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HelpRe: WDYTO Robin?
in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
I had Robin on a list for a son. I'm not sure I'd really use it... I'd use it before I used Robert, though.
Robin on a girl is very dated and has a sort of mannish image for me, but I think it works okay when I meet female Robins. Kind of like ... Amber or Dawn, not a pretty sound, nor a very feminine image, dated mediocre names, reasonably likeable. I feel the same way about Robin as Rowan - in theory I know they're unisex, but for me they seem too masculine for women, and more classic-ish on men.
The first Robin I met was a school friend I had. She was so sensitive and unpredictable, and loud and angry, and sickly and plain. Husky-voiced, very skinny with huge brown eyes and mousy hair. A very striking little person. I liked her, when I didn't hate her. The name still reminds me of her, when it's on a woman. Doesn't help it or harm it, it's just an association.
Robin on a guy, I think of Christopher Robin, and Williams and Robyn Hitchcock ... kind of a literary-ish, British-y name. Not really boyish, but doesn't really get old-mannish, to me.
Morgan to me is a soap-opera sort of name, on either sex, and is more dated on a woman. I'm neutral about which sex it's better on. I guess I expect a woman. To me it seems more first-namey on a woman (because of coincidence of sound and fashion with Megan), and more surnamey on a man. It's okay, nms.
- mirfak
Robin on a girl is very dated and has a sort of mannish image for me, but I think it works okay when I meet female Robins. Kind of like ... Amber or Dawn, not a pretty sound, nor a very feminine image, dated mediocre names, reasonably likeable. I feel the same way about Robin as Rowan - in theory I know they're unisex, but for me they seem too masculine for women, and more classic-ish on men.
The first Robin I met was a school friend I had. She was so sensitive and unpredictable, and loud and angry, and sickly and plain. Husky-voiced, very skinny with huge brown eyes and mousy hair. A very striking little person. I liked her, when I didn't hate her. The name still reminds me of her, when it's on a woman. Doesn't help it or harm it, it's just an association.
Robin on a guy, I think of Christopher Robin, and Williams and Robyn Hitchcock ... kind of a literary-ish, British-y name. Not really boyish, but doesn't really get old-mannish, to me.
Morgan to me is a soap-opera sort of name, on either sex, and is more dated on a woman. I'm neutral about which sex it's better on. I guess I expect a woman. To me it seems more first-namey on a woman (because of coincidence of sound and fashion with Megan), and more surnamey on a man. It's okay, nms.
- mirfak
This message was edited 9/15/2016, 10:37 AM
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