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Help[Opinions] I always wanted to explain this :) [m]
in reply to a message by MoonAgeDaydreamer
I'll do my best at explaining:
Simply on Michael: I want to use Michael for a name, and I don't like it for a boy [except MJ/MJF) no matter how much I try. So I just said I'd use it for a girl.
In General Why I like "Gender-Switched" as it's called: I would not use a name male name on a boy just because it's masculine or feminine on a girl just because its feminine. I wouldn't use a feminine/male version for the sake of it being a female/male version of whatever the name is I like, especially if I don't like the name I don't see the point. I don't see the point in picking another name because the name in question would be for a certain gender only, if I like the name, and love it regardless I would use it I wouldn't toss it out because of something as I see it minor as that. I would only not consider something if it gave the child tremendous known-fact-for-sure teasing. In that case I might consider it for a middle name.
Does this mean I'd name a girl Robert or John? Nope. Those don't appeal to me for girls, and I strictly see Robert for a boy because it appeals to me for a boy only. Would I name my son Rebecca, or Sarah? Nope as those don't appeal to me on boys. Rebecca I dislike in general, and Sarah I love for a girl. I get excited when I hear the names in general though regardless of gender.
I can only speak for myself, but: I don't do it to fit in the crowd or because it's the "in/trendy" thing or it's "cutsy", or "strong" for a girl or whatever the like. Whatever gender I keep coming back to, and getting all smiley on that's the gender the name appeals to me on, and like it/use it on/ Example: Hazel appeals for me on a boy only. Hazel doesn't appeal to me on a girl at all, I cannot picture it on a girl ever it's odd to me on one even though it's mostly used on girls. I get so excited to see boy Hazels, but I get all "eh" or "it's ok" feeling on a girl. Elliott for example I get excited equally for both genders, so that's what I use it on both.
Sometimes the name will suit one gender for me, then a few years I will only like it for the other or for both. It just depends.
Hopefully that explains it better where I'm coming from it might not make a lot of sense to others, but it makes sense to me :).
As for middle names:
Michael Eliza - cute thanks
Simply on Michael: I want to use Michael for a name, and I don't like it for a boy [except MJ/MJF) no matter how much I try. So I just said I'd use it for a girl.
In General Why I like "Gender-Switched" as it's called: I would not use a name male name on a boy just because it's masculine or feminine on a girl just because its feminine. I wouldn't use a feminine/male version for the sake of it being a female/male version of whatever the name is I like, especially if I don't like the name I don't see the point. I don't see the point in picking another name because the name in question would be for a certain gender only, if I like the name, and love it regardless I would use it I wouldn't toss it out because of something as I see it minor as that. I would only not consider something if it gave the child tremendous known-fact-for-sure teasing. In that case I might consider it for a middle name.
Does this mean I'd name a girl Robert or John? Nope. Those don't appeal to me for girls, and I strictly see Robert for a boy because it appeals to me for a boy only. Would I name my son Rebecca, or Sarah? Nope as those don't appeal to me on boys. Rebecca I dislike in general, and Sarah I love for a girl. I get excited when I hear the names in general though regardless of gender.
I can only speak for myself, but: I don't do it to fit in the crowd or because it's the "in/trendy" thing or it's "cutsy", or "strong" for a girl or whatever the like. Whatever gender I keep coming back to, and getting all smiley on that's the gender the name appeals to me on, and like it/use it on/ Example: Hazel appeals for me on a boy only. Hazel doesn't appeal to me on a girl at all, I cannot picture it on a girl ever it's odd to me on one even though it's mostly used on girls. I get so excited to see boy Hazels, but I get all "eh" or "it's ok" feeling on a girl. Elliott for example I get excited equally for both genders, so that's what I use it on both.
Sometimes the name will suit one gender for me, then a few years I will only like it for the other or for both. It just depends.
Hopefully that explains it better where I'm coming from it might not make a lot of sense to others, but it makes sense to me :).
As for middle names:
Michael Eliza - cute thanks
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