Oakley

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

Oakley for a boy -- y/n?

(Oakley Robert Ellis MacEachern)

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like it better on a girl, but I guess it's proper

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I'd properly associate it more with a boy, and I think it's really cute (though perhaps harder as the child grows older?).

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

probably* ahaha

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

The more I say it, the more I love it! When I was in junior high I used to hang out with the skateboarders and there was this one guy who was always at the skate park that went by "Oke." He's quite a bit older than me, so I don't know if it's his real name or a nickname but he was very well respected in that community (and not to mention he's really hot!), so I have only good connotations for the name.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

It's the same for me: I've never really heard the name before, but when I saw your post, I rolled the name around my mouth a couple times and I'm starting to really like it!

[nagirrebailed.livejournal.com]

Hm, is it strange that I automatically think of the sunglasses?

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

My friend said the same thing! Honestly, I completely forgot about that brand.

[satwood.livejournal.com]

I thought.. like the glasses/goggles??

[trtlstars.livejournal.com]

That is all I can think of...sunglasses, 80's, sunglasses. I am sorry!

[turn-it-upp.livejournal.com]

i would love it if i didn't immediately think of those oakley sunglasses, i even really like full name you have picked out.

[girlheart.livejournal.com]

I love it too. The more I say it, the more I can picture my little baby Oakley. I honestly forgot all about the sunglasses and it's really not a big enough deal for me to re-think the name because it is really sticking with me more so than any other name I've thought of. I just hope my baby daddy doesn't hate it.. but the name is ultimately my decision, so if it's a boy he will probably end up being Oakley (unless something else jumps out at me even more between now and then).

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I'd associate it more with a girl. I like Robert Ellis MacEachern though.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I think it's the type of name that would get a boy laughed at, sorry. :-\

[godmod.livejournal.com]

I like Oakley Ellis (the Robert doesn't seem to fit). It's cute!

I think of Annie Oakley and the sunglasses, but I don't think the connection is so strong that people won't be able to get past those associations.

I knew a little boy named Mossimo and I could never get past the brand association. Oakley doesn't seem quite as....attached (for lack of a better word) to the brand.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot. My great-uncle was named this; we called him Oak.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Hmm, no. I used to sometimes ride a horse during lessons with the same name, so I think of that, and sunglasses.

If I push the associations aside, it sounds WAY pretentious.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

I like Ellis! Though paired with Oakley, it really sounds like you just came from the mall :P (Perry Ellis). Too much brand association at once.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

I agree about the pretentious sound. I can't get away from the sunglasses, either. Also, anything ending in a "lee" sound strikes me as feminine-sounding.

[corielcries.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the sunglasses. When I heard it I thought of the book Cold Mountain. I can't decide if I like it or not.

[surrealkiller.livejournal.com]

I think sunglasses....so I wouldn't use it personally.

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I knew a guy with the surname Oakley, so i can't see it as a first name at all really!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and my other association is with the sunglasses brand!