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Help[Opinions] Re: Tristan
in reply to a message by Lacey
It doesn't sound at all girlish to me. Or even feminine.
It is masculine, one of the gentler sounding masculine names to me -- like Keith or Grayson is. The gentle quality about it is a distinctly manly, mannish quality to me, however, since I've known for decades that it is a male name (despite it apparently attracting some folks to use it on females, as though anything not tough-sounding must be femme). It's already being used on girls, but I doubt it will be extensively used by either sex, and I doubt it will ever be considered a mostly female name.
edited to add: I think maybe some people might also find it suitable for girls because of its similarity to the well known name Trisha, and because of the lack of other Tri- boy names. (trying to mellow my harsh on cross gender namers here)
- chazda
It is masculine, one of the gentler sounding masculine names to me -- like Keith or Grayson is. The gentle quality about it is a distinctly manly, mannish quality to me, however, since I've known for decades that it is a male name (despite it apparently attracting some folks to use it on females, as though anything not tough-sounding must be femme). It's already being used on girls, but I doubt it will be extensively used by either sex, and I doubt it will ever be considered a mostly female name.
edited to add: I think maybe some people might also find it suitable for girls because of its similarity to the well known name Trisha, and because of the lack of other Tri- boy names. (trying to mellow my harsh on cross gender namers here)
- chazda
This message was edited 12/14/2004, 1:20 AM
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