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HelpRe: No, nope, NEVER. (m)
in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
Well, being English, some of those English place names don't quite come off for me on either sex(Devon is beautiful btw, if you ever get a chance, visit). I live in Camden for example and I would not be calling my treasured newborn after it :-)
I all for unisex anything - my own name, Laurel, is unisex, though usually used for females - and have a big problem with gender stereotyping. Which leads me on to ....
My problem with giving traditionally male names to females is that....parents mostly do it because they think it's cool, or a bit edgy. But they don't think it's cool or edgy to give female names to males (usually). And fundamentally this is because we idealise male traits, while female traits are considered less desirable. So it demeans a boy to be given a female name, and elevates a girl to be given a male name.
And then you come to names like Sasha, which is a traditional Russian shortening of the male name Alexander, adopted for a female given name because the -a ending is typically more female, and now considered a 'girly' nickname. I really like it for boys too btw.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
I all for unisex anything - my own name, Laurel, is unisex, though usually used for females - and have a big problem with gender stereotyping. Which leads me on to ....
My problem with giving traditionally male names to females is that....parents mostly do it because they think it's cool, or a bit edgy. But they don't think it's cool or edgy to give female names to males (usually). And fundamentally this is because we idealise male traits, while female traits are considered less desirable. So it demeans a boy to be given a female name, and elevates a girl to be given a male name.
And then you come to names like Sasha, which is a traditional Russian shortening of the male name Alexander, adopted for a female given name because the -a ending is typically more female, and now considered a 'girly' nickname. I really like it for boys too btw.
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/167578
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