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Help[Opinions] Blake
So, what are everyone's opionions on Blake, for a boy? I saw it written somewhere randomly and realized i kinda like it:)
Also, in my top 10 i posted Peyton for a boy and had some people say to forget it cause it has gone to the girls, opinions?
Thanks!
Also, in my top 10 i posted Peyton for a boy and had some people say to forget it cause it has gone to the girls, opinions?
Thanks!
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I'm neutral about the name Blake. I don't really care for it one way or the other. I do have kind of a bad association with the name which turns me off a little. Even without the association, Blake kind of reminds me of an annoying high school aged boy who is loud and obnoxious and thinks he's all that.
Peyton does sound very feminine to me. I wouldn't use it on a boy.
Peyton does sound very feminine to me. I wouldn't use it on a boy.
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I think Blake sounds ... uh, metrosexual? or something. Soap-opera rich dude. Like a guy who shaves his chest and wears shiny cowboy boots. I don't care for the sound of it. Bl-ache. Sorry. At best, it's just sort of preppy and mild.
I don't think I'd worry about Peyton being too feminine. It has been unisex for as long as I've heard of it. It just got to be a slightly bigger fad for girls, I think.
I don't think I'd worry about Peyton being too feminine. It has been unisex for as long as I've heard of it. It just got to be a slightly bigger fad for girls, I think.
This message was edited 9/5/2013, 9:27 PM
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I like Blake and Peyton for boys.
Blake used to be on my list but it isn't any more and Peyton I am still unsure whether to add or not.
I'm in the UK so when it comes to unisex names I think we're very different to the Americans, most of the Ashleys and Morgans I know are boys for example and here I wouldn't hesitate to call my son Phoenix, Devon or even Sydney.
I like Peyton for boys and girls about equally.
Blake used to be on my list but it isn't any more and Peyton I am still unsure whether to add or not.
I'm in the UK so when it comes to unisex names I think we're very different to the Americans, most of the Ashleys and Morgans I know are boys for example and here I wouldn't hesitate to call my son Phoenix, Devon or even Sydney.
I like Peyton for boys and girls about equally.
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It's ok on a boy. I find Peyton really unattractive on both genders.
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Blake and Peyton
Blake is much better on a boy than a girl, imo.
warning: rant - skip this paragraph if you don't want to hear it haha
actually one of my pet peeves is that, if a famous girl has a traditionally boys' name (which was most likely an exciting-to-them deviation on their parents' part) that people just start using it for girls as if it was always a girls' name, and also decide that it should now mostly be a girls' name because it's on a famous person.
back to Blake...it's still not my favorite name, even on a boy, however. It makes me think too much of "flake", which isn't an association I'd want, flakiness.
But we probably just have different styles, because Peyton isn't my favorite either. That said, I also prefer it on a boy. I think it's still fairly firmly unisex. I know a lot of boy-to-girl names have been pretty much completely appropriated by the girls, but there are still some hold-outs that I feel are definitely unisex, Peyton/Payton being one of them. (I prefer the Payton spelling on a boy, perhaps because many of the girl Peytons I've encountered have used the "e" spelling, maybe to differentiate from the boys. Just a thought)
Blake is much better on a boy than a girl, imo.
warning: rant - skip this paragraph if you don't want to hear it haha
actually one of my pet peeves is that, if a famous girl has a traditionally boys' name (which was most likely an exciting-to-them deviation on their parents' part) that people just start using it for girls as if it was always a girls' name, and also decide that it should now mostly be a girls' name because it's on a famous person.
back to Blake...it's still not my favorite name, even on a boy, however. It makes me think too much of "flake", which isn't an association I'd want, flakiness.
But we probably just have different styles, because Peyton isn't my favorite either. That said, I also prefer it on a boy. I think it's still fairly firmly unisex. I know a lot of boy-to-girl names have been pretty much completely appropriated by the girls, but there are still some hold-outs that I feel are definitely unisex, Peyton/Payton being one of them. (I prefer the Payton spelling on a boy, perhaps because many of the girl Peytons I've encountered have used the "e" spelling, maybe to differentiate from the boys. Just a thought)
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Sorry. I'm old enough to remember the character of Blake Carrington on the cheesy, 1980s, night-time soap, "Dynasty." A bad, bad, bad, bad, embarrassingly bad, show. All I can think of is soap opera when I see a name like Blake, Chance, Brock, Gage, Troy, Bentley, Peyton (Place!) etc.
I've tried to get the image of William Blake, the poet, to overcome my prejudice on the name. But it's too ingrained. Sorry.
I've tried to get the image of William Blake, the poet, to overcome my prejudice on the name. But it's too ingrained. Sorry.
This message was edited 9/6/2013, 11:13 AM
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I don't actually know of a specific Blake on a specific soap opera, but I just hear soap opera when I think of the name Blake. Which is not a great association.
I'd say Peyton is pretty fair game for either sex. It's recently more popular on girls than boys, but it's certainly not unheard of on boys either. That said, I have a son named Emerson and wouldn't hesitate to use Rowan and Morgan on boys either, so I may be biased.
I'd say Peyton is pretty fair game for either sex. It's recently more popular on girls than boys, but it's certainly not unheard of on boys either. That said, I have a son named Emerson and wouldn't hesitate to use Rowan and Morgan on boys either, so I may be biased.
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i basically think of blake shelton which is kind of bad
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