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in reply to a message by rascaldog
It's not the same thing, is the point, you see. "More commonly used on girls" does not mean the same thing as "conventionally used as a name for females only." People might expect Eden to be a girl, but they wouldn't be as flabbergasted by it on a boy as they would if the boy's name were Annabelle.
Mason on a girl, however, isn't IMO one hundred percent conventionally male anyway. It's too new as a common usage. It does seem ugly to me as a woman's or girl's name, but more because the surname and the "stone mason" meaning make it tough and cold to the point of being comical. Like .. like naming a girl Rock. Sorry. I guess possible nickname Masie could rescue her when she was feeling inclined not to conceal her sex.
- chazda
Mason on a girl, however, isn't IMO one hundred percent conventionally male anyway. It's too new as a common usage. It does seem ugly to me as a woman's or girl's name, but more because the surname and the "stone mason" meaning make it tough and cold to the point of being comical. Like .. like naming a girl Rock. Sorry. I guess possible nickname Masie could rescue her when she was feeling inclined not to conceal her sex.
- chazda
This message was edited 2/16/2006, 7:59 PM
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