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Alexis? Do you think boy or girl?

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LaWeasel · 14/06/2011 12:46

Just curious about first impressions.

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PrettyCandles · 14/06/2011 12:49

Girl

(Blame my 80s youth: Dallas, etc)

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5inthebed · 14/06/2011 12:49

Girl.

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4madboys · 14/06/2011 12:50

the only person i ever have known called Alexis was a girl.

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jenrendo · 14/06/2011 12:50

Defo a girl x

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IHeartKingThistle · 14/06/2011 12:50

Boy. Going against the grain, clearly!

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aliceliddell · 14/06/2011 12:50

I think kid with PIA (with good reason-PIA ex) mum from 'Outnumbered'

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meditrina · 14/06/2011 12:51

Both.

Traditionally a boys name, and that's what I used to expect invariably. But since Dynasty, It no longer surprises me on a girl.

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LaWeasel · 14/06/2011 12:52

I think boy too! The first Alexis I met was a boy, so I suppose that is why.

But DH insists it is a girls name...

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HappyWifeandMum · 14/06/2011 13:00

Girl. All the way!!! I have never even heard of it being used on a boy! How awkward that would be... It is viewed here as a very girly name!!

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MadamDeathstare · 14/06/2011 13:02

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bluebobbin · 14/06/2011 13:03

I think boy.

Alexis = actor from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Grin

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pilates · 14/06/2011 13:04

Def girl

Don't you like Alexander?

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Abcinthia · 14/06/2011 13:05

I know it's unisex name but my first reaction would be girl because everyone I know with that name is a girl.

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GrimmaTheNome · 14/06/2011 13:05

Girl.

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LaWeasel · 14/06/2011 13:06

Alexis Denisof is awesome Grin He's part Russian I think?

But I have also met a very English boy Alexis.

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UC · 14/06/2011 13:06

girl

Alexis Colby (showing my age...!)

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LaWeasel · 14/06/2011 13:07

Alexander is fine, it's just very long. I like quite short names.

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cherub59 · 14/06/2011 13:08

Girl - think dynastyGrin -was that Joan Collins?

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sleepywombat · 14/06/2011 13:09

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CointreauVersial · 14/06/2011 13:11

I also think girl, because of Alexis Colby. Lots of Dynasty watchers emerging from the undergrowth.......

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eurochick · 14/06/2011 13:12

Girl. Because I know a female Alexis.

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Collaborate · 14/06/2011 13:13

Girl - Dynasty too.

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 14/06/2011 13:13

Girl, Dynasty, sorry :)

However, I am aware that it is a Russian boys' name so wouldn't be surprised to hear it was a boy IYSWIM

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superjobeespecs · 14/06/2011 13:14

girl. alexai for a boy perhaps?

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corygal · 14/06/2011 13:15

Boy. I had to think quite hard about girls, and I wouldn't want a child burdened with the name of a shoulder-padded tranny.

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