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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not pretending that history and social consensus don't exist or impart meaning. However t I think most of the posters who say "it's a boy's name" seem to be implying that it's unacceptable to use it for a girl and that we should all just go along with whatever "social consensus" suggests. There's lots of things that are okay according to "social consensus" that are not values I support or want to convey to my children. So while I agree that certain names may traditionally or historically be associated with one sex or the other, I don't understand what's so bad about going against that and using whatever name you like, even if it's traditionally used for the other sex.

[quote=Anonymous]Not the PP, but it obviously means that MOST people perceive this name as a male name. In the case of Tristan, there is also a very long literary tradition in which this name is exclusively given to male figures. In this country (some European countries wouldn't allow it), you may choose to ignore these circumstances and use this name for a girl (in which case it will become a girl's name for you and maybe your friends), but that doesn't change the fact that it is traditionally a male name, and that most people still perceive it as such. Don't think you are particularly smart or free-thinking for pretending that history and social consensus don't exist or impart meaning. ALL meaning of anything cultural is history and social consensus.

[quote=Anonymous]What does that even mean? If someone names their daughter Tristan, then it's obviously not "a boys name". Why should anyone have the right to decide which names are for girls and which for boys? I don't get you people.

[quote=Anonymous]It's a boys name.[/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]

Then go ahead an name your son Jennifer Elizabeth, since you think that going against social convention in naming is fine.  Ask him in 20 years how that worked out for him.

What a complete nitwit.[/quote]

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