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Is it? I think of liver and reaver and 'lazy river', if I dig for associations other than the obvious. And there's a tropical storm right now, so I'm thinking of floods, not very ingratiating.

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I could call someone that without thinking of those things, but I like Oliver and Rivka better. Or unisex, Sky. Skylark even. Or Robin...

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Although I feel a connection to River because my last name is river based, so maybe I would ultimately prefer it.

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Robin as masculine would seem kind of warm and ingratiating, to me, but overall I like it. Maybe they're a similar style, along with Rowan: the two-syllable unisex wordy nature names beginning with R group.

This message was edited 7/8/2021, 6:31 PM

I like it. Are you asking for a pitch? I hope so ...

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I don't think it's any more ingratiating than any other good-noun name. I think, say, Chase and Grayson and Ruby and Willow sound more warm-ingratiating to me than River. River is a little weird, Hollywoody and try-to-be-elfish, like all fashionable word-names are - like Ivy, Nova, Everly, even Violet - but not annoyingly so, it's not purple like Evolet or Valor or Evening or Ever or Vesper. And it's trendy and vaguely surnamey, similar to, but not as much as, something like Riley or Sawyer or Avery, or even Hunter or Everett (which I like).

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I just feel like the nature-image overpowers everything else about it - it's like Summer, just sort of appealing at an instinctive level because like, sunshine and flowing water, they're essential to life. Like with Summer, I'm a little confused about why it didn't become a name a long time ago... along with the likes of Garnet, Forest, Grover, Clover, Easter, Fern, Dale, Myrtle, Ginger ... River would sorta fit with them, in my mind. Well, it would, if it did. As it is, it sounds modern like Griffin or Kai... and I like that too.

I like it and I personally think it sounds kind of cold and calm. I like it for a boy but I think it's okay on a girl.

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The reason why I wouldn't choose it is because I think it will be crazy common in a few years. Popularity doesn't matter that much to me and if it was my #1 I would still use it, but it isn't so I would rather pick another name. I think it will be in the top 20 (definitely) and possibly even as high as top 5.

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Rivers is growing on me a bit, for boys and girls.

I like it for both sexes despite myself. I’m aware it’s a little cheesy and trendy and dated, all at the back of my mind, but I like it anyway and I can’t seem to stop.

I like River, for a male that is. I think it sounds solid and masculine.
It's on my list but I doubt I would ever use it since it's also the Swedish word for tear/tear down.