Briar a boy or girl name?

[Anonymous]

I say again: terrible name. You can do so much better OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, Briar seems decidedly feminine.

I don't care for it myself. If you like the sound, what about Briony/Bryony for a girl?

Make it Brioni, then.

Guys, Bryony is a real name, not uncommon in the UK. Geez.

Bryony Gordon, Telegraph columnist
Bryony Evens, literary agent who discovered JK Rowling
Bryony Hannah, actress in Call the Midwife
Bryony Lavery, playwright
Bryony Shaw, windsurfer
Bryony Worthington, House of Lords

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is distinctly feminine about scrambling shrubs with thorns? I am sincerely curious. Or is it just the sounds? I can't think of any other standard girl name that ends in -ar.

How do you feel about rose? A thorny bush with flowers!

I think it's the sleeping beauty that makes it so feminine to me. But it generally has a lilt to it that just sounds more girly.

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Anonymous wrote:I do calligraphy and read Briar as Brian. After all, it is an incomplete pen stroke away from Brian.

Yeah, I was about to reply with "of course Brian is a boys name!" until I read the other replies confirming that OP is asking about BriaR...weird.

[Anonymous]

Naming her Briar will make it easier for her to choose a tattoo when she is 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sleeping Beauty is Briar Rose.

Please don't name your kid Briar. That's really terrible.

That's the first thing I thought. My second thought was that it's a terrible name.

[Anonymous]

Hayden Christianson named his daughter Briar Rose.

[Anonymous]

Neither. It's a rabbit name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is distinctly feminine about scrambling shrubs with thorns? I am sincerely curious. Or is it just the sounds? I can't think of any other standard girl name that ends in -ar.

Plant and flower names tend to be feminine in English. Fern, Rose, Lily, Daisy, Rue, Rosemary.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is distinctly feminine about scrambling shrubs with thorns? I am sincerely curious. Or is it just the sounds? I can't think of any other standard girl name that ends in -ar.

Adair. Which doesn't end in -ar, but close. I had a camp counselor with that name and I loved it. How about that, OP, "Adair"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hayden Christianson named his daughter Briar Rose.

Well...Hayden Christiansen agreed to Rachel Bilson's decision to name their daughter Briar Rose, is more accurate

[Anonymous]

IDK why everyone seems to think this is a girls name...since about 1985 this name has been far more popular for boys!

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Anonymous wrote:What is distinctly feminine about scrambling shrubs with thorns? I am sincerely curious. Or is it just the sounds? I can't think of any other standard girl name that ends in -ar.

Lots of them do in Boston- Patriciar, Tarar, Amandar...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband's best friend in medical school had a girlfriend named Briar.

Had. As in, dated.
Note the detail that this man did not marry her.
Relevant.

Briar- just don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It passes the Supreme Court test if you change the spelling. (Justice Stephen Breyer).

This. If you really like the sound of it, use the Breyer spelling. That would decrease people thinking of the thorny vegetation or rabbit connotation. This spelling could be male or female.