Brooke or Berkeley

[BCW6]

Brooke Ryan
or
Berkeley Ryan

other B suggestions welcome

Is the name for a boy or girl?

For me Brooke is female and Berkeley male ( but for me it’s a dog’s name - sorry)

Brooke is definitely a girl's name. Ryan definitely is not (unless it is your surname?)

Also, not sure if you're in the UK, but if you are I would avoid giving any name that could be shortened to berk...

Neither.

Agree, look up Berkeley Hunt for cockney rhyming slang. Not good

Boy or girl? l don't like either name. Do you live abroad? They sound like names that might be more usual in The States or Australia. Sorry, but you did ask for opinions!

Berkley is likely to get shortened to Berk.

I agree about avoiding the Berk abbreviation in the UK.
It sounds as if you like BK names, not just B names, and surname type names too.
So what about:
Baker Ryan
Barclay Ryan
Brinkley Ryan
Brenkley Ryan
Backley Ryan
Bracken Ryan
Brackley Ryan
Braxton Ryon

Brooke is not to my taste but perfectly fine for a girl.

Berkeley is great..............for a spaniel. Not so much for an actual human child.

Brenkley?!!! Brackley?!!!

COME ON 😂😂😂😂😂

@Scarby9

I agree about avoiding the Berk abbreviation in the UK. It sounds as if you like BK names, not just B names, and surname type names too. So what about: Baker Ryan Barclay Ryan Brinkley Ryan Brenkley Ryan Backley Ryan Bracken Ryan Brackley Ryan Braxton Ryon

Brooke is ok for a girl a la Brooke Shields, but Berkeley is all kinds of wrong imo.

The list above is pretty

The king B name is Benjamin.

Are you in the UK, OP? Are you having a boy or girl?

Brooke is a nice name for a girl. I have never heard of a boy having that name.

Berkeley sounds more like a boy's name and in the UK, as others have said, it will likely get shortened to Berk.

Berkeley could all too easily be changed to Berk, which is not nice.

And of course lots of people will pronounce it wrongly (because they'll sight read it)

And that it's half of rhyming slang for 'cunt' would put me off forever.

Other B names - on the basis that Brooke is a girl's name and I'm assuming Ryan here is a transferred family surname which goes in the middle where usual sex doesn't matter:

Barbara, Beulah, Bridie (Bridgit), Beverley

Oh yes meet my child Braxton Hicks

If you like unusual B names I think Bryony can be quite pretty for a girl. I agree about Benjamin for a boy.

🤔 You absolutely can't call a child Berk.

Neither.

Both are pretty awful

OP are you in the UK?

Neither. Berkeley isn’t a given name

Bethany?

Im not keen on either but I guess Brooke would be better. You're going to condemn the child to lofelong issues of pronunciation with Berkley (burkley or barkley...)

BALONZ

Euro 🤣🤣

The true king B name 🙌

I like Brooke.