Yuri is not okay as a girl's name.
in reply to a message by LiMeGrEeN
I explained it here: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=603443&board=baby
Please don't. Sayuri or Yuriko? Sure. But not Yuri.
Array
We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
Please don't. Sayuri or Yuriko? Sure. But not Yuri.
Array
We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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But Array darlin
Your concern about a reference to anime is likely to apply to only a small percentage of the population. Far more people are going to hear a Russian man's name when they hear Yuri.
I admit a bias here because I feel personally attached to the name Yuri for its meaning, which I do not associate with "girly-bits" or explicit fiction or lesbianism or any other negative reference. I also don't take that reference from Georgia O'Keeffe. Given that Sayuri means "small lily" and Yuriko is a child's diminutive of Yuri, I think those choices diminish the name and its sweet, simple meaning.
Your concern, while justified, rational and frank, opens up a whole other can of worms for me about art and rainbows and co-opted symbols that we should probably discuss in the Lounge some time.
Just my opinion.
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
Your concern about a reference to anime is likely to apply to only a small percentage of the population. Far more people are going to hear a Russian man's name when they hear Yuri.
I admit a bias here because I feel personally attached to the name Yuri for its meaning, which I do not associate with "girly-bits" or explicit fiction or lesbianism or any other negative reference. I also don't take that reference from Georgia O'Keeffe. Given that Sayuri means "small lily" and Yuriko is a child's diminutive of Yuri, I think those choices diminish the name and its sweet, simple meaning.
Your concern, while justified, rational and frank, opens up a whole other can of worms for me about art and rainbows and co-opted symbols that we should probably discuss in the Lounge some time.
Just my opinion.
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
Ditto again. :D
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" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
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" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
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I agree. Too masculine.
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That wasn't my reasoning, but okay. ;-)
Honestly, it doesn't sound particularly masculine or feminine to me. It sounds like an explicit story. Period.
Array
We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
Honestly, it doesn't sound particularly masculine or feminine to me. It sounds like an explicit story. Period.
Array
We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
Lol
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This message was edited 7/27/2006, 2:42 PM