River for a boy?

[Beckyv88]

My husband and I have this name on our shortlist for our little boy. I love it, but I worry that as he gets older it’ll become a bit inappropriate - like applying for jobs and stuff. What do you think?

I like it , but for some reason see it as more of a feminine name.

I like it. Nickname Riv is cool.

Makes me think of River Phoenix, so for mr the connotations are quite sad as he died so tragically

due to River Phoenix I thin its a negative name

I love it. River Phoenix was such a beautiful soul

It's fine, not especially outlandish these days.

We had that suggestion given to us lots! But we are called Trent, so there's many funny people around for sure.

I wanted to call him Spike, but everyone said NO.
He's an adult now. What name would he most like?
That's right. Spike.

You'll never get it right

I like it but I would only use it for a girl.

I like it. It’s got a calm but cool feel to it. I think it’s fine in professional contexts.

I really like it for a boy but would probably use it as a middle name with something more classic as a first name.

The only River I know is a boy. I like it

I love it.

I just don’t like naming after celebrities.

I like it!

we had it on both our boys and girls list. I would say it's more usual as a girls name but no reason not to have it for a boy.

I love it for either a girl or a boy.

But I dislike Rivers.

Rivers sounds like the gamekeeper.

I love the name River, but I would give him something boring as a middle name in case he doesn't like it when he is older, and he can choose to be called by his middle name. Also important that the middle name is something nice and masculine since River can be used on girls too.

E.g.

River Thomas
River James
River George
River Benjamin
River David
River Nicholas
River Samuel

Score it off the list right now.

I like it too :)

I like it

I know a child called Afon, I think it's Welsh for river.

Nice name.
But then again I do like some "hippie" names, like Storm (extremely common for boys in Denmark), River, Summer, Willow, Sunny, Rose, etc.

I love it, it's on my list for a boy, but think I'll need to convince DH too. He is much more traditional in his name choices.