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Several places list Uri (hebrew name) as a unisex name, but I've only ever heard it on boys/men. How popular is Uri on girls, or would it be better to stick with the conventionally feminine Urit?
Mum to Owen Amidor Lovel and Alexandra Salome Louisa
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9529612 (Updated Oct 2008)
Mum to Owen Amidor Lovel and Alexandra Salome Louisa
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9529612 (Updated Oct 2008)
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Uri is conventionally a boy's name. The name Or is unisex, and it comes from the same root, and I have met girls named Ori, which is spelled the same as Uri.
My sister knows a girl named Uri, but it's an exception to the rule, about on the same level as naming a girl James or something. It's part of an Israeli trend of using boy's names on girls and vice versa; it's not a correct usage.
It's better to stick with conventionally female names for females in general, but I personally don't like Urit.
Edit: Although Or is not in the database, you can find it in the user-submitted names. It's definitely in the top 100 for boys, and used a lot on girls as well.
My sister knows a girl named Uri, but it's an exception to the rule, about on the same level as naming a girl James or something. It's part of an Israeli trend of using boy's names on girls and vice versa; it's not a correct usage.
It's better to stick with conventionally female names for females in general, but I personally don't like Urit.
Edit: Although Or is not in the database, you can find it in the user-submitted names. It's definitely in the top 100 for boys, and used a lot on girls as well.
This message was edited 10/24/2008, 11:36 AM
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