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"the aristocracy/well bred" = excessively prententious

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I too have seen this on little girls around the net. I can't bear it on either sex myself.

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I'd almost equate it with calling a kid Nobility. Boy, they'd have a bad time on the playground.

It's too wordy for me and at most too surnamey. It's been burned into my brain as a social class of rich people.

There's a Gentry in some of my college classes. It's kinda cool! I actually know a couple people with that surname too.

I like it

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I have a female cousin named Gentry and I always thought it was kind of cool. I definitely prefer it on a girl rather than a boy though.

I think it makes a funny name. It's mostly a word to me. If it had to be a name, I think it sounds more feminine. Interesting to see it on a 20 year old male.

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In-N-Out Burger? That's a funny name for a burger place. Reminds me of Hot 'n Now. :)

It was my band director's maiden name and so I got used to calling her by it (I still slip up and call her Gentry a lot, even though it's not her surname anymore and now that I'm out of school I can call her by her first name), so I can see it on a person and I actually kind of like it. Of course, since my director was female it's kind of feminine in my mind, lol.

I've been hearing this name for little girls a lot lately. I really don't like it, especially for girls..it reminds me too much of the word gentleman, so it's more manly to me!

It's not a name to me. I just keep thinking of the "ask the local gen-try" line from Frank Sinatra's "Love & Marriage."