Message: "Brooke vs. Blake"

Brooke vs. Blake

by Starfish and Coffee

7/3/2021, 11:59 AM

Both for girls.

Which do you prefer, and why? You can't say "neither".

**middle aged woman who angers easily**

#Blake #Brooke

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- Anneza

7/3/2021, 11:58 PM

I will say "neither" until my dying day. Sorry, but they are really on a par with each other, and I can't stand either.

- Pelops (blaaarg)

7/3/2021, 9:10 PM

I like Brooke! It's preppy, but aside from that it's cheerful and nice. I don't like Blake at all, either gender.

- gigibee

7/3/2021, 8:38 PM

Brooke. I still think of Blake as masculine.

- Manipura (glaucous)

7/3/2021, 5:31 PM

Brooke. I don't like it, but it sounds pretty assertive-neutral, I guess. Like a boxy grey jacket.

Blake is Blair + Jake + flake.
It's like ripped acid wash jeans that cost $300.
It is kind of neat the two potential meanings are essentially opposite (pale and black), though.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 5:59 PM

- Kerilyntaryn21

7/3/2021, 2:35 PM

Brooke

- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)

7/3/2021, 1:56 PM

Brooke.

I prefer Blake as a middle name for a boy so it’s more handsome then it is pretty. Brooke is decent at most.

- )( (guest)

7/3/2021, 1:43 PM

neither!

zxcvbnm,

- mirfak +5

7/3/2021, 1:07 PM

Brooke! It's not a "pretty" sound, kinda surnamey/pretentious and businesslike - but it is somehow light and breezy. Like Lark or Britt.

Blake gives me a dated-television vibe. It's almost a parody of preppiness.
And its sound: Blehck.
I think Blair is nicer than Blake.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 1:08 PM

- )( (guest) +4

7/3/2021, 1:41 PM

Brooke sounds like a wealthy mean girl in teen movies. I hate it.

- mirfak +1

7/3/2021, 3:14 PM

To me, that's exactly how Blake sounds.
Brooke would be a rich brat who is friendless and pretty, but not mean.
Blake : Brooke :: Tiffany : Kimberly

- )( (guest)

7/3/2021, 3:25 PM

That's very interesting. Blake to me is the preppy (everage income) kid, maybe because I knew someone like that but Blake was a guy.

- Starfish and Coffee +1

7/3/2021, 1:48 PM

I'll officially put you in Blake's corner, then. :)

- )( (guest)

7/3/2021, 2:38 PM

Hahaha, okay! :D

- Higuma (Higuma Kanora)

7/3/2021, 1:01 PM

Oh man I like both. I'm going to pick Blake because it feels more current and I like the edge to it.

- Mireio (guest)

7/3/2021, 12:59 PM

Brooke, but I don’t like either.

- number1212

7/3/2021, 12:42 PM

Brooke. I love it and it’s always been one of my faves. I honestly hate Blake, even on a boy.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 12:42 PM

- RoxStar

7/3/2021, 12:28 PM

Definitely Brooke. It might have started out unisex, but it never got much use on boys and is and pretty much always has been known as a girls' name. Blake is sometimes used on girls, and I actually know a female Blake in her early thirties, but it's all boy to me.

- Laurenilene

7/3/2021, 12:11 PM

Blake

I like Blake better. The name has really grown on me since watching The 100. Also Brooke is overused; where I used to live, at least.

- New_Chloë (New_Chloe) +6

7/3/2021, 12:10 PM

Blake

For William Blake. That's what I'd tell myself. I dislike Brooke a lot.

I'd pair it with something outrageously Romantic, or another surname of someone outrageously Romantic.

- Wordsmith +5

7/3/2021, 2:05 PM

Okay, you've convinced me that Blake is redeemable. Blake Reverie? Blake Illuminata? Blake Wisteria? Blake Fiammetta?

- New_Chloë (New_Chloe) +1

7/4/2021, 1:51 AM

Well, when I first had the idea, Millais' Ophelia came to mind, so I thought maybe Blake Ophelia, or even Blake Everett or Blake Millais. I rather like the idea of a trendy, brittle name like Blake Everett on-a-girl having more Romantic roots. Blake Reverie is so bad it's great.

In that vein, since I'm naming a person who will never exist:

Blake Saint Agnes Eve
Blake Rossetti
Blake Lovelace
Blake Nightingale
Blake Mnemosyne
Blake Lilias
Blake Eismeer ("sea of ice", from the Friedrich painting)

- Manipura (glaucous)

7/4/2021, 4:40 AM

Saint Agnes Eve is a great MN.

This message was edited 7/4/2021, 4:50 AM

- Pelops (guest) +2

7/3/2021, 3:31 PM

Ewww

- Manipura (glaucous) +1

7/3/2021, 5:39 PM

Blake Illuminata made me shudder.

I feel like I'd rather see it with something more like
Blake Jolene
Blake Nevaeh
Blake Autumn
Blake Audra

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 6:41 PM

- Pelops (blaaarg)

7/3/2021, 9:10 PM

Blake Autumn is the first combo I can stand.

- WinterWonderland (guest)

7/3/2021, 12:02 PM

Brooke

Blake is a boy's name. Not unisex or gender neutral.

- Wordsmith +2

7/3/2021, 12:01 PM

Brooke

I hate both, but Brooke is less strident and sounds less cheap than Blake.

- Manipura (glaucous)

7/3/2021, 6:36 PM

I think I'd like Blake more if it actually did sound cheap to me.

- Canielle

7/3/2021, 12:02 PM

Agree

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