Carlisle

Too harsh-sounding for me, so I am not a fan of it. I can't picture it on a girl.

I'm surprised people think it sounds feminine. Carlisle sounds 100% masculine to me. It's an okay name, although I'm not fond of it.

Better for a girl, but too scarce for boys nowadays.

It's my middle name, also my grandfather's given name. He is an elegant gentleman. That is why I love this name, sounds refined and looks stylish. My grandma call me Carlie, she thinks it's a cute nickname for Carlisle.

I love Carlisle for boys. Such a strong, handsome, beautiful masculine name.
Would love to see this used on more boys.

Why give it only to males? Females can have it as well. It'll be better than the historic Charlotte.

This name will suit better for females than males in the coming years. Also an English feminine form of Charles.

Carlisle has a very debonair ring about it, in the best sense. I prefer it as a middle name, because I don’t like “Carl” as the inevitable nickname. I feel it would rob Carlisle of the classiness that made me fall in love with the name to begin with.

I think that's very aristocratic, calm, bright, refined and British.

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The first time that I've heard it was in Twilight (2005) and still has a positive vibe as the character has the same personality of the name.

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Then I found it in many films and TV series often as surname.

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It could be a perfect first name for a Lord in my opinion.

Seems too feminine to be a boy’s name, but I like it for either gender. I’m not trying to ruin the name for a boy, I still love it for a boy, but I like it for a girl too. I would definitely give her a feminine middle name.

Yes I love the name Carlisle so much so that I named my son Carlisle. It's a very unique and lovely name and I can't understand why people dislike it so much. If we all chose the same names no one would be different!

My husband is named Carlisle. His name comes from a Scottish family lineage. His full name is Carlisle Edward Wilson 4th. When we tell people his name they often laugh and tell us it's very regal sounding or we get the "your name has 2 "Twilight" characters in it ". People also can never spell it correctly or pronounce it right. I love my husband's name and love how much history is behind it, but he hates it.

Carlisle is my last name. I love it and I get many compliments on it. But it's always been misspelled and people like to pronounce it wrong too! But I love it and I love my full name!

A very sweet yet sophisticated name, it would sound great on a boy and man.

To me this name sounds handsome and mysterious but also gentle, plus you rarely see it.

I like this name for a girl. I have a friend named Carlisle, but she mostly goes by Carli just because her last name is Callen, so she gets a lot of Twilight references.

I love this name. I admire the astrophysicist Carl Sagan so much that I would love to name a child after him, but I can't stand the name "Carl" - it sounds too harsh and brusque. "Carlisle" would be a beautiful compromise. The two "L" sounds in the second syllable softens it, creating a melodious, well-balanced name.

Awesome name and very easy to pronounce if you've ever seen the word "aisle". Seriously, people. That said, as much as I love it, I could never name my child this name because of Twilight (even if he was the only bearable character in that series).

I find this name to be quite ugly. It probably has to do with the 'Car' beginning. It sounds out-dated rather than classic. The nickname 'Carl' doesn't exactly help either.

I wish that I had heard of this name without Twilight. Now whenever I mention it people must bring up my pettiness for loving a name from Twilight. A fantastic name overall, but with the Twilight pandemonia, not something I could use at the moment.

I do not like this name. It has nothing to do with Twilight, I like Twilight, but I don't like the sound of Carlisle, the spelling looks somewhat clumsy, and it took me ages to figure out the pronunciation.

I think Carlisle is a very strong sounding name. It seems elegant and calm. I am all for this name!

It's a stupid name. Really, what would possess you to call your child Carlisle?! And I haven’t even started on the inappropriate naming of Carlisle Cullen (Twilight fans should know what I'm on about.)

I think that Carlisle is a really masculine, elegant name. The only way that anyone could think it was a girls' name is if they pronounced it CAR-lease-el.

I love the name. It's obviously an older name and is not used too often, and I like being more original (without getting dumb and naming your kid after a vegetable or something).

It has a very elegant sound. I like it!