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If you heard the name

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ColourfulOrangex · 14/04/2017 08:46

Carter, would you assume boy or girl?

I love it so am using it but just curious

Thank you :)

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Cagliostro · 14/04/2017 08:47

Boy definitely

MaisyPops · 14/04/2017 08:47

Boy for me

Ikeameatballs · 14/04/2017 08:48

Boy

Itaintme · 14/04/2017 08:49

Boy

emilybrontescorset · 14/04/2017 08:50

Boy.

MollyHuaCha · 14/04/2017 08:51

I would assume it was a surname.

TeaBelle · 14/04/2017 08:51

Initial assumption would be boy, but it does work for a girl too imo

Yika · 14/04/2017 08:51

Boy

May50 · 14/04/2017 08:51

Boy

Creatureofthenight · 14/04/2017 08:53

Boy

Joinourclub · 14/04/2017 08:54

Boy

Glossolalia · 14/04/2017 08:55

Boy

NameChange30 · 14/04/2017 08:57

Well it's a surname but I would assume boy.
I don't like the trend to use surnames and boys' names for girls.

Ecureuil · 14/04/2017 08:58

A boy or a surname. In fact I know 3 toddler boys called Carter in my small ish village!

ShowOfHands · 14/04/2017 08:58

I wouldn't assume knowing that surname type names, particularly in the US, are used for boys and girls. I'd think boy was more likely in the UK but wouldn't bet on it.

CauliflowerSqueeze · 14/04/2017 08:59

A boy. In a cart.

KoalaDownUnder · 14/04/2017 08:59

Boy.

MumBod · 14/04/2017 09:00

Unstoppable Sex Machine.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 14/04/2017 09:00

Showing my age but used to watch a tv series ER with a lead character, Dr John Carter, only ever called "Carter" by the rest, so definitely see it for a boy not girl.

MiniAlphaBravo · 14/04/2017 09:00

A boy. Not at all keen on these surname names. A carter was someone who presumably drove (or made? I don't know) carts for a living. Why name your kid that?

EverythingEverywhere1234 · 14/04/2017 09:00

Definitely a boy

Isawahatonce · 14/04/2017 09:01

Boy but I wouldn't think it was odd for a girl

Frazzled2207 · 14/04/2017 09:01

Boy.
Also would think of Carter in ER but he was a good egg.

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ColourfulOrangex · 14/04/2017 09:03

Because it was a name me and DC dad picked before he passed away so when DC arrives in July I would still like to use the name we wanted...it also goes better with the middle name and it goes with my son's name...as I said still using just wanted interested at what gender people thought, thank you Smile

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 14/04/2017 09:03

Boy.