Linden

[lilaloves]

Linden or Lynden for a boy? Too girly?
As an alternative to Rowan.

Like it and thought it was a boys name when I saw the thread title

I assumed it was for a boy when I saw the thread title, too.

Lynden and Linden sound masculine to me.

I'd agree it sounds either unisex or more like a boys name. I can think offhand of boys/men I know called:
Willow
Ash
Larch
Rowan
Oakley
Ashley
So nature names are definitely not that uncommon for boys!

I think of Lynden David Hall.

Nice name.

While looking up the name Linden on google in brought up in the search that The singer you mentioned had died a few years ago,really sad.I remember he had a great voice.

Sorry Takver,but I don't know a single male with any of those names so maybe they are just uncommon to me.

Maybe its just co-incidence that I know so many 'tree' named males They're a mix of ages (6 up to 40s) and from various different places/backgrounds, so its not just a local thing! I guess though once you start noticing them, you look out for more IYSWIM.

(Rowan, Ash and Ashley are all primary school age, and definitely their given names. I think some of the others - Oakley at least - might be nicknames derived from surnames.)

I like your Nature theme, it's nice. I went to school with a family that had opted for "bird names". Raven was in my class - he had jet black hair and brown eyes and it really suited him. Robin was a few years older and sort of blond, very laid back. Heron was tall and gangly and a few years younger than me. They had a sister Wren but she had left school by the time I got to know the boys.

CZJ has a brother named Linden. Definitely a boys name.

Another mum of a Lyndon here!

Mine is 10 and loves his name- he has never been called Lynda, despite my dad's worries and it is a name that is growing on him more as he gets older IYSWIM.

It's a nice 'tree name' too, there are a lot of lime trees round our way, and we like calling them lindens.

Strange that most people have experienced Linden as a boys name...have been trying to remember who the (female) Linden was that I knew: she is a Kiwi, perhaps it's more commonly known as a girls name over there.

Never heard of Linden (as in the tree) as a name, but have a friend who is married to a Lyndon. He is Welsh and known as Lyn.

I like it.

Lyndon Johnson spelled it with a Y and an O, but I like Linden too. Very nice name and I would consider it definitely a boy's name, probably because of the President, who was definitely quite a macho man.

Unter den Linden is a lovely boulevard in Berlin, named for the trees flanking it.

Daragh is an Irish tree name, referring to the oak tree.