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i basically think of blake shelton which is kind of bad

I don't actually know of a specific Blake on a specific soap opera, but I just hear soap opera when I think of the name Blake. Which is not a great association.

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I'd say Peyton is pretty fair game for either sex. It's recently more popular on girls than boys, but it's certainly not unheard of on boys either. That said, I have a son named Emerson and wouldn't hesitate to use Rowan and Morgan on boys either, so I may be biased.

Sorry. I'm old enough to remember the character of Blake Carrington on the cheesy, 1980s, night-time soap, "Dynasty." A bad, bad, bad, bad, embarrassingly bad, show. All I can think of is soap opera when I see a name like Blake, Chance, Brock, Gage, Troy, Bentley, Peyton (Place!) etc.

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I've tried to get the image of William Blake, the poet, to overcome my prejudice on the name. But it's too ingrained. Sorry.

This message was edited 9/6/2013, 11:13 AM

Blake and Peyton

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Blake is much better on a boy than a girl, imo.

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warning: rant - skip this paragraph if you don't want to hear it haha
actually one of my pet peeves is that, if a famous girl has a traditionally boys' name (which was most likely an exciting-to-them deviation on their parents' part) that people just start using it for girls as if it was always a girls' name, and also decide that it should now mostly be a girls' name because it's on a famous person.

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back to Blake...it's still not my favorite name, even on a boy, however. It makes me think too much of "flake", which isn't an association I'd want, flakiness.

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But we probably just have different styles, because Peyton isn't my favorite either. That said, I also prefer it on a boy. I think it's still fairly firmly unisex. I know a lot of boy-to-girl names have been pretty much completely appropriated by the girls, but there are still some hold-outs that I feel are definitely unisex, Peyton/Payton being one of them. (I prefer the Payton spelling on a boy, perhaps because many of the girl Peytons I've encountered have used the "e" spelling, maybe to differentiate from the boys. Just a thought)

It's ok on a boy. I find Peyton really unattractive on both genders.

I like Blake and Peyton for boys.
Blake used to be on my list but it isn't any more and Peyton I am still unsure whether to add or not.
I'm in the UK so when it comes to unisex names I think we're very different to the Americans, most of the Ashleys and Morgans I know are boys for example and here I wouldn't hesitate to call my son Phoenix, Devon or even Sydney.
I like Peyton for boys and girls about equally.

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I like Blake on a boy (NOT on a girl). It reminds of the English Romantic painter and poet William Blake.

I think Blake sounds ... uh, metrosexual? or something. Soap-opera rich dude. Like a guy who shaves his chest and wears shiny cowboy boots. I don't care for the sound of it. Bl-ache. Sorry. At best, it's just sort of preppy and mild.

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I don't think I'd worry about Peyton being too feminine. It has been unisex for as long as I've heard of it. It just got to be a slightly bigger fad for girls, I think.

This message was edited 9/5/2013, 9:27 PM

I'm neutral about the name Blake. I don't really care for it one way or the other. I do have kind of a bad association with the name which turns me off a little. Even without the association, Blake kind of reminds me of an annoying high school aged boy who is loud and obnoxious and thinks he's all that.

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Peyton does sound very feminine to me. I wouldn't use it on a boy.

I think that Blake is one of those "ruggedly handsome" male names that tries too hard.

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Yeah, Peyton has gone to the girls.

Blake is a fantastic name for a boy! I love it.

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And Peyton is unisex. I know an adorable little boy named Peyton. Actually, all the Peytons I've known have been boys. I actually don't like it for girls, it'll always be a boy's name to me.

I like Blake. It's a friendly boy-next-door name.

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Peyton isn't my style, but I'd much rather see it on a boy than a girl.

Blake is lovely! I have a brother named Matthew Blake. It's a top 100 name (in the US) but I have only met 1 Blake in my life so far. It's very classy but laid back. Definitely better than Peyton, in my opinion.