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[Opinions] Gillian on a boy?
Urm, I have a question (obviously ;) ).
And it's not so much "do you like Gillian on a boy?", but rather "have you ever met/heard of a guy named Gillian?"
Because here's the thing: one of my quite reliable name books claims that, in the English-speaking world, Gillian is/was/has been used a masculine name. As such, it is allegedly an Anglicized form of a Gaelic masculine name Gillean (and pronounced with a "hard G", as in "garden").Personally, I've always only heard of Gillian as a girls' name (which I love and would consider using, by the way), but then again, that doesn't mean much since I don't live in an English-speaking country. So I thought I'd ask you: Have you ever heard of male Gillians? Is it like Ashley, Lindsay, Kelly, Shannon - or more like "a boy named Sue"?
Oh, and while we are at it: how do you, personally, pronounce that name in general? "Soft G" or "hard G"? To me, it was always clear that this name is pronounced with a "soft G" (simply because that's how I learnt it); reading through the comment section for Gillian, though, apparently some people do pronounce it with a "hard G". Would that depend on the region you are from?Anyway, thanks in advance!
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Gillian on a boy?  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/24/2014, 9:22 AM
Thanks everyone!  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/27/2014, 1:15 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Pie  ·  2/25/2014, 5:24 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/27/2014, 1:42 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Anneza, nsi  ·  2/25/2014, 12:11 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/27/2014, 1:40 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  New_Chloe  ·  2/24/2014, 4:43 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  jennifer  ·  2/24/2014, 3:59 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Dracotorix  ·  2/24/2014, 2:09 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Silhouette  ·  2/24/2014, 11:31 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  queenv  ·  2/24/2014, 11:26 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  number1212  ·  2/24/2014, 11:16 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  kudriashkajo  ·  2/24/2014, 11:14 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  mirfak  ·  2/24/2014, 10:12 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/27/2014, 1:36 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Calla  ·  2/24/2014, 9:51 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Frollein Gladys  ·  2/27/2014, 1:39 PM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Llewella  ·  2/24/2014, 9:40 AM
Re: Gillian on a boy?  ·  Mireio  ·  2/24/2014, 9:32 AM