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I’ve always loved the name Clark as girls name. What do you think of the name Clark? Could it work as feminine name?
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Definitely not. It’s very masculine and sounds dreadful for a girl.
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It sounds very sharpish and clipped to me. You could certainly name a girl Clark, but I wouldn't count it as a "feminine name' per se.
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It’s the first name of Superman so I really can’t see it as anything but male. Also, there’s Clark Gable and it’s hard to get more male than Superman AND Rhett Butler.I like the sound, though, but I really think this whole “male names on girls” thing needs to stop.
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It doesn’t sound remotely feminine to me, possibly because of the Clark Gable association.
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Clarke is the name of the main character in the tv show the 100, I always felt it worked on her. Im not a huge fan of the name in general but I can see it being used on a girl
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On the right person it would work, but not as a given name. It would have to be their last name or middle name and people would have to call them by it because it fit them.
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No, not really. It's too much of a middle aged name for men and I think of Clark from those 80s movies (one of them is on TV every year around Christmas time) and Clark Gable.How about Lark if you like a similar sound? Or Clare?
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I love Clark for a girl baby. Totally! Tomboy, but elegant. Maybe her family comes from some money.
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Why should it?
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My association is Clark Kent. It's pretty hard for me to imagine on a girl, to be honest! Kenton, maybe.
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NoThis was already a mediocre name from the start, but it could never work as a feminine name. I see nothing androgynous about it.
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Yes, but only if you name the brother Cynthia or some equivalent.What? Why not? Cynthia is a nice name.
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I agree
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Sure, it could workI think it's ugly, though.
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No, I don't think so. I would hope nobody would try it.
I'm not fond of it as a male name either, it's just so sharp and abrupt. This is one Anglo-Saxon surname that really doesn't work very well for a first name, even though it doesn't really grate on me like Murphy or Lowell or something else. It could make a fairly handsome mn.
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I think it could work as a girl’s name. I don’t really find the appeal for it on a girl, personally, but in 2020 I could see it for sure. There is something satisfying about the way the name sounds. I know someone with a 2 year old boy named Clark and while I thought it was kind of a surprising choice, I guess I can see how it fits into a more modern name aesthetic, like Blake or Luke. I will say my first association is definitely Clark Griswold.
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Don't really like the name, especially for a girl
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I've only ever known male Clarks, but I think it could totally work! It's super cute, and if you pair it with a feminine middle name, she'll have something to go by if she doesn't like it. Clark is also my bass teacher's name, so I may be a little partial to it lol
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