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What are your thoughts on the name Tristan? What would you pair it with? How do you feel about it for a girl?
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare
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It sounds like a lion's name.
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I used to really love this name, until I watched Stardust. Listening to it over and over again made me realize how simpering and gratingly precious it was, and it turned me right off it. For that reason I don't like it for a boy or a girl, it makes my skin crawl either way.
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I know a Tristan. He's a tall handsome guy, smart & friendly, and has a sense of humor and honour. Pretty perfect really. I couldn't think of a better association.
For a girl Trista - which I like too.
For a girl Trista - which I like too.
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I like it alright, had a crush on it for a while, but it never quite made my favorites. Something slightly cold about it? Maybe the pair of T sounds is too much for me (I don't like a lot of "crisp" or hissy sounds especially in guynames)? I dunno.
I've seen both boys and girls Tristan, and I feel like it's a tad cringe for a girl, I don't like it. But usable, because it got used. Seems to be basically a replacement for Kristen for some people... but to me it sounds very masculine. I guess because I'd been thinking about it as a guy-name since before it started to become popular.
I think it's interesting how its popularity has dropped so fast recently. I wonder why.
Tristan Marshall, Tristan Valentine, Tristan Robert, Tristan Conrad maybe
I've seen both boys and girls Tristan, and I feel like it's a tad cringe for a girl, I don't like it. But usable, because it got used. Seems to be basically a replacement for Kristen for some people... but to me it sounds very masculine. I guess because I'd been thinking about it as a guy-name since before it started to become popular.
I think it's interesting how its popularity has dropped so fast recently. I wonder why.
Tristan Marshall, Tristan Valentine, Tristan Robert, Tristan Conrad maybe
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It's nice and all, but nothing I'd use. I'd pair it with something like Vincent, Gabriel, Elian, Isidor.
It's only a masculine name and I would vomit if I heard of a girl names this.
It's only a masculine name and I would vomit if I heard of a girl names this.
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I like it pretty well. Tristan Patrick? Tristan James? Tristan Blake?
I have seen it on a girl, years ago. She was maybe two and all bundled up in winter clothes and I could barely tell the front of her from the back, let alone if she was a girl or boy. Her mother introduced her just as "this is Tristan." I assumed it was a boy and referred to her as he, and was quite snippily corrected with rolled eyes and a sigh. Well sorry, lady, but it was truly an honest mistake and you might have thought about the possibility before you picked the name for a girl if that kind of mistake was going to bother you so much or apparently happen so often.
So no, I don't like it on a girl. It sounds an awful lot like Kristen too, which could lead to mistakes in the other direction.
I have seen it on a girl, years ago. She was maybe two and all bundled up in winter clothes and I could barely tell the front of her from the back, let alone if she was a girl or boy. Her mother introduced her just as "this is Tristan." I assumed it was a boy and referred to her as he, and was quite snippily corrected with rolled eyes and a sigh. Well sorry, lady, but it was truly an honest mistake and you might have thought about the possibility before you picked the name for a girl if that kind of mistake was going to bother you so much or apparently happen so often.
So no, I don't like it on a girl. It sounds an awful lot like Kristen too, which could lead to mistakes in the other direction.
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