM