Message: "Ivy .... for a boy?"

Ivy .... for a boy?

by Lizzie_Jay (guest)

6/1/2010, 9:29 PM

I am watching an episode of Wife Swap and one couple has two boys. Breslin and Ivy.

WDYT of Ivy for a boy?

#Ivy

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- itsnotmykitchen

6/1/2010, 9:30 PM

Maybe as a nn for Ivan but if not only if you really hate your son.

- Alcyone +1

6/1/2010, 9:31 PM

I don't care for it for a boy. It sounds feminine to me. Ivor would have been better for a boy.

- Bear

6/2/2010, 11:38 AM

Love Ivor. :-)

- Ozma (TheDreadedSockMonkey)

6/1/2010, 9:43 PM

Eh, it's not something I would use myself, but it's androgynous. I tend to think that about most nature names.

- Siân (Sharley)

6/1/2010, 11:08 PM

I like them both.
I like a load of effeminate boy names and while I like this one I doubt I would use it.
I've liked Breslin for years.

This message was edited 6/1/2010, 11:09 PM

- lac

6/2/2010, 12:05 AM

Ignore

This message was edited 6/2/2010, 12:36 AM

- lac +1

6/2/2010, 12:05 AM

I've come across Ivy on a guy, too, only it was short for something, I can't remember what. I don't like it. It's too girlish for me.

- abbasdaughter

6/2/2010, 3:24 AM

for Ivan maybe? If the name's only 2 syls, there's no need for a 2 syl nn though.

- Pink Princess

6/2/2010, 12:48 AM

Hate it! For a girl it's very cute, but for a boy it just doesn't work imo.

- abbasdaughter

6/2/2010, 3:13 AM

Wouldn't that qualify as cruel and unnusual punishment?
That's almost like putting a sign on his forehead for the other boys that says "PLEASE... beat me up!"... Now I don't believe in beating people up for any reason, but realize not everyone shares my viewpoint and badly chosen names are 1 of the dumb reasons some people are inclined to choose.

This message was edited 6/2/2010, 3:17 AM

- Asherah

6/2/2010, 4:25 AM

I don't like it. I have a bad association with it on a guy. LOVE it for girls, though.

- Ninor (Frozten) +3

6/2/2010, 5:40 AM

Why not?

I don't really like Ivy on a girl, but I think it's betetr on a boy. Its like Ashkey for me, better on a boy but more common on a girl. And if you can name your daughter Michael or Dylan, then you name your son Ivy.

- abbasdaughter +2

6/2/2010, 5:46 AM

I don't like Michael or Dylan on a girl either... so that doesn't really justify Ivy on a boy... not that I'm really fond of it as a name on a girl either... Though it's tolerable.

This message was edited 6/2/2010, 5:48 AM

- Ninor (Frozten) +1

6/2/2010, 5:52 AM

No, but I can't really understand why it would be so awful on a boy. It sounds pretty much like Ivy and just by listening to the sound, it could be a boys name too.

- abbasdaughter

6/2/2010, 6:29 AM

sounds too frilly to me... Then again, I think some of the tree names like Linden sound kinda girly and frilly too.

- Wordsmith

6/2/2010, 7:25 AM

I think I would like Ivy as a nickname for Ivor.

- Eilis (Suibhne)

6/2/2010, 7:41 AM

Meh. I think there are so many other male Iv- and Yv- names that I'd rather see one of them: Ivar, Ivan, Yves, Yvo, whatever else. But I could see it maybe growing on me. I'm lukewarm on Ivy as a name in general, which might account for my lack of enthusiasm for it in this case.

I definitely don't like seeing anything alongside Breslin. Yecch.

- Lara (guest)

6/2/2010, 8:31 AM

Dear God, no!

- CN (CSwe)

6/2/2010, 8:42 AM

It could work. At first, I would probably think it was a bit odd to meet a boy named Ivy but it's not a name that strikes me as very feminine.

- Bear

6/2/2010, 11:37 AM

Ives or Ivo, not Ivy.

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