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Avery

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LuckyFlash · 13/09/2020 08:34

DH and I both love the name Avery for a boy. I realise it’s a bit marmite so not especially looking for preference on the name. My worry is that although it is traditionally a boys name, the popularity of it as a girl name in the US will take over entirely. Very happy with a unisex name but I hate to give my kid a name that in 30 years time is the new ‘Hillary’ or ‘Leslie’ where men are almost laughed at for having a ‘girls name’. Thoughts?

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Zoflorabore · 13/09/2020 19:50

I came on to say I absolutely love this name! But for a girl sorry op.

I first heard it when 9yr old dd was watching something or other American on YouTube and think it’s gorgeous. She used it for one of her American girl dolls.

I would find it odd for a boy but of course it’s your choice.

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Friendsoftheearth · 13/09/2020 19:50

I thought of it as a girls name, and one I absolutely love, but not sure about a boy....would be worried everyone would assume he is a girl

AuntieStella · 13/09/2020 19:49

Boy's name.

And a deatheater in Harry Potter

Reader1984 · 13/09/2020 19:47

I've only known it as a surname.

Normandy144 · 13/09/2020 19:38

I absolutely love it, but having lived for a short while in Canada it was very common there as name for girls. So I would always think of it as a girls name. I seriously considered it for DD1 but realised that it might get a strange reaction in the UK (which this thread is proving). I know not is traditionally a boy's name but I personally feel it is quite a feminine name.

MisiSam · 13/09/2020 19:36

I think it's a nice name but I just think of Steven Avery from that Netflix making a murderer documentary.

IggyAce · 13/09/2020 19:35

I like it and see it as a boys name. I know one like boy with that name.

Unseeliequeen · 13/09/2020 19:31

Girls name + Ava + Ovary.

BalloonSlayer · 13/09/2020 17:16

I like it.

I have just read a new Stephen King book called "the Institute" and one of the kids (boy) is called Avery.

MochaTime · 13/09/2020 17:12

I like it but being honest I thought it was a girl's name. Sorry!

Mumof3almost4 · 13/09/2020 14:54

I love it Smile

Nikori · 13/09/2020 13:38

There is a girl Avery in one of the Disney shows. I think it's cute but not everyone's cup of tea.

SeanCailleach · 13/09/2020 13:35

Avery is a death eater in Harry Potter.

beepbeepsheep · 13/09/2020 13:34

I know a boy Avery. His mum told me she's had mixed responses and some people being out and out rude but she doesn't care- and why should she? Personally I think it's gorgeous. Solid, would suit all ages, unique without being too yoonik.

dollypartonscoat · 13/09/2020 13:27

As in Stephen?

MondeoFan · 13/09/2020 13:18

I like it for girls only

EasternDailyStress · 13/09/2020 13:14

Scales was my first thought. I think it's an awful name, girl or boy. Sorry.

FishPalace · 13/09/2020 13:10

My dad (now retired) worked for Avery, @Oldandcobwebby. Perhaps he and your cousin Ken once discussed price computing scales together. Grin

Oldandcobwebby · 13/09/2020 13:08

I'm with FishPalace. It's a scales manufacturer my cousin Ken used to work for, not a given name.

FishPalace · 13/09/2020 13:03

To me it's a large multinational company that makes retail weighing scales. so it sounds weirdly corporate for an actual child.

user1493494961 · 13/09/2020 12:59

I know one (girl), I would think if it being more of a girl's name.

BalanceGreen · 13/09/2020 12:50

I heard it the first time as a male name - in Nashville the TV show. I quite like it, although have only heard it on girls since.

FippertyGibbett · 13/09/2020 12:41

I would say it’s a female name, and a place to keep birds.

MikeUniformMike · 13/09/2020 12:40

Ovary and Aviary.