| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) |
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... |
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D |
| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 996 |
| Total number of notes: | 7139 |
<THE NAME BLAIR>
My fiance and I will probably not be having children for several more
years. But every once in a while we enjoy creating names. He really
wants to name our child, (if it is a boy), Blair. To me Blair sound
too feminine. I have never seen or heard of it as a boy's name. I
told him that if it were spelled BLARE, the name might look more like a
male. He does not like it spelled that way. It is rather unique, but
I wouldn't want him to suffer through life with a name he might hate.
Please respond to this note.
Pam
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| 411.1 | One name fits all... | CAPNET::BARKER | Thu Jul 27 1989 11:27 | 7 | |
I tend to agree that Blair (or Blare) sounds pretty feminine. I have
never heard it as a male name. How about Blake? It is not as
feminine, although it could go either way.
At least you don't have to worry if it is a boy or a girl ;^)
Angela
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| 411.2 | From Dunkling and Gosling | SHALOT::ANDERSON | Give me a U, give me a T... | Mon Jul 31 1989 10:15 | 16 |
Blair (m) -- Scottish surname, derived from a place name meaning "a flat piece of land," used regularly if infrequently as a first name. Main use was in the 1950s and 60s. By the early 1980s also being used as a girl's name in the U.S. Blake (m) -- Surname used as a first name in modern times. Sometimes for William Blake the English poet ... from old English "blac" (pale) or "blaec" (black).... One well-known bearer ... is the "Pink Panther" director Blake Edwards. Used rather more in the U.S. than elsewhere, and occasionally for girls. Check out the replies to Barb Wagner's note (forget which number) for more "b" ideas. -- Cliff | |||||