[identity profile] americandiva.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
One more question

Rory

Boy or girl?

Date: 2007-06-21 06:12 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 06:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rubytitania.livejournal.com
Boy. It sounds completely ridiculous on a girl! Where has this come from anyway? I never heard it until recently. Is there some female celebrity or something named Rory?

Date: 2007-06-21 06:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dancing-crazy.livejournal.com
There's a show with female lead named Rory. Or the character is named Rory. I'm not sure. It's called Gilmore Girls.

Date: 2007-06-21 06:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rubytitania.livejournal.com
Ohhh, that would explain it I guess, thanks. I assume Rory is short for something? I suppose it could work on a girl if it was a nickname... It still sounds weird though.

Date: 2007-06-21 07:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comicstar.livejournal.com
Yeah it's "short for" Lorelai although obviously there's been some creative shortening there.

Date: 2007-06-21 11:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zante.livejournal.com
I thought the mothers name was Lorelai??

Date: 2007-06-21 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omgzits--tam.livejournal.com
The mother figured, Hey, fathers name their sons after themselves, why can't women?

Date: 2007-06-21 11:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comicstar.livejournal.com
Yeah she named her daughter Lorelai through a heady mix of drugs and feminism.

Date: 2007-06-21 06:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] washironfucketc.livejournal.com
boy.. unless it is a nickname..

Date: 2007-06-21 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dancing-crazy.livejournal.com
Boy. It's nice for girls as a nickname for Aurora, and it's one of the few boy names I don't mind so much on girl. It doesn't make me cringe like Mackenzie does.

Date: 2007-06-21 07:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comicstar.livejournal.com
As insane a Gilmore Girls fan as I am, I prefer it as a boy's name.

Date: 2007-06-21 07:57 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 07:32 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 07:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com
Either or. But I think it sounds more masculine than feminine.

Date: 2007-06-21 08:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 0o-faerie.livejournal.com
First thought: girl. But then again, I know a boy called Rory as well, so I'd say either =)

Date: 2007-06-21 09:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] solagirl.livejournal.com
I've only know girls named Rory. I dislike it for both boys (it seems like a girl's name) and girls (too harsh).

Date: 2007-06-21 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bobinwales.livejournal.com
Definatly a boys name...
I could never envision it as a girls name, as all the boys I know with it are very boyboy! [If you know where I'm going with that!]

Date: 2007-06-21 11:06 am (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 11:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zante.livejournal.com
MALE!!

Date: 2007-06-21 11:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ninarules.livejournal.com
i like it for girls...im partial to rorin for a boy.

Date: 2007-06-21 11:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krosp.livejournal.com
I guess I can see the appeal of Rorin but it reminded me of "roaring" when i first heard it

Date: 2007-06-21 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandtree.livejournal.com
BOY. Damn you, Gilmore Girls! Damn you!

Seriously, my sister's best friend's father is named Rory. He is very obviously a man. To me, Rory is a man's name, end of story.

Date: 2007-06-21 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calixbat.livejournal.com
The people I know who used the name don't even know what Gilmore Girls is so its not just the show.

Date: 2007-06-21 01:59 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omgzits--tam.livejournal.com
Definitely girl's.
I don't know, the show has influence me too much.

Date: 2007-06-21 02:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] omgzits--tam.livejournal.com
has influenced*

Date: 2007-06-21 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] calixbat.livejournal.com
Girl. 7 months ago it would have been boy but then firends had a baby named Rory, she is a girl.
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Date: 2007-06-21 08:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com
Thats not true, actually. Rory has been a girl's name since before GG.
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Date: 2007-06-21 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com
Oh, you're probably right haha. I was just ready to jump on someone for saying that the show created it as a girls name, which I know isn't true. Sorry for being aggressive, or whatever haha.

Date: 2007-06-21 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kyo-o.livejournal.com
Boyboyboyboyboy! X10000000!

Date: 2007-06-21 07:40 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-21 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com
Both. I love it for both.

Date: 2007-06-21 08:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-22 12:24 am (UTC)
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