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Help[Opinions] WDYTO Tundra?
So my class has been learning about animals in the tundra lately and it got me thinking: Tundra might be an interesting name. Like it’s a total guilty pleasure that I would never use. Girl or boy?
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No for me, sounds threatening and not enjoyable. Sounds like a name of a cooler company.
This message was edited 5/30/2025, 2:04 PM
Sounds more like a dog name to me. I think it would be a great name for a Husky, Malamute, Samoyed, or Norwegian Elkhound.
I like it. I can see it for a girl or a boy, though I'd probably use it as feminine name... for a character. For a real person? I've definitely heard worse, but it's a bit much, iykwim?
Definitely a guilty pleasure, just like Taiga. Interestingly enough, both have been used in the US (https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond?name=Tundra+Taiga&gender=&type=percent), with Taiga being predominantly masculine.
While I think Tundra (and Taiga) can be unisex, it's still better as a name for a pet.
While I think Tundra (and Taiga) can be unisex, it's still better as a name for a pet.
Well it's certainly name-like...
Despite it's feminine leaning ending I actually think it gives off ultra-masculine energy. That being said I can only picture it on like, a husky owned by a world-traveling backpacker.
Despite it's feminine leaning ending I actually think it gives off ultra-masculine energy. That being said I can only picture it on like, a husky owned by a world-traveling backpacker.
I don't like geographical names much, but Savannah, for instance, looks and sounds more like a name than Tundra. Maybe OK for a white rabbit.
Both Tundra and Taiga have been gps for me for a good 15 years.
I can see this being appropriate for a dog, perhaps. Or perhaps a cat with particular coloring.
End of list.
It's not a pretty word, even.
End of list.
It's not a pretty word, even.
If I could choose any dictionary word that sounds like or could potentially work as a name, Tundra has always been at the top of my list. Even as a third grader when I first discovered it, I was all, "Why isn't this being used?". I always felt like tundra was wasted on just being a definition for a permanently frozen layer of soil in the arctic, as if it deserved a better allocation in our vocabulary.
Tundra has a Thor energy about it, as in it's got oomph. It's solid and pleasantly weighty. Feels like it enters the room before you do.
Never thought about it for a boy, it's all girl to me. I even had it on a list to name our female dog, but I got outvoted.
Tundra has a Thor energy about it, as in it's got oomph. It's solid and pleasantly weighty. Feels like it enters the room before you do.
Never thought about it for a boy, it's all girl to me. I even had it on a list to name our female dog, but I got outvoted.
I like it, it would also be a guilty pleasure for me. I’d love to have an Alaskan malamute dog with this name.
Unisex for sure. Sounds more feminine, but the imagery is more masculine. I guess I'd be more likely to give it to a girl. I don't like the way it sounds on a real person, but it works for a character. A superhero or a supervillain.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear that there are kids named this. It's a truck name, isn't it?
Tundra seems like it should be feminine with that -dra ending, but it feels very masculine to me.
Tundra seems like it should be feminine with that -dra ending, but it feels very masculine to me.
It's got an unattractive sound to me. Very heavy and hard. I can see it on a big sled-dog type.