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HelpRe: Wdyto Gentry
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Umm why would hippies name their kid "Gentry"? Doesn't the concept of gentry run against everything hippies stand for?
I think it's a totally ridiculous name since it literally means - not abstractly represents but LITERALLY MEANS - landed aristocracy. It's worse than Noble, even - at least Noble has been abstractly conceptualized to represent general goodness. Not GENTRY.
It's interesting on a boy. I know a girl Gentry. I couldn't believe there was actually someone in the world named Gentry but she's southern so I wrote it off as a particularly ridiculous family name.
I think it's a totally ridiculous name since it literally means - not abstractly represents but LITERALLY MEANS - landed aristocracy. It's worse than Noble, even - at least Noble has been abstractly conceptualized to represent general goodness. Not GENTRY.
It's interesting on a boy. I know a girl Gentry. I couldn't believe there was actually someone in the world named Gentry but she's southern so I wrote it off as a particularly ridiculous family name.
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I agree 100%
I've heard of a few little girls (through boards and BAs) named Gentry. I really, really hate when people use a word as a name just because they like the sound. That's why we end up with kids named Felony, Vanity, and Tyranny.
I've heard of a few little girls (through boards and BAs) named Gentry. I really, really hate when people use a word as a name just because they like the sound. That's why we end up with kids named Felony, Vanity, and Tyranny.
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With ironic best friends with names like Chastity and Valour?
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Yeah, it's pretty ironic considering dad's a musician (he was actually part of a famous band in the 60s and 70s) and his mom's a painter. To some it up though, they don't have much money at all. Maybe they just liked the sound? I do like it better on a guy though, even if it makes him sound as if he's trying too hard to be pretentious.
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