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Awful. There's nothing sweet sounding in Blair, it's ugly even on a boy... It reminds me of Blair witch project, and it means "ugly nose" in French...

I can't see Blair on a girl. I went to school with a really snobby boy called Blair, and I can't see past that.

I prefer Blair as a boy's name (typical for me).

I think of the Blair witch. Or a girl who's not very nice. Sorry. :)

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It's a popular boys' name here just now. I dislike it, regardless of gender. Besides, it's got the political baggage of Tony Blair where I live, and I dislike names that oculd be interpreted as political.

With the exceptions of Blanche and its variants, Blossom, and Blodwen, I think Bl- names all sound rather masculine. Blake, Blair, etc all sound 100% male to me. That view is heightened by their surnameyness for me.

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So I much prefer Blair on a boy only. I prefer, regardless, the spelling Blaire though (in contrast to my usual preference of original spellings). Blaire just looks more complete to me.

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Miranda

Strange, Blair on girls must be more common than I'd realised! I personally know two, a guy and a girl, but the girl spells her name Blaire. It really suits her, but as name on either boys or girls, I just don't like it. It doesn't sound pretty and ultra-feminine enough for my style for girls names, and I don't really like surnamey names on boys (with a few exceptions such as Garrett, Elliott and Bennett).

This message was edited 10/12/2004, 9:52 PM

I like it.. on a girl, it's sweet. I'm biased, because I know one.

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On a grown woman it's a bit less appealing. I'm not sure why. It just has a shallow ring to it, for me.

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- chazda

Love Blair for a girl (I think vivacious & strong), but I hate it for a boy because of one I knew years ago (self-centred & weak).

Blair is ok on a girl. I actually know 3 Blairs, but one of them is Blaire. It's nice!