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Brooke vs. Blake
Both for girls.Which do you prefer, and why? You can't say "neither". **middle aged woman who angers easily**
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I will say "neither" until my dying day. Sorry, but they are really on a par with each other, and I can't stand either.
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I like Brooke! It's preppy, but aside from that it's cheerful and nice. I don't like Blake at all, either gender.
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Brooke. I still think of Blake as masculine.
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Brooke. I don't like it, but it sounds pretty assertive-neutral, I guess. Like a boxy grey jacket.Blake is Blair + Jake + flake.
It's like ripped acid wash jeans that cost $300.
It is kind of neat the two potential meanings are essentially opposite (pale and black), though.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 5:59 PM

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Brooke.I prefer Blake as a middle name for a boy so it’s more handsome then it is pretty. Brooke is decent at most.
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neither!zxcvbnm,
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Brooke! It's not a "pretty" sound, kinda surnamey/pretentious and businesslike - but it is somehow light and breezy. Like Lark or Britt.Blake gives me a dated-television vibe. It's almost a parody of preppiness.
And its sound: Blehck.
I think Blair is nicer than Blake.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 1:08 PM

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Brooke sounds like a wealthy mean girl in teen movies. I hate it.
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To me, that's exactly how Blake sounds.
Brooke would be a rich brat who is friendless and pretty, but not mean.
Blake : Brooke :: Tiffany : Kimberly
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That's very interesting. Blake to me is the preppy (everage income) kid, maybe because I knew someone like that but Blake was a guy.
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I'll officially put you in Blake's corner, then. :)
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Hahaha, okay! :D
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Oh man I like both. I'm going to pick Blake because it feels more current and I like the edge to it.
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Brooke, but I don’t like either.
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Brooke. I love it and it’s always been one of my faves. I honestly hate Blake, even on a boy.

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 12:42 PM

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Definitely Brooke. It might have started out unisex, but it never got much use on boys and is and pretty much always has been known as a girls' name. Blake is sometimes used on girls, and I actually know a female Blake in her early thirties, but it's all boy to me.
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BlakeI like Blake better. The name has really grown on me since watching The 100. Also Brooke is overused; where I used to live, at least.
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BlakeFor William Blake. That's what I'd tell myself. I dislike Brooke a lot. I'd pair it with something outrageously Romantic, or another surname of someone outrageously Romantic.
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Okay, you've convinced me that Blake is redeemable. Blake Reverie? Blake Illuminata? Blake Wisteria? Blake Fiammetta?
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Well, when I first had the idea, Millais' Ophelia came to mind, so I thought maybe Blake Ophelia, or even Blake Everett or Blake Millais. I rather like the idea of a trendy, brittle name like Blake Everett on-a-girl having more Romantic roots. Blake Reverie is so bad it's great.In that vein, since I'm naming a person who will never exist:Blake Saint Agnes Eve
Blake Rossetti
Blake Lovelace
Blake Nightingale
Blake Mnemosyne
Blake Lilias
Blake Eismeer ("sea of ice", from the Friedrich painting)
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Saint Agnes Eve is a great MN.

This message was edited 7/4/2021, 4:50 AM

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Ewww
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Blake Illuminata made me shudder. I feel like I'd rather see it with something more like
Blake Jolene
Blake Nevaeh
Blake Autumn
Blake Audra

This message was edited 7/3/2021, 6:41 PM

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Blake Autumn is the first combo I can stand.
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BrookeBlake is a boy's name. Not unisex or gender neutral.
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BrookeI hate both, but Brooke is less strident and sounds less cheap than Blake.
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I think I'd like Blake more if it actually did sound cheap to me.
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Agree
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