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[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

What do you think of the name Hollis? For a girl, though I don't think I've ever seen it used on a boy...

I've officially been sentenced to bed rest, and thus confined to watching television and playing on the computer, and the name came up in a news article I read today. I sort of like it, but I don't think it would sound right as a first name. Thoughts?

Comments

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i have a male cousin named Hollis Randall Lastname.. so, i can't imagine it on a girl..

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of the book Pictures of Hollis Woods. It's not my favourite name, though--it's just not my taste!

I'm sorry about the bedrest!

[djador.livejournal.com]

I thought of the book too.

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

I like it.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I don't think it sounds right as a first name. It's okay, and I like the nn Holly, but I don't really like it.

[jewelzrpretty.livejournal.com]

I really like it.

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

I've only heard it used as a boy's name, so it's hard to get past that. Sorry!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Same here.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I like it. I read a book once with a female character called Hollis, and I've heard it on boys once or twice, so I can imagine it on either. I don't think I'd use it myself, but I can definitely see it as a first name.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I know a boy named Hollis, so I can't imagine it as anything else. It's a decent name, but I don't love it.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Holly can be a boys name, if Hunter is a girls name.. which I saw a few days ago.
*shakes head*

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I think it's a pretty surname. Don't like it for a first name.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I like Hollis for a boy..a lot, actually. It's kind of old fashioned but I don't know. I like it. I'd probably nn him Olli if I ever named my son Hollis.

I don't like it at all for a girl, though.

[sex.livejournal.com]

I know a guy with the last name Hollis. That's all we called him, and all I think of when I hear it is "boy".

[h-hope.livejournal.com]

I think its a unique name, not horrible. I had a neighbor named Hollis (male) and there is a female Hollis on Crowned, Mother of All Pagents. For some reason though it has kind of a country-bumpkin sound to it to me.

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

I've never heard it before, but I like it!

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I think I wouldn't mind it on either sex, but particularly with the nickname Holly for a girl, but when I hear that word, the first thing I've thought of for as long as I can remember is Run-D.M.C. singing

IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME IN HOLLIS, QUEENS
MOM'S COOKIN' CHICKEN AND COLLARD GREENS