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Help[Opinions] Does gender by definition bother you?
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I know for a lot of people the meaning of a name really doesn’t matter, however, I’ve been looking into a lot of names that have the gender literally in the meaning of the name.
For example, the names Emerson, Addison, and Madison all share one thing in common: And that is its suffix, -son. Emerson means “son of Emery”. Addison, “son of Adam”, and Madison, “son of Maud”. All of these names are all popular on girls. Mackenzie, McKenna, and McKinley also have “son of” in its definition, yet pretty popular on girls.
It’s also kind of like how Beau literally means “handsome (for male)”, but considered unisex and Benjamin means “son of the south/right hand” and considered unisex on Nameberry.
This can also be applied vice versa as well, with names that are fem by meaning like Talitha (“little girl”), Nina (“little girl”), Kaur (“princess”), or Isis (“woman of the throne”). But I think we all know good and well nobody would even consider these names for a son.
With that being said, the question basically speaks for itself. Does stuff like this bother you? Or would you still use it as a name either way?
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I know for a lot of people the meaning of a name really doesn’t matter, however, I’ve been looking into a lot of names that have the gender literally in the meaning of the name.
For example, the names Emerson, Addison, and Madison all share one thing in common: And that is its suffix, -son. Emerson means “son of Emery”. Addison, “son of Adam”, and Madison, “son of Maud”. All of these names are all popular on girls. Mackenzie, McKenna, and McKinley also have “son of” in its definition, yet pretty popular on girls.
It’s also kind of like how Beau literally means “handsome (for male)”, but considered unisex and Benjamin means “son of the south/right hand” and considered unisex on Nameberry.
This can also be applied vice versa as well, with names that are fem by meaning like Talitha (“little girl”), Nina (“little girl”), Kaur (“princess”), or Isis (“woman of the throne”). But I think we all know good and well nobody would even consider these names for a son.
With that being said, the question basically speaks for itself. Does stuff like this bother you? Or would you still use it as a name either way?
"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all day."
Rate my personal name list please :) https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/217493
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