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[Opinions] Jake on a girl
Saw this in my TV guide as the name of a character in a movie. Do you think it would work in reality and does it need a full name?I like Jacobine and maybe Jaquetta as long forms
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It wouldn't work. And I don't even like the name Jake to begin with!
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Jake strikes me as EXTREMELY masculine, as a nn or not
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I was just about to say that. I don't care if her name is Jake or Jacobine or Jacqueline ... Jake just says boy to me, the same way Michael, William, Daniel and ... I don't know, Butch do!
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As a nn for Jacobine, I think it's wicked. The world needs more Jacobines.
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I don't like the idea of Jake on a girl. If I were someone who wanted to call my daughter Jake. I would name her Jacklyn and call her Jake for short. Jake is just to masculine in my opinion.
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Man I, um, I kind of like it, I gotta admit, by itself or a nickname for Jacobina etc. I think it's bright and cute.So weird. Two of my imaginary friends / alter-egos / characters, two of the most longstanding ones I've had, are called Leo and Jake, and I've recently randomly been finding their names appealing on girls.
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I think it's about as appealing as, say, Emmy on a guy.I guess if the full name naturally shortened to it, like Jacobine, some women could carry it off. But I would not name a daughter Jacobine and call her Jake from birth, because I would not want that done to me.
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Nope, it barely works as a brake for a semi-truck. It definitely won't work on a girl. I'm serious.
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Why?Jake is far too masculine for a girl, IMHO. Thumbs down.
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I also agree
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I agree!
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Ditto
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hear, hear
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ditto . .
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Yes, this...Exactly. It might be passable as a nickname and ONLY a nickname for the aforementioned names or Jacqueline and its variants. But that's it.
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Absolutely agree
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I'm sceptical about it working in reality, but then I hate the name altogether. I think of a thick, angry man with little education.A full name like Jacobine would be desirable.
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No, it sounds too boyish to me. Jakey could work as a nickname for a girl, but Jake is all boy.
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