http://mrsduryee.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] mrsduryee.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] babynames2006-05-05 12:01 pm

Opinions...

What do you guys think of the name Gentrie?

What sex does it sound like it's for? ;)
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[identity profile] ewaeva.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
If she had a twin, Bourgeoisie would be nice.
And, if you're really fearless, their brother could be named Proletariat.

[identity profile] artfuldodger.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Or there's always "Haute Monde" if a two-words-for-the-first name style is a choice.

[identity profile] lostrocket.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
This thread would be my answer is, "No, don't like it."

[identity profile] lostrocket.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"why"

Slip it in where you think it makes sense, since I apparently forgot to.

[identity profile] neroli.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree that it looks like a misspelled version of the vocabulary word gentry (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gentry).

If you like the meaning, perhaps there is something here (http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=king+queen+ruler+reign+prince&nmd=m&suppress=yes&title=Royal+Names&heading=none) that you'd enjoy?

If you like names with similar sounds, perhaps you'd like Genevieve, Ginevra, Geneva, Gentian, or Gemma. Or, for the ending, Audrey, Signy or Dagny... hm, I'm not doing very well with this part, sorry!

[identity profile] jenniferdunn.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it sounds like a boy's name to me.. maybe because of the country band I dunno.

[identity profile] soulsurvivarida.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Female.

[identity profile] bellasmommy.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
(without looking at comments)

Boy.

[identity profile] glitterberrys.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I always liked the sound of "Gentry," probably for a boy, but I doubt I'd use it.

[identity profile] macabre.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
When I was in highschool, there was a boy named Gentry.

[identity profile] sotypical42483.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it sounds like the name of a truck or a car or something. I don't like it at all.

[identity profile] hermionesparkle.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The spelling looks like it's for a girl but saying it in my head, it sounds like a boy name.

[identity profile] cathkitten.livejournal.com 2006-05-05 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Boy or girl. I'd prefer people to only use it if it was their last name, though.

[identity profile] vryposh.livejournal.com 2006-05-06 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
my sister in law named her boy Gentry (with a Y) at first I didn't like it but now it has grown on me :)

[identity profile] kati-d.livejournal.com 2006-05-06 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Montgomery Gentry...

um.. it sounds like a guy to me..

[identity profile] ophiomancer.livejournal.com 2006-05-06 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a boy's name.

Also reminds me of sidhe. They're called "the gentry" sometimes. Heh.

[identity profile] ciara-belle.livejournal.com 2006-05-06 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like something I should be studying for my English Society exam. I definitely do not like that as a name. It's not a word that translates well to a child's name.

And yes, then you could name the siblings Nobilitie, Aristocracie, Peasantrie, Yeomanrie...

[identity profile] anapology.livejournal.com 2006-05-10 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
gentrie.. like rich upper class? sounds awful to me..
male, i'd stab a guess.