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I think it could work on either gender, but I just prefer it for a boy. I recently met a family with a baby boy named Larkin Francis, and it turns out that Larkin is the mom's maiden name and she wanted to name the baby Larkin, even if it was a girl. :)

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~Heather~

All I can think of when I hear it is the old slang term "Go Larkin" or to "Go Courting/Dating" but it is an old slang term, only the old folks use it :)
I think it's a pretty name with the nm Lark.

I find it much more feminine than masculine, so it could definitely work on a girl. Very nice!

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CIARDA"A safe name is sometimes a smart name. A safe name is many times a boring name"

I LOVE Larkin for a girl....

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... but for a girl I spell it Larkyn.

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~Lisa~
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I disagree, pretty strongly. It's a male name to me. I think of it as a slightly fey masculine name - the sort of name you'd give a male vampire character (I know there is such a character, but I can't remember where I saw it), but not a female.

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Trying to be objective, I suppose it's unusual enough that you could get away with calling it cute on a girl, since few people will have a strong impression about which gender it is - and it isn't exactly the butchest male name. I just don't personally find it suitable for a woman.

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- chazda

This message was edited 9/16/2005, 4:49 PM

It's too "surnamey" for me. But I do like Lark as a girl's name.

I think it sounds more feminine than masculine, but I wouldn't use it for either gender. Last year in my English Literature class we studied a poet called Philip Larkin who I found really depressing, so it's not a good association for me.

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I agree with you that Larkin sounds extremely feminine, and I ordinarily like unisex names much better on boys! I'm reminded of a lark, which is a songbird - traditionally associated with girls. And the -in suffix is sometimes used as a diminutive nickname, intensifying the femininity. To be honest, I don't like the name very much, but I can't even imagine this name on a guy. My sister had a (female) friend named Larkin in high school.

Sorry, but Larkin sounds masculine (and is a boy's name) to me.