Thoughts on Quincy as a girl's name?

[Anonymous]

Hi there - I'm trying hard not to solicit opinions from my family about potential baby names but for some reason I have no issues asking complete strangers about it What are your thoughts on the name Quincy for a girl?

[Anonymous]

I like it. It is original. I think you should go with it.

[Anonymous]

I winced reading your subject heading. Ugh. Unless it has some special meaning for you, don't do it.

[Anonymous]

I like unusual names, but this is pretty terrible. It would even be a little much for a boy.

[Anonymous]

I don't like it. Quinn I can handle, Quincy is still a male name.

[Anonymous]

Weird.

[Anonymous]

Oh nooo. Don't like. Even as a male name, it's just about a hair away from Noooo.

[Anonymous]

Thought about it for a boy, but I agree it's too much for a girl.

[Anonymous]

Use Quinn instead.

[Anonymous]

I don't like it. I do really like the name Quinn for a girl or Quentin for a boy. Quincy is just too cutesy though and I associate it with boy.

[Anonymous]

I like it for a boy (probably because of Little Einsteins), but don't like it for a girl at all.

[Anonymous]

Terrible. Please do not do that to your child! Quinn is tolerable but there are so many prettier names out there.

[Anonymous]

Joan Didion named her daughter Quintana Roo. Really she did!

(please don't take a cue from her).

[Anonymous]

Quincy is like Baxter...best used as a dog's name.

[Anonymous]

Oh, no, please no.

My next thought was that Quince, like the fruit, would be a strange girl's name (like Apple, I guess?), but still miles better than Quincy.