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| Tue, 06-13-2006 - 8:06am |
Is River a Good Name for a Girl? We think of a dark-haired, beautiful girl ....
- Yes, River is a beautiful name for a girl.
- I wouldn't have pegged it as a girl's name, but it would work nicely for a girl.
- River is OK as a girl's name.
- River is not a good name for a girl.
- Silly, don't you know that River can only be a boy's name?!?
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If you use River, be sure you watch Firefly, the series, or Serenity, the movie, because there is a character named River on that show, and there are enough people who love the series that will comment on River as a name because of it. It is not necessarily a bad association (especially if you like the show), but she is a very eccentric character.
-Sarah
I like River better on aboy. How about:
Girls:
Air
Arbor
Azure
Bay
Calico
Calyx
Cassia
Cloud
Crimson
Field
Frost
Grove
Juniper
Lark
Meadow
Mica
Mimosa
Oceane
Prairie
Rain
Skye
Snow
Stormy
Teal
Harbor
Indigo
boy ideas (I voted for Ridge):
Timber
River
Wolf (gutsy)
Lake
Birch (I like this a lot)
Ash
Drake
Echo
Elm
Flint
North
Red
Slate
Stone
We love Firefly, and I would totally use River if we needed to choose a name that starts with an R. Funny thing is Meadow is on my short list for girls, because I need a name that starts with M. More likely, though, I'll use Winter as a middle name (Natalia Winter).
Anyhow, it is funny, because my boys' names are not nature names, nor are we particularly nature people, but nature names keep popping up as choices for a girl. Not that it matters, as I'm pretty sure we will end up with 4 boys anyway.
Sarah
I love the name River for a girl, and River Marie is lovely. I, too, have always thought it sounded better as a girl's name than a boy's name. I would like to use it myself, but I'm just not sure if I'm brave enough. :) It may be too far out there for dh.
I hope you use it! That way, at least one of us will! HTH and good luck!
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