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I have known/known of 2 girls named Chase. I don't care for it on either sex, but esp. not on a girl. But I wish that parents who do use unisex names would clarify with the other name (fn or mn) as to the gender. For instance, Chase Mackenzie the girl could be Chase Madeline or Chase Mackenzie the boy could be Chase Matthew. Then at least those of us reading the BA's would be confused at first glance to their gender. LOL.

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

Not my style at all.

I don't see why not, Chase is a verb. So to me it's unisex.

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I don't like it for either gender, but I don't see why it can be used on a girl. Mackenzie however I adore only for a boy.

This message was edited 7/24/2006, 1:27 PM

I don't care for it. But I also dislike the name on a boy. It always sounds like a command to me. Chase Mackenzie. Why is Mackenzie running away?

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One of the female designers on Trading Spaces a few years ago was named Chase. And she was in her late 20s or so, so unless she changed her name later, her parents were way ahead of the times. I grew up with a girl named Tyler. We're in our early 30s now. Back when we were kids, Tyler was unheard of, even for boys. So it seemed weird because it was weird. Not because it was a boy's name. I wonder if that was true for Trading Spaces Chase too.

I agree with you. I can't stand male names on girls. There are so few nice boys' names, and they're all being turned into girls' names! I don't like Chase or Mackenzie anyway, but on a girl I like them even less.

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-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-

Ditto you. I don't like it.

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If they were set on using one unisex/boy name, they should have used a more feminine counterpoint. I dislike both names on their own anyway, though, and I don't like when names switch gender.

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What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.

I much prefer Chase Mackenzie on a boy. On a girl, it's nmsaa.

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This message was edited 7/24/2006, 12:57 PM

I think Chase is pretty for a girl.

I don't like it at all. I think of Chase Manhattan Bank when I hear it.

I don't like it all. I dislike boys' names given to girls and sirnames given to anyone.

I personally prefer Chase on a boy. However, the name has been regularly used by a few parents in the USA for girls every year since 1995, when Nicole Kidman played the character Chase Meridian in the film Batman Forever.

I used to love the name Mackenzie - on a boy! It's horrible on a girl.

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Chase is just a... bad name. I don't like it, at all, never have, never will - on either sex. It's worse on a girl, though. And yes, I would assume that was a boy.