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HelpRe: What do you think of these names for a boy? Shannon, Sidney, Cassidy
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Cassidy was never used much as a boy's name and pretty much started out for girls. I think it's obnoxious without really being able to pinpoint why. It's about on the same obnoxious level as Chelsea and Kaylee.
Sidney definitely can still work as a boy's name, as it was pretty popular for boys for a long time. However, it's very dated and to me always has a sneaky, slippery sound. I picture an old-time Hollywood producer who sleeps with the young, dumb starlets, cheats his colleagues and can probably order someone's kneecaps broken by his mob connections.
Shannon got more use on boys than Cassidy, but it too feels very dated on boys. It's dated on girls too but not so much. On girls it seems to have been ahead of the Irish-surnames trend, and if it hadn't gotten popular so early, it would now be very much in style.
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Sidney definitely can still work as a boy's name, as it was pretty popular for boys for a long time. However, it's very dated and to me always has a sneaky, slippery sound. I picture an old-time Hollywood producer who sleeps with the young, dumb starlets, cheats his colleagues and can probably order someone's kneecaps broken by his mob connections.
Shannon got more use on boys than Cassidy, but it too feels very dated on boys. It's dated on girls too but not so much. On girls it seems to have been ahead of the Irish-surnames trend, and if it hadn't gotten popular so early, it would now be very much in style.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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