Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 23:25     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anderson
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 23:10     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anonymous wrote:Okay, you can't complain about Andy and Alex being girls' nicknames, they have been around as long as Alexandra/ia and Andrea.

I get the annoyance of names switching genders, but what is the obsession parents of boys have with not having gender-neutral or shared names for their sons at all? It's not the end of the world if a girl shares your son's name.


There is no such thing as a gender neutral name. When a mom says that, she means that she wants people to think that her girl is a boy. Perhaps deep down she thinks that it will help with job prospects, or maybe she just hates everything feminine because she sees femininity as weak. "No Bella's or Elizabeth's for me! No sir, my girls name will be Maxwell Drew". Whatever the case, "I want a gender neutral name" = "I want a masculine name".

I'd hate to be a man with the name Ashley or Carol. And I will not do that to my son if I can help it. If I had a daughter, the same notion would apply.

Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 22:07     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Augustus. Anatole.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 22:06     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Okay, you can't complain about Andy and Alex being girls' nicknames, they have been around as long as Alexandra/ia and Andrea.

I get the annoyance of names switching genders, but what is the obsession parents of boys have with not having gender-neutral or shared names for their sons at all? It's not the end of the world if a girl shares your son's name.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:41     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anders.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:40     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anthony


Yeah, but there are enough girls named Toni running around.


Where do you see all these girls named Toni?


I don't know any little girls named Toni, but I know at least 4 adult women that go by Toni. That's not including all the random Tonis I've met in my life and can't specifically recall, and doesn't include Tony Morrison.
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:33     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Anthony


Yeah, but there are enough girls named Toni running around.


Where do you see all these girls named Toni?
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:30     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Alan
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:28     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
August
Aksel

(friends kid's names)
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:28     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Adam
Antonio
Anthony
Alex
Alejandro
Alek
Allen
Aaron
Abraham
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:21     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Anton
Aiden
Asa
Ari
Aaron is my bro's name (love)
Asher (nephew's name)
Amos
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:18     Subject: Re:MANLY names that start with A?
Asa
Atticus
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:10     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Axel
Angus
Augustine
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:06     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Love Adam and Aaron
Anonymous
Post 09/15/2012 21:04     Subject: MANLY names that start with A?
Archer