Gentry...WDYT?(:
#1
Posted 10 September 2012 - 10:46 PM
Even if I wake up tomorrow and hate it, for the moment, I'm really excited about this name for some reason.(: I don't know...it just reminds me of a different time and place. Calm, southern - maybe a little bit Gone with the Wind-ish? Yeah, definitely.
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#2
Posted 10 September 2012 - 10:56 PM
I also think of Montgomery Gentry as well. (Country group)
#3
Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:59 AM
So, I was coming home today from class, and I saw a billboard on the interstate. Okay, admittedly it was for a funeral home...BUT! The word "gentry" caught my eye, and it got me thinkin'...could gentry work as a name? I played around with it in my head, and it sounds a little bit more like a boy's name, but it could be unisex I think.
Even if I wake up tomorrow and hate it, for the moment, I'm really excited about this name for some reason.(: I don't know...it just reminds me of a different time and place. Calm, southern - maybe a little bit Gone with the Wind-ish? Yeah, definitely.
Opinions?
This is exactly what I thought when I was pregnant with Hayes.
I had came across our 2 family names- Monty & Gentry- and I just merged them.
I think Gentry could stand on it's on and it would be a fabulous name, for a boy!
#4
Posted 11 September 2012 - 06:30 AM
I guess it definitely sounds more southern, as you said
#5
Posted 11 September 2012 - 06:37 AM
#6
Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:04 AM
@lulut0xxic: I don't really listen to country music, so didn't know of the band. (I'd heard of it before, just didn't make the connection.)
@EmilyA: Oh, really? Great minds...! Haha. That's an awesome idea though - combining names. And yeah, I'm leaning more towards for a boy..
@Remy: It's fine! Ofc, I knew it wasn't going to be everyone's thing.(; Lol, your comment was funny to read...I could see where you would get that association with Gentry; but I've never seen that movie before actually.
@Dorcas: Yeah, you're right about surnames, and they're getting used more and more often here lately.
#7
Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:45 AM
Sorry to be the debby downer not liking the name haha i do think it'd fit in with todays names, though! Surname names are all the rage- I'm caught up in the trend myself
#8
Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:15 PM
Like I said, I know Gentry will definitely not appeal to everyone...maybe it's a southern thing? Lol.(; I do think it would fit in with the names that are being used currently, but do you think it could sound dated in a few years? :/
#9
Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:22 PM
I think Gentry works nicely as a boys name, of course it has been used for girls as well. And I agree it definitely has a southern feel/charm about it.
#10
Posted 11 September 2012 - 01:27 PM
#11
Posted 11 September 2012 - 02:19 PM
#12
Posted 11 September 2012 - 03:06 PM
@Mishada: Thanks for your input! I agree about the word-namey-ness...I couldn't decide if it sounded too much like a word and not enough like an actual name when I first saw it. The more I think about it though, the more it sounds like a name - at least in my head.(;
Also, maybe it reminds you of butlers because the gentry/aristocracy have servants??
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