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Yeah, that's exactly how I feel. I know Ashley and Courntey, or whatever, were originally boy names but on boys, I cringe a little. Wyatt Isabelle is much more palatable than say Caitlin Phillip or something.
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Catlin could be cool. I know a guy who goes by Cat.
I just have a really hard time rationalizing a difference between "boy names on girls" and "girl names on boys," other than that the former is a trend we're use to seeing. I'm no staunch advocate for keeping names forever gendered I just wish there weren't such a double standard, or at least wish it swang the other way. There seem to be SO many great girl names out there (what feels like more than boys), so the whole trend just doesn't seem logical to me.
....and I'm someone who loves Vaughn, Reed, and Joel on girls and Whitney, Mayim, and Somer on boys...
I just have a really hard time rationalizing a difference between "boy names on girls" and "girl names on boys," other than that the former is a trend we're use to seeing. I'm no staunch advocate for keeping names forever gendered I just wish there weren't such a double standard, or at least wish it swang the other way. There seem to be SO many great girl names out there (what feels like more than boys), so the whole trend just doesn't seem logical to me.
....and I'm someone who loves Vaughn, Reed, and Joel on girls and Whitney, Mayim, and Somer on boys...
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It might just be that very soft and frilly names on boys just don't jive with our ingrained definitions. Not right, but we are past the age of priming our brains to think otherwise.
I guess I think about names like Evangeline and Anastasia and go... no, not on a boy. But I can't really think of a boy name that is soooo masculine I couldn't argue for a girl.
It also might stem from that fact that I love female variations of clasic guy names (Thomasina, Paulina, Claudette, Josepha, Johna, Stephanie, etc), so I already associate the sounds with girls.
Though, I am not actually in to the trend of boys' names on girls. Would never do it myself, and find some comical.
The world is full of double standards. I won't say they are right, but I can't pretend they didn't shape my preferences.
I guess I think about names like Evangeline and Anastasia and go... no, not on a boy. But I can't really think of a boy name that is soooo masculine I couldn't argue for a girl.
It also might stem from that fact that I love female variations of clasic guy names (Thomasina, Paulina, Claudette, Josepha, Johna, Stephanie, etc), so I already associate the sounds with girls.
Though, I am not actually in to the trend of boys' names on girls. Would never do it myself, and find some comical.
The world is full of double standards. I won't say they are right, but I can't pretend they didn't shape my preferences.
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