Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:30     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
It is a girl's name, one step above Rue, as far as garden-type names go. Don't use it.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:26     Subject: Re:Briar a boy or girl name?
Sorry, OP. I think of Brer Rabbit and Sweet Briar College.

I've never heard of it as a name for a boy or a girl. I'm sure it's been used by someone somewhere, but I would consider it similar to naming my kid Fence or Garden.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:24     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Anonymous wrote:Sounds like a name for a rabbit.


That's a great bunny name. But a girl bunny.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:23     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
I do calligraphy and read Briar as Brian. After all, it is an incomplete pen stroke away from Brian.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:10     Subject: Re:Briar a boy or girl name?
Aside from relating it to a bear, fox, or rabbit, I also thought of Friar Tuck in Robin Hood.
This thread makes me want to ride Splash Mountain.

I would not name my child Briar because it is a thorny weed that is snarly and painful.

Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:07     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Sounds like a name for a rabbit.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 17:00     Subject: Re:Briar a boy or girl name?
Neither.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:55     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Briar

Briar is also apparently a racist slur for white people.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:53     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Briar isn't a name.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:53     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Sleeping Beauty is Briar Rose.

Please don't name your kid Briar. That's really terrible.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:52     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Oh please Brer Fox, whatever you do, please don't throw me into the briar patch

Still not a name.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Briar is not a name.

Briar is a type of overgrown, thorny bush that vermin live in.


Shut up. It is now being used as a name. It's unisex.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:49     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Anonymous wrote:Briar is not a name.

Briar is a type of overgrown, thorny bush that vermin live in.


That was my first thought.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:48     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Anonymous wrote:Briar is not a name.

Briar is a type of overgrown, thorny bush that vermin live in.


Shut up. It is now being used as a name. It's unisex.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:44     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
Briar is not a name.

Briar is a type of overgrown, thorny bush that vermin live in.
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2015 16:42     Subject: Briar a boy or girl name?
We love the name Briar but unsure it's a boy or girls name?