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Hey all !
My best friend is pregnant with a boy and she wants to call him Ashley (nickname Ash). What do you think ? She wants a very mas
culine middle name for it. Please help with middle names. What do you think of these middle names ? Do you think the name
could become overused for a boy ?
Middle names
Ashley River
Ashley Fynn
Ashley Flynn
Ashley Brentley
Ashley Chordé
Thank you !
Caroline :)
My best friend is pregnant with a boy and she wants to call him Ashley (nickname Ash). What do you think ? She wants a very mas
culine middle name for it. Please help with middle names. What do you think of these middle names ? Do you think the name
could become overused for a boy ?
Middle names
Ashley River
Ashley Fynn
Ashley Flynn
Ashley Brentley
Ashley Chordé
Thank you !
Caroline :)
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My brother-in-law is called Ashley and has no problem with his name and he drives big trucks for a living. Some people call him Ash, though some people in the family call him Cub and some people call him Ugly but that's his problem isn't it? ;)
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My best friend's brother's name is Ashley. And to respond to Nanaea's comment earlier about it being a southern name, I'd have to agree. We are very much souhtern here (Plant City is a southern as you get in Florida when it comes to traditions of the old south). Anyway, I think that the suggested Ashton would make a more masculine and more accepted form of the once popular Ahsley. My friend's brother dislikes his name so much that he goes by his last name. But I suppose he has to- he's in the army!
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I forgot to suggest a masculine middle name! I'm going to provide a few suggestions for the name "ASHTON" instead of Ashley, since that seems to be the most popular suggestion from the others whov'e responded to your question.
What about:
Ashton Armstrong
Ashton Brian (Brian means strong)
Ashton Evan (Evan means Warrior)
What about:
Ashton Armstrong
Ashton Brian (Brian means strong)
Ashton Evan (Evan means Warrior)
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Hello Caroline,
First, I should observe that I find none of the possible middle names cited especially masculine. I doubt anyone seeing them in writing only is going to assume that the bearer is male.
Moreover, "Ashley River" is a well-known waterway in South Carolina (any native of that state will tell you that Charleston is the place where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean).
Ashley Brentley has too many -leys, while Ashley Chorde (w/ acute mark) sounds like an exotic dancer. Not exactly the image a future fighter pilot or diesel mechanic wants to convey.
I have noted before that we have two male family friends named Ashley, both in their early 20's and uncompromisingly masculine. Both, given a choice, would rather be named Egbert or Percival (well, maybe not Percival) than Ashley.
Her bizarre penchant for anagrammed names aside, Nanaea is as usual the bearer of sound advice in suggesting "Ashton" as an alternative. It'll greatly reduce your friend's chance of being murdered in her sleep by her own son in 15 years.
God Bless All Here,
Daividh
First, I should observe that I find none of the possible middle names cited especially masculine. I doubt anyone seeing them in writing only is going to assume that the bearer is male.
Moreover, "Ashley River" is a well-known waterway in South Carolina (any native of that state will tell you that Charleston is the place where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean).
Ashley Brentley has too many -leys, while Ashley Chorde (w/ acute mark) sounds like an exotic dancer. Not exactly the image a future fighter pilot or diesel mechanic wants to convey.
I have noted before that we have two male family friends named Ashley, both in their early 20's and uncompromisingly masculine. Both, given a choice, would rather be named Egbert or Percival (well, maybe not Percival) than Ashley.
Her bizarre penchant for anagrammed names aside, Nanaea is as usual the bearer of sound advice in suggesting "Ashton" as an alternative. It'll greatly reduce your friend's chance of being murdered in her sleep by her own son in 15 years.
God Bless All Here,
Daividh
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Oops -- didn't mean to imply that your two, male family friends named "Ashley" were sissy-boys. :)
Have to ask though: Are they Southern? I can imagine the name "Ashley" being more commonly given to boys in the South than in the North -- probably because I seem to recall a male character from the novel *Gone with the Wind*.
You won't find many (if any at all) male Ashleys in New York, though. Quite a few boys named "Asher", though. ;)
-- Nanaea
Have to ask though: Are they Southern? I can imagine the name "Ashley" being more commonly given to boys in the South than in the North -- probably because I seem to recall a male character from the novel *Gone with the Wind*.
You won't find many (if any at all) male Ashleys in New York, though. Quite a few boys named "Asher", though. ;)
-- Nanaea
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Yup - both North Carolina natives. One goes by "Ash" whenever he can get away with it, the other just grits his teeth, admits to "Ashley", and rolls with the punches. (Of course, the fact that he's silver-tongued and looks a LOT like Enrique Iglesias somewhat softens the blows in the girl department). :)
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No doubt there are also a few boys who consider Enrique Iglesias to be a hottie.
"Softens the blows", you say?... Heheh (Nanaea is biting her tongue in devilish merriment right now, trying VERY HARD to be good on this nice message board.)
-- Nanaea
"Softens the blows", you say?... Heheh (Nanaea is biting her tongue in devilish merriment right now, trying VERY HARD to be good on this nice message board.)
-- Nanaea
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The only "Ashley" I know is a boy who spells his name Ashleigh. I think Ashley is a good name for a boy or girl but it is more feminine nowadays - especially in America. I'd go for a really masculine middle name.. Tyson, anyone?
:D
:D
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I would strongly advise your friend against naming her son "Ashley". Perhaps she may consider the more masculine form of "Ashton"?
Sorry, Ashley may have been perceived as a masculine name in years gone by, but nowadays any boy named "Ashley" is going to be perceived as being a sissy-boy.
-- Nanaea
Sorry, Ashley may have been perceived as a masculine name in years gone by, but nowadays any boy named "Ashley" is going to be perceived as being a sissy-boy.
-- Nanaea
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More on "Ashton: Yes"; "Ashley: No"...
Forgot to mention the middle name...
I choose "River", because the name "Ashton River" anagrams into "Iron Harvest".
Which is not only a cool anagram for a boy's name, but if Ashton grows up to be musically inclined, "Iron Harvest" will make a great name for his band, as well. :)
-- Nanaea
Forgot to mention the middle name...
I choose "River", because the name "Ashton River" anagrams into "Iron Harvest".
Which is not only a cool anagram for a boy's name, but if Ashton grows up to be musically inclined, "Iron Harvest" will make a great name for his band, as well. :)
-- Nanaea
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The misbehaving of Selwyn
Ummm, it may be Pavlos's posts' bad influence on me but I cannot help to find the anagram of "Iron Harvest" sort of pointing towards the more homosexual way of living so to speak.
No offence meant of course :)
Ummm, it may be Pavlos's posts' bad influence on me but I cannot help to find the anagram of "Iron Harvest" sort of pointing towards the more homosexual way of living so to speak.
No offence meant of course :)
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A good option could be Ewin Fulbright (= "fun with gerbil")
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Now that's even meaner than "ravish tenor". ;)
-- Nanaea
-- Nanaea
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Huh...? At the risk of sounding terribly naive, I don't quite get the connection between iron harvest and gay lifestyles.
Can you 'splain it for me, Selwyn? Thanks! :)
-- Nanaea
Can you 'splain it for me, Selwyn? Thanks! :)
-- Nanaea
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To the pure all is pure
I should not have brought it up in the first place.
I actually began this post trying to explain what I meant, but reading it through I realized how rude the content was and found that I had spoken before realizing what I was doing and that I even could hurt someone with my carelessness.
So let it rest in peace.
I should not have brought it up in the first place.
I actually began this post trying to explain what I meant, but reading it through I realized how rude the content was and found that I had spoken before realizing what I was doing and that I even could hurt someone with my carelessness.
So let it rest in peace.
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