Message: "Ocean" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Ocean

by Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

9/10/2019, 7:11 PM

Does Ocean feel more masculine or feminine to you? A male student chose it as his English name. Ocean is a masculine word in some languages, but I tend to see it as feminine in English.

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- Starstrider (Serafina Starstrider)

9/11/2019, 3:57 PM

Unisex but I slightly prefer it for a girl while I slightly prefer unisex River for a boy.

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- noel (glaucous)

9/11/2019, 2:04 PM

Unisex/masculine. I'm pretty sure I've seen it more than once as a surname and only once as a given name (Ocean Vuong).

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- Mar (X-Mar)

9/11/2019, 1:43 PM

I'd expect a male if I encountered it. I prefer it on a male as well.

- mirfak

9/11/2019, 12:47 AM

I think it does seem slightly more masculine than feminine. Though it works for either.

- Felie

9/10/2019, 11:43 PM

Hi Fiammetta !!!

Ocean seems masculine to me while Océane is feminine.

But I think that it is unisex anyway.

- ari.

9/10/2019, 10:59 PM

Unisex, but more feminine, I'd say.

- Janan (jeziana)

9/10/2019, 10:57 PM

Unisex

- Dracotorix +1

9/10/2019, 7:31 PM

Ocean in English sounds a little more masculine to me. Oceane in French sounds feminine.

- CrazyKitty4 (crazykitty)

9/11/2019, 3:17 PM

I feel like most things sounds more feminine in french.

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