Inspired by the last post

[maude.livejournal.com]

Channing: boy or girl?

I used to think it should be stictly for a guy but lately have been warming up to it for a girl...

Comments

[alocin.livejournal.com]

never ever seen it before, But I'd put it in the girl catagory

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Neither.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Since it's a last name, I don't really associate it with a particular gender.

Mostly I associate it with Carol Channing, so to me, it seems a little odd as a name for a child.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Girl, definitely. Sounds too feminine to be a guy's name.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

How does it sound feminine?

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Girl, but I like it for either. I guess because of All About Eve, even though it was her last name, I automatically think "woman."
I've only ever encountered one Channing, though, and he was a boy.

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

I know a little girl named Channing Rose and she is a total spoiled princess.

[dancing-crazy.livejournal.com]

It's a guys name, but I wouldn't be shocked to hear it for a girl. What with Carol Channing and all, the image is maybe a bit feminine for some, maybe.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

Haha, I really don't have reasons, it just makes me think of a girl.

[p-inkjeans.livejournal.com]

hahahaha, that pic scares the shit out of me.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

either or.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

It's one of my top 3 for a girl.

[elf-chic-arwen.livejournal.com]

Actually, my younger sister's middle name is Channing. But I think it works for both a girl or a boy.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

girl.

[princesakc.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised to see so many people saying they see it as a girl's name. The only Channing I've ever known of is Channing Tatum so I see it as a boy name, definitely. Though I have heard it much more often as the last name of women (i.e: Stockard Channing, Carol Channing) so I guess it could lean (a bit) toward being a girl's name.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

when I first looked at it, I saw "canning" and immediately thought of the pickled beets I jsut made. I was wondering why it would be different to make canned goods for a boy or for a girl. then I realized what community this was and realized that's supposed to be a name.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Channing is a guy's name.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

i like it better for a girl. i think because of the actress stockard channing.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Isn't the actress who plays Rizzo on Grease Stockard Channing? It sounds like a last name to mee...but more masculine.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

*sees post above* *feels dumb*

oh well.