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I don't like it very much, it's surnamey. It would be really odd on a girl.

I have a cousin who has two sons, 2½ and 1. My cousin's wife is very snobbish, very stuck-up, and she has a thing for surnames as fn's. Their boys' names are Parks Reynolds (IIRC; Parks for sure) and Davis Moody, all family surnames (three out of four are from her family). Four names, and not one true formal given name among them.

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I am forever turned off from Davis just for this reason; not that I thought much of it before. A little boy named Davis (and I couldn't tolerate it on a girl) is inevitably going to be called Dave, so it may as well be for David, the genuine given name.

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Of course I recognize I have a strong bias toward David anyway.

I love Davis. It's a family surname for me, plus there's the Miles Davis connection. I only like it on a boy. I much, MUCH prefer it to David, which I don't like at all.

Like David, only worse, imo. But it's totally a surname...but BOY vs GIRL = BOY.

I love Davis (boy only), though my immediate associations are a little bit of what those kids on the internet call lulzy. Cheerful but somewhat childish and fangeeky.

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It's not something I'd use, but I think it's very handsome.

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Reminds me of...(m)

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...Well, Me!. What with the very strong Miles Davis connection in both names. Personaly, I'm not a fan of any of the Dav- names. I find the sound very unattractive and even I think this would be a stretch as a female name. Try Hollis, it's along the same lines and I think It's lovely on either gender.

Isn't this a surname?Any way I don't like it..

I see Davis as a surname and really don't care for it as a first name. It's definitely 100% masculine though, so I'd much rather see it on a boy than girl. I can't make myself see anything feminine in it at all.

I really dislike it. It's all surname to me. If it had to be used, male, definitely. It's not feminine at all.