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[Opinions] All the Tristans I know are male.(m)
I have an ex-bf who has a nephew named Tristan. And my friend's son is friends with a little boy named Tristan. And there was a Tristan in a classroom I observed who was also male. Plus the myth of Tristan and Isolde (you should see the movie) has me thinking its all male.I've never met any female Tristans even though I have heard of it being used for females. I have met one Trista though.Just another sad, sad case of a great male name being taken over by the ladies. *Sigh*
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me too. mI've never heard of a female Tristan. In fact it's been in the top 100 several times since the mid-nineties for males, but only a few times in the top 1000 for females. So it must be a major coincidence that you've only met female Tristans.I have met two females named Trista, which is the feminine version of Tristan.ETA: Oh, and I do like the name Tristan, but I can't see it on a girl at all. It seems very masculine to me. Trista would be better (although I'm not too fond of that name myself). Also I don't see how it rhyming with Kristen makes it seem more feminine. Gary rhymes with Mary but no one thinks Gary is feminine (that I know of). :) I really don't like this trend of using boys' names on girls. I don't understand why when there are plenty of strong sounding girls' names out there.

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