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I agree

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I used to sort of like Avery as a male middle name - but only as a middle, and only male. However, more often than not it's used on girls these days, and I don't get it. At all.

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Is it because the first syllable is similar to that of Ava?

I think Avery is an awful name for either sex. It reminds me of a farm boy with a really ear-grating accent.

This message was edited 5/1/2016, 6:29 PM

I think people who like it must think it sounds enough like names such as Rosalie, Hilary, Marjorie, and Emily, to be feminine. And yet it's a surname-name, so it has that "spunky / aloof" air, that I think derives from calling sports participants and famous subjects by their surnames. I imagine those who like Avery (f) are people who would use Ava, but they think that it sounds too old-fashioned or matronly.

I do NOT understand why people use Avery on girls. I don't have a problem with names switching sides, so to speak, but Avery is all boy to me. Doesn't sound girly at all.