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Meadow (boy)
What do you think of Meadow for a boy? Do you think it works or does it seem a bit too feminine to you? Also what combos would you make with it, assuming you like it?-cayden Formerly summitseeker.
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I don't think Meadow can work for a boy. Meadow is too feminine.
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Gal Meadow indeed!My mother had a Scottish friend, an older woman named Gladys whose sisters were Maud and Girlie. Presumably Girlie was a nn, but with sisters like Gladys and Maud, one can only speculate.But I think Girlie Meadow could work rather well ...
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That's wonderful. Yes - there is a "Lady" hidden inside Gladys. (smile) When the name Guy occurred to me, I had to add Gal: I couldn't help myself: I began laughing to myself when the initial middle name to follow Meadow happened to be Brook (Brooke). I thought of the Wonder Woman film star released about a year prior by the name of Gal. I wonder if there is a man with the name Gal or Girlie - as either a formal name or nickname - but not a sarcastic nickname. Perhaps a similar alternative would be to add a letter 'm' to Adam. I know a guy whose first name is Marcel, but he uses his middle name as his first, but his middle name isn't Adam; it would be interesting if it were. Most (postal) mail addressed to me (mostly from marketers that would not know me) address me as Ms. I much refer the Misses title, if one insists on using a title, that is. Honestly I prefer for people to call my by my first name / nickname.
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The thing is, in Hebrew Gal is completely gender-neutral. It means wave. No one would think twice about a guy named Gal. So it took me a while to realize why it was supposed to be funny!
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As the wide world knows, South Africa has had a very dodgy record of race relations between the white minority, formerly dominant, and the black majority, now able to vote and take charge of their own lives. This demanded and still demands lots of hard thinking on both sides, of course.One of the ways people cope is by laughing at themselves and each other, and for many years there has been a cartoon strip called Madam and Eve, in which the white home-owner (Madam) is clearly not nearly as beautiful, intelligent or quick-thinking as Eve, her domestic worker. It's hilarious, and helpful; and I like puns!
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I'm all about unisex names/using names for either gender, but Meadow strikes me as really feminine for some reason. But if I met a boy named Meadow it would probably grow on me.Some combo ideas:Meadow Adler
Meadow Allan
Meadow Ambrose
Meadow Atlas
Meadow Bryn
Meadow Calix
Meadow Caspian
Meadow Ellis
Meadow Felix
Meadow Ferris
Meadow Foster
Meadow Gage
Meadow Gideon
Meadow Gray
Meadow Hartwin
Meadow Hayes
Meadow Idris
Meadow Isidore
Meadow Jasper
Meadow Jude
Meadow Knox
Meadow Lucian
Meadow Phineas
Meadow Ptolemy
Meadow Rhys
Meadow Sutton
Meadow Theseus
Meadow Ulysses

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Mauren (not Maureen) MeadowMeadow Brook
Lyndon MeadowLauren (Laurie) MeadowWarren Meadow

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I really like Meadow Calix and Meadow Ambrose! Also I don’t really like Caspian as a first name all that much but Meadow Caspian is a handsome combo.
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I like it more for a boy. I think it would be nice as a middle name.
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Agreed completely. I don’t like it much for a girl but definitely do for a boy.
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No, it's too feminine. Both the sound, and the concept.
I've run across a girl named Meadow and I was surprised that I didn't mind it. I used to think of cow patties, like Anne. But I thought it was nice in real life (and I don't watch TV shows, so no influence from that). I would have winced (to myself), though, if it'd been a boy. I don't think boy names have to be totally butch, but for me, Meadow is not masculine enough to give to a baby boy. JMHO

This message was edited 8/2/2018, 1:23 PM

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I think it's awkward sounding as a name, but I don't see it as particularly feminine.I'd rather see: Amado, Amedeo, Savanna for a boy, or Meadowlark for either gender.Meadow Artemas
Meadow Salvador
Meadow Pollux
Meadow Alvis
Meadow Adam
Meadow Cedric
Meadow Tyrek
Meadow Jamal
Meadow Amir
Meadow Ajax
Meadow Bernard
Meadow Barnabas
Meadow Maximilian
Meadow Justice

This message was edited 8/2/2018, 11:42 AM

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I like it for a girl and could never imagine it on a boy.
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it's too feminine for a boy, but too cutesy and random to be a good girls' name either. And the only Meadow most people ever heard of is Meadow Soprano, so that's not exactly a point in favor of it's being unisex.
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I think it sounds like fabric softener. I could just about accept it as a middle name (James Meadow) because I'd think it was a family surname. I really don't like it on either gender.
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yes, a fabric softener!Right next to the April Fresh and Downy.
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I don't think a stretch of open land,probably with cowpats, is remotely feminine! Nor would I saddle a boy with it.
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