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Baby's Named a Bad, Bad Thing hates it but I always thought of Lindsay as a feminine name. The first time I heard of it is Lindsay Wagner. Every famous and non-famous Lindsay I know is a female (Wagner, Lohan, Price, Davenport, etc). It may be a surname and a male name in the past, but it's evolved away from that so I don't know why the criticism.
(As the Doctor in Dr Who said "we all change... that's good, you've got to keep moving")
BNABBT also, surprisingly for posters largely made up of a university-educated elite, seems unable to tell the difference between mispronunciation, and foreign words which have been assimilated into English.
(As the Doctor in Dr Who said "we all change... that's good, you've got to keep moving")
BNABBT also, surprisingly for posters largely made up of a university-educated elite, seems unable to tell the difference between mispronunciation, and foreign words which have been assimilated into English.
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Lindsey or Lindsay would be an another alternative to incorporate "lind" - as in the softer wood of the Linden Tree, into a personal name for a boy or a girl; this allows boys a plausible option, while girls can easily be "Linda" or "Belinda".
I always think that Linda / Belinda more involves the beauty and softer wood of the Linden.
How "the brave old Linden," stretching like a parasol of twenty ells in radius, overtopping all other rows and clumps, towered up from the central Agora and Campus Martius of the Village, like its Sacred Tree; and how the old men sat talking under its shadow (Gneschen often greedily listening), and the wearied laborers reclined, and the unwearied children sported, and the young men and maidens often danced to flute-music. "Glorious summer twilights," cries Teufelsdrockh, "when the Sun, like a proud Conqueror and Imperial Taskmaster, turned his back, with his gold-purple emblazonry, and all his fireclad bodyguard (of Prismatic Colors); and the tired brickmakers of this clay Earth might steal a little frolic, and those few meek Stars would not tell of them! (From Thomas Carlyle)
I always think that Linda / Belinda more involves the beauty and softer wood of the Linden.
How "the brave old Linden," stretching like a parasol of twenty ells in radius, overtopping all other rows and clumps, towered up from the central Agora and Campus Martius of the Village, like its Sacred Tree; and how the old men sat talking under its shadow (Gneschen often greedily listening), and the wearied laborers reclined, and the unwearied children sported, and the young men and maidens often danced to flute-music. "Glorious summer twilights," cries Teufelsdrockh, "when the Sun, like a proud Conqueror and Imperial Taskmaster, turned his back, with his gold-purple emblazonry, and all his fireclad bodyguard (of Prismatic Colors); and the tired brickmakers of this clay Earth might steal a little frolic, and those few meek Stars would not tell of them! (From Thomas Carlyle)
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I like Lindsey.
I can appreciate it on a girl, it no longer seems too dated to me and sounds quite fresh
however, I love it on a boy. I don't think I would ever use it as a first name for a son as it is now so associated with females, however I think it makes a very handsome middle name. It's surname so quite on trend really when you think about it
I My favourite combo with Lindsey is Matthias Lindsey
I can appreciate it on a girl, it no longer seems too dated to me and sounds quite fresh
however, I love it on a boy. I don't think I would ever use it as a first name for a son as it is now so associated with females, however I think it makes a very handsome middle name. It's surname so quite on trend really when you think about it
I My favourite combo with Lindsey is Matthias Lindsey
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The gender of this name doesn't really matter to me; I hate it either way. It sounds so whiny, pretentious (or faux-pretentious), and artificial to me. It's a wet tissue of a name.
Unlike names like Kelsey and Stacy, which I really love for boys and associate more with boys, Lindsay / Lindsey does seem immediately feminine to me, in that fake perky pom-pom girl type way. On a boy, I have a vague cowboy image, but he's really just a loser trying to be a cowboy in modern day Manhattan and all he's accomplishing is choking himself with his polka-dotted neckerchief and poking himself with his own spurs.
If you were to use it, though, I don't imagine you'd get many negative comments, except perhaps that it's a bit dated.
Unlike names like Kelsey and Stacy, which I really love for boys and associate more with boys, Lindsay / Lindsey does seem immediately feminine to me, in that fake perky pom-pom girl type way. On a boy, I have a vague cowboy image, but he's really just a loser trying to be a cowboy in modern day Manhattan and all he's accomplishing is choking himself with his polka-dotted neckerchief and poking himself with his own spurs.
If you were to use it, though, I don't imagine you'd get many negative comments, except perhaps that it's a bit dated.
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I like the way that Lindsay and Lindsey sounds and the way how it's written. I generally don't like -ey names, but Lindsey is one of few exceptions. Hm, I didn't hear of any boy or man with this name in whichever form, or maybe I just forgot of them. I prefer it on a girl, though I don't think it's a bad idea to name the boy Lindsey or Lindsay. But if I had to name my child this, I would choose Lindsay if it would be a girl and Lindsey for a boy. I think it's just more pretty.
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I can think of two male Lindsay: Senator Lindsay Graham and musician Lindsay Buckingham. They are definitely exceptions, however.
I don't like Lindsay/Lindsey because it sounds weak, whiny and snotty. It's in the same category as Ashley and Courtney, but went out of date quicker, and I like Ashley and Courtney a lot while not liking Lindsay. I liken it more to Sydney, which I also dislike.
I don't like Lindsay/Lindsey because it sounds weak, whiny and snotty. It's in the same category as Ashley and Courtney, but went out of date quicker, and I like Ashley and Courtney a lot while not liking Lindsay. I liken it more to Sydney, which I also dislike.
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I grew up believing that males were Lindsay and females were Lindsey; that was how my friends and acquaintances did it. But since the 1930s are long gone, it's discouragingly pointless to react negatively to spelling errors, gender confusion etc - at least in public. There's just too much of it going on. I like Stephen and find Steven silly, for instance, but public opinion is largely against me, and so what? I get to feel mildly superior, and other people get to feel mildly superior to me! Almost a win-win situation.
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