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HelpAm I the only one...
...who thinks Avery is too MALE to ever be a girls' name?
No matter how many BA's I read, I can't see Avery as remotely feminine. And I'm not even one of those anti-male-names-on-girls people, but Avery is just ALL BOY to me.
Agree, or disagree?
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
No matter how many BA's I read, I can't see Avery as remotely feminine. And I'm not even one of those anti-male-names-on-girls people, but Avery is just ALL BOY to me.
Agree, or disagree?
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
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I agree. Avery is all boy to me.
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I agree
My first association with the name was the surname of a male classmate and most encounters after that were also surnames. So for the surname factor alone, I see the name as being entirely masculine.
My first association with the name was the surname of a male classmate and most encounters after that were also surnames. So for the surname factor alone, I see the name as being entirely masculine.
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I always think of Greys Anatomy
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Nope, I'm disagreeing here. Avery is awesome and I prefer it on a boy, but I do think it could go either way.
This message was edited 10/29/2014, 12:30 PM
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I think Avery is too HIDEOUS to ever be a human's name.
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Agree
The first Avery I knew was a boy I went to school with, too, which doesn't help me be able to see it on a girl. It just doesn't sound remotely feminine to me. But I guess feminine must obviously not be what people are going for when they want to name their daughter an "androgynous" name anyway.
The first Avery I knew was a boy I went to school with, too, which doesn't help me be able to see it on a girl. It just doesn't sound remotely feminine to me. But I guess feminine must obviously not be what people are going for when they want to name their daughter an "androgynous" name anyway.
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Disagree
I have met a male Avery, and I didn't think anything of it, but it's not a name that screams MALE to me. The one thing that surprises me about its popularity for girls is that it took so long. It just sounds feminine to my ears.
I have met a male Avery, and I didn't think anything of it, but it's not a name that screams MALE to me. The one thing that surprises me about its popularity for girls is that it took so long. It just sounds feminine to my ears.
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Well, the first Avery I knew was a little boy, and there was Avery in Charlotte's Web. It's one of those bland, ambisexual names like Riley that seems to end up more of a girls' names than a boys' purely by chance, because so colorless and it doesn't have any famous bearers to set the standard.
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I agree. The first time I heard Avery, years ago, was on a girl, it was in some trashy 'real-life' magazine, but even then it seemed so strange to me that someone had named their daughter it. It just didn't seem like a girls' name to me. I feel the same about Aubrey, and remember feeling the same about Madison, too.
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Yeah, Avery is a boy name to me. A stuffy rich boy, but boy none the less.
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Agree.
When I first heard this name I thought boy and the first Avery I met was a boy. Then my father's best friend has a nephew named Avery, I met him on a camping trip.
I've met one or two girl Avery's but it never has felt right to me. Just looked at the stats and I'm amazed how popular it is right now for little girls. Probably will me some more female Avery's in the next few years.
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When I first heard this name I thought boy and the first Avery I met was a boy. Then my father's best friend has a nephew named Avery, I met him on a camping trip.
I've met one or two girl Avery's but it never has felt right to me. Just looked at the stats and I'm amazed how popular it is right now for little girls. Probably will me some more female Avery's in the next few years.
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This message was edited 10/29/2014, 4:56 AM
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AMEN.
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I only like it on a boy, and it makes me cringe to see it on a girl because it makes me think its headed the way of Ashley and Morgan.
That being said, I can see why it appears feminine. The y/ie sounding ending is a very feminine trend nowadays, whereas you don't see many male Ainsleys, Aubreys, Courtneys, Stacys, Caseys, or Cassidys nowadays, you might see them as girls. There are obvious exceptions, like Finley, Bentley, Riley, Rory, and Jamie but those are often used on girls as well because of the -y ending. There are some though that I hope never cross over (Avery was one but, alas, that dream is lost) like Henry, Jeremy, and Remy. I've also seen it spelled Averie.
That being said, I can see why it appears feminine. The y/ie sounding ending is a very feminine trend nowadays, whereas you don't see many male Ainsleys, Aubreys, Courtneys, Stacys, Caseys, or Cassidys nowadays, you might see them as girls. There are obvious exceptions, like Finley, Bentley, Riley, Rory, and Jamie but those are often used on girls as well because of the -y ending. There are some though that I hope never cross over (Avery was one but, alas, that dream is lost) like Henry, Jeremy, and Remy. I've also seen it spelled Averie.
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Half-agree
In that while I think it is too masculine for a girl, I also find it too feminine for a boy. It just floats there, being neither boy nor girl. Like Darcy.
In that while I think it is too masculine for a girl, I also find it too feminine for a boy. It just floats there, being neither boy nor girl. Like Darcy.
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I love him, didn't know his name.
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Agree.
I feel the same way about Ashley, which sounds rather similar to me.
I feel the same way about Ashley, which sounds rather similar to me.
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