Message: "Vienne for a boy?"

[Opinions] Vienne for a boy?

by Caralena Estelle (GiovannaDevorah)

4/3/2011, 6:47 PM

I remember when I saw Ailill Vienne on a boy. I was floored. What do you guys think of using Vienne on a boy? What would you pair it with?

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- Delphi_Blue

4/4/2011, 1:04 AM

Vienne is all girl to me, but its nice to see a name make the jump that way. Usually its boy to girl. Normally I'd say word names are fair game for either, but as this is a French word name, thats different- in French there are masculine and feminine place names, and Vienne is feminine.

Vienne Nicholas
Vienne Henry
Vienne Tobias
Vienne Micah

Theodore Vienne
Arthur Vienne
Jasper Vienne
Luca Vienne

Best I could do *shurgs*

This message was edited 4/4/2011, 1:07 AM

- Chelsea (Chels) +5

4/3/2011, 8:17 PM

I wouldn't use it myself because it doesn't sound like a name to me, but since it's a place name, and not a very common name, I don't really see how it's classed as either masculine or feminine. If the name or place had some significance then I guess I would consider it usable for either gender, but I don't see the appeal myself if that makes sense.

- Sofia +4

4/3/2011, 8:27 PM

I believe it's seen as female in France sine it's a female noun in French. Most other languages don't see place names as having neutral gender as English does.

This message was edited 4/3/2011, 8:28 PM

- Chelsea (Chels) +3

4/3/2011, 8:34 PM

I agree with that, I guess I made the assumption the OP was in the US which maybe is my bad. In a culture that doesn't associate gender to names then I don't see anything wrong. I agree that in France it could be more problematic.

- mirfak

4/3/2011, 11:14 PM

I think it's problematic in the US too, because we are familiar with French feminine forms that look similar and have masculine counterparts - Adrienne / Adrien, Vivienne / Vivien, Julienne / Julien, Donatienne / Donatien, Lucienne / Lucien ... the only exception I know of is Etienne.

- Sofia +1

4/3/2011, 8:37 PM

I guess I assumed the family at least spoke French, since wouldn't they use the English name for the city otherwise?

- Chelsea (Chels)

4/3/2011, 8:41 PM

?? Not sure really :) Vienna isn't in the btn database and Vienne is. Maybe they would use the French name because it sounds more "exotic".

- Orsino (bananarama) +3

4/3/2011, 7:54 PM

Awful.

Disturbing. Just don't do it.

This message was edited 4/3/2011, 7:54 PM

- Chelsea (Chels) +2

4/3/2011, 7:55 PM

Why disturbing?

- Orsino (bananarama) +1

4/3/2011, 8:17 PM

Kids will make fun of him for having a girly-sounding name.

- Chelsea (Chels)

4/3/2011, 8:22 PM

It's a middle name, and a hardly ever used name at that. I bet a boy named Avery or Riley right now would be teased more than a boy named Vienne because he's more likely to meet a girl of that name than a girl named Vienne.

- Entropy (ninjato) +3

4/3/2011, 7:25 PM

A feminine name on a boy for a middle name? Oh my! That's a bit disturbing to me.

- Chelsea (Chels) +2

4/3/2011, 7:56 PM

Disturbing in what sense?

- Entropy (ninjato) +1

4/4/2011, 8:26 AM

It reminds me of an alias middle name of a tranny. I immediately think of RuPaul's Drag Race.

- Chelsea (Chels)

4/4/2011, 11:27 AM

Do you feel the same way about boy's names on girls?

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