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I don't really mind it as a middle name with purpose. I know some people have the last name James and I feel if you really wanted to honor someone with the name, first or last, I don't see gender as an issue. I don't like it as a first name for a girl at all, the sound and just everything about it. It's like calling a girl Charles, I almost want to picture her with a beard. Also my issue with it is that 99% of people will assume she's a boy on name basis. It's not like Jamie or Charlie where people know these are unisex names/nicknames, no one will look at this name and think "oh I wonder if this is a girl or a boy." Even if a good majority don't see a name as unisex like Ariel, there is still SOME people that do and that's better than pretty much everyone. I don't know, I just wouldn't want to subject my kid to that.