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Totally unusable, for a fn. You may get away with it in the mn position though. But I fear even then many would think the Tigris was a female tiger. :-/

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By the way, you've reminded me of the feminine name Ivria. I once saw it in a name book meaning, "from the Euphrates River region." Since I wasn't able to find it anywhere else I put it down to another crackpot entry in a dubious name book. But oh, how I wanted it to be real. If anyone reading this can say for sure I'd love to know.

Tigris and Euphrates? But are people intelligent enough (on average) for that to be an issue? Maybe not. The sound of Tigris is pretty cool. I'd say male.

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Egret sounds horrid to me. Like the sound one makes before one vomits. Is that a bit melodramatic? :) Plus it's so close to 'regret'. It'd be funny on a dog for some reason, but not okay on a person.

I absolutely LOVE Tigris! I'm so glad to see that someone else loves it! Apparently, it's not only the name of a river - according to one of my name books there was an Irish Saint Tigris, sister of Saint Patrick.

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Egret - sorry, but no.

I love the sound of Tigris, too, and I like the imagery/feel of bird names. For me,personally, Tigris and Egret would be strictly middle name territory, though I wouldn't classify Tigris "unusable" as a first name. I would not scoff or joke if I met an Egret; I would just really hope she likes her name and hasn't been given too bad a time over it. Aside from Egret being an unusual name choice, it's also similar to the word, "regret", which may or may not bother you, or her. I'm thinking either name would work best paired with something "classic" or "traditional" or "historical" in feel...

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Tigris Antonia
Tigris Dorothea
Tigris Helena
Tigris Honora
Tigris Josephine
Tigris Lara
Tigris Lenore
Tigris Maryam
Tigris Naomi
Tigris Paulina
Tigris Theodora
Tigris Victoria

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Didn't do too well for you, but maybe these will spark some ideas. :)

Not totally unusable, no, but it's similarity to "tigress" makes me think it would be better as a middle name.

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I like Egret, and I've used it in some of my GP combos for boys, but I wouldn't actually want it for my name. I'm bothered by how much it looks like regret, the Eg- beginning isn't all that attractive, and it seems much more masculine than feminine to me (for whatever reason...nothing specific). It's not something I would hate my mother for, but I wouldn't be happy with it, either.

I don't think it's unusable but there might be some jokes about a twin named Euphrates, or at least the Euphrates is the first thing I thought of.

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I do not see a girl liking the name Egret, if it was my name I wouldn't use it.

I don't think Tigris is unusable at all. I don't like it though because it sounds like Tigress and therefore seems tacky to me. I'm having trouble seperating it from that and only thinking of the river.

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Egret is awesome, but I've always thought it seemed more masculine. Even though egrets I suppose seem more feminine. I don't know, I'd definitely think it was cool if I ever encountered someone named Egret, male or female.

Isn't Tigris the tiger from Kung Foo Panda? I think that makes it a little unusable, saying that though I did meet a little girl once called Tiggy - and she was charming - I think it would be recieved badly in society.
My first thought was that Egret was a male name, I just cannot see it on a little girl, it looks and sounds ugly in my opinion. Plus it is way too close to the word regret - which would be very lowering in self-esteem and open to jokes.