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Help[Opinions] Tristan
Wdyt and why do you think Tristan is not more popular? It was in some movie in the 1990s, don't remember what now, can you think of a movie this name is in?
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I quite like Tristan, definitely more than the similar-sounding (and far more popular) Christian, as it's less like assigning someone a personality or duty - and that's with the Arthurian legacy!
Tristan has been in my Top 10 before, and my stock combo is Tristan Xavier.
Tristan has been in my Top 10 before, and my stock combo is Tristan Xavier.
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I know a 1990s Tristan, here in South Africa. Pleasant guy, prosperous family perhaps trying to Do Something Different, name-wise. I don't mind it, but there are so many names I like better that I'd never think of using it.
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Tristan has been a favorite boy name of mine for a long time; it has long history, sounds handsome/attractive, and has never been too common (surprisingly!! I’ve only met two people with this name, both times far apart; the first dude spelled it as “Tristin”). I don’t understand how anyone can hate it, but maybe some thought that Tristan means “sad” (and turned away, due to a depressing meaning).
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I like it
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I don't like this name just based off it's sound. I actually know someone with this name
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I don't agree ... Tristan doesn't mean "sad." It's the same name as Tristram and Drustan. And it's not gender neutral - some people seem to think it sounds like Kristin and have given it to girls, and you may be right that that's why people don't use it that much - but that doesn't make it a genderless name. Trista is a made-up name. I word-associate Tristan with "trust" rather than "tryst." Mallory isn't even really a first name, and I don't think it's comparable, since its familiarity as a first name originates with a 1980s TV show and not from well-known literature.
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Tristan is entirely masculine, and there is a feminine version as well, not one for both.
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No not that movie but thanks, I have not seen that. I remember watching a movie in the late 90s, that name came up and my friend said she will use it for her future kids.
lol, I typed that before reading your edit.
lol, I typed that before reading your edit.
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