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HelpRe: Clover for a boy
in reply to a message by peregrine
Overall I have a somewhat negative reaction to it.
However, I would not give my opinion as advice, considering that I have never met a guy Clover and I agree that it's not the worst.
If I met a guy Clover, he would change my impressions of the name Clover for a guy.
Clover (f) is easy for me to picture on someone androgynous. It's pretty sexless and plain.
Clover (m) ... I think it seems like a Victorian-era kind of usage.
It seems like, nobody today really names a boy Clover *because* it thrives in the meadow, or means good fortune. A word name often seems like a stylized image, a logo.
I also feel like Clover on a very masculine man has the potential to make a negative impression (yokel-ish) - same deal with Clover on a very feminine woman (bovine). There's an unflattering childish/pastoral aspect to it that could be set off by a sex-y bearer.
None of that really interferes when I meet a person bearing a name, though. My impression of the person usually overwhelms my impressions of the name, even an unusual usage. So, whatever. I don't disapprove of it. I'm just not very enthused about it.
- mirfak
However, I would not give my opinion as advice, considering that I have never met a guy Clover and I agree that it's not the worst.
If I met a guy Clover, he would change my impressions of the name Clover for a guy.
Clover (f) is easy for me to picture on someone androgynous. It's pretty sexless and plain.
Clover (m) ... I think it seems like a Victorian-era kind of usage.
It seems like, nobody today really names a boy Clover *because* it thrives in the meadow, or means good fortune. A word name often seems like a stylized image, a logo.
I also feel like Clover on a very masculine man has the potential to make a negative impression (yokel-ish) - same deal with Clover on a very feminine woman (bovine). There's an unflattering childish/pastoral aspect to it that could be set off by a sex-y bearer.
None of that really interferes when I meet a person bearing a name, though. My impression of the person usually overwhelms my impressions of the name, even an unusual usage. So, whatever. I don't disapprove of it. I'm just not very enthused about it.
- mirfak
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