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Blair

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vancoke · 23/06/2022 09:04

Blair for a girl? I really like it but I'm worried it might be too surname-y?

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user1492757084 · 20/03/2023 07:52

I know three Blairs, two young men in their twenties and a very successful man in late 40s.

liveforsummer · 20/03/2023 07:34

Agree it's not the nicest sound - bit like bleuggh and will sound awful as a name in some accents. Also as above - Tony springs to mind immediately

Figgy90 · 20/03/2023 07:30

It’s nice. It’s a Scottish name and is Gaelic for meadow. As for people saying it sounds like”bluegh” - maybe they should learn how to pronounce their R’s 😅

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vancoke · 25/06/2022 13:04

Thank you everyone for your opinions - good and bad! Grin

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vancoke · 25/06/2022 12:58

@scottishnames I am Gaelic Grin

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Bellacatt · 25/06/2022 10:28

ofwarren · 23/06/2022 09:08

I straight away think of Tony, of someone showing disgust (blurgh) or The Blair Witch Project

I had the exact same thoughts. Sorry OP!

RandomUsernameHere · 24/06/2022 20:06

I would immediately think of Blair Waldorf, but then I'm a huge Gossip Girl fan.

soulinablackberrypie · 24/06/2022 19:55

I've never liked this name much, even before Tony Blair - it just reminds me of the word "blare" as in having your music blaring out too loud!

But if it is to be used at all, I prefer it as a boy's name, which is what it traditionally is.

peaceinourtime · 23/06/2022 23:57

Sloane is better for a girl last name, name.
I have known two Corbyn's incidentally.

pimlicoanna · 23/06/2022 23:38

I only know it as a boys name but if you love it then use it

Luredbyapomegranate · 23/06/2022 23:37

Witch Project.

It sounds like retching sound to me. But yes also surnamey. And mostly used for boys when it is a first name. So no.

scottishnames · 23/06/2022 19:58

Siren But in many languages, a flower name is a symbol/shorthand for something "nice" or pretty. Hence the flower names.

ellieboolou · 23/06/2022 19:32

Awful name, first thought Tony and second though Blegh like all the tweenagers are saying

17caterpillars1mouse · 23/06/2022 19:08

Definitely Tony

Or that TV shows from the noughties with the horrible rich girl, think she wears a blazer alot

MintyGreenDreams · 23/06/2022 18:58

Could be worse I've met a kid called Corbyn

tigedee · 23/06/2022 18:55

I love it!!

Phyllis321 · 23/06/2022 18:50

I think of a strident noise blaring out. There are loads more actually gorgeous names

SirenSays · 23/06/2022 18:49

But without one of those, is your daughter in fact a field? Will she look like one? Do you want her to be named after one?

Does that matter? Nature based names are very common. I dont think anyone has ever told a Poppy, Rose or Daisy that they aren't in fact flowers

Tintackedsea · 23/06/2022 18:44

I went out with a guy called Blair. I've never met a girl one. It's funny how some trad boys names end up being unisex. Can't imagine a female Iain or Bruce but I suppose it is a possibility.

mintich · 23/06/2022 18:34

Love it for two reasons!
I'm Scottish and have known a few Blairs (both sexes) amd they have all been lovely.
Also I used to watch The Facts of Life on Sky when I was younger and one of the girls was called Blair and I loved her!

NC12345665 · 23/06/2022 18:30

Blair White though...

scottishnames · 23/06/2022 18:26

revolting Quite a few, I would think. Where I live all the signposts and street names are in Gaelic as well as in English. So people do know, and understand. As I said, Blair is a well-known surname, and there is a very, very long-standing Scottish tradition of calling second sons after their mother's family, as a first name. And daughters, too, if there are no sons. But otherwise, to randomly choose a name from another language - any language - without doing a bit of research first does strike me as a bit odd.

EinsteinaGogo · 23/06/2022 18:25

I really like it.

I also like Blake for a girl, too.

I really like masculine-type names for women.

Max
Charlie
Eddie
Blake
Blair

BE22 · 23/06/2022 18:14

ofwarren · 23/06/2022 09:08

I straight away think of Tony, of someone showing disgust (blurgh) or The Blair Witch Project

These are the 2 things I thought of too!

TheOrigRights · 23/06/2022 18:14

Tony
Lionel
Witch

I just wouldn't!