mad about Addison!
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mad about Addison!
| Mon, 02-12-2007 - 1:26pm |
Ok, ladies...I'm mad about Addison becoming a popular girls' name. All of a sudden, there are tons of people who want to name their little girls Madison, Addison, Emerson, etc. The others aren't my style, but Addison hits a chord with me because it was my great grandfather's first name and I had thought I might use it as a son's mn (we have a tradition of using family names as mn's). Now, I feel like because all these people watch Grey's Anatomy (I do too) and to be "a little different" from the MILLIONS of moms who chose/are choosing Madison for their daugher (don't get me started!), they are turning to Addision instead. It feels like I can't use it anymore and I feel like that's both a little crazy and a little true. I, after all, want my son's name to have family significance and sound like he comes from a long line of proud southerners and now if I use it, it will just sound like I am jumping on the bandwagon (and using a "girl's name" no less). Gack.

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I think that Addison would work well as a mn for a boy, even if the girls are starting to take over the name. For example, I would not use Avery as a fn for boy since girls have usurped this name, but I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a mn. Don't let the girls scare you off of a name you love!!!
Good luck,
Brooke
AJ, enjoying life with C.
Aww. :( While I completely sympathize, I don't think you should abandon Addison at all!
While I realize the whole Maddy/Addy/-son craze might make some less apt to use Madison, Addison -- or heck, Emerson, Elliott, Emery, Avery, etc. -- for their sons, I don't think the same applies to the mn position. John Addison, Henry Addison ... nearly any masculine fn paired with Addison sounds wonderful IMO! All the more so since Addison is also a familiar last name, so it fits in perfectly with the surname mns so popular in the South. I don't get a "feminine" vibe from such combos in the least.
By all means, use it!!! ;)
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if you want to use it for a middle name for a boy to honor your grandfather - do that - middle names aren't used that much - and Addison is still considered unisex - game for either one
I wouldn't be concerned with what people think of that situation for a middle name
joanne
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I'm 100% behind you on this one. I really, really love Addison as a boy name. Mostly because it IS a boy name. I've known of several people with this name. They're all in the same family, and it originated as a surname generations ago. None of them ever passed it onto a female child, so it never occurred to me (until Gray's) that it could be a female name (not to say that I don't support surnames as first names for girls...personally, I adore Whittington for a girl, which is my great-grandmother's maiden name).
Anyway, I completely sympathize with your conundrum, but I still say that you should use it. My initial response was negative, I'll admit, because of its popularity, but Addison has a masculine sound to it (to me, anyway), and as a male name, it will outlast and outshine the heaps of Madisons, girl Addisons, etc. Plus, for me, family connection always trumps any issue with popularity...after all, it may sound "trendy" now...it may even sound "trendy" for the next 10 years, but in the long run, when your son is putting it across the top of his letterhead, it will just sound sophisticated, surnamey, and Southern.
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