[name_m]Just[/name_m] got back from a work related trip to Kona, in [name_m]Hawaii[/name_m]. At the hotel one of the desk clerks there was a guy named [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. Are flower related names more common for males in [name_m]Hawaii[/name_m]?
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] isn’t really a flower…more of a green, climbing plant. Different cultures draw gender lines in different places. No big deal.
It’s not odd to me because I know an [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] who was called [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]. The name was manly to me and I didn’t meet a female [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] until I was an adult. Really, there is nothing particularly feminine about ivy so I don’t know who decided it was a girl-only name.
Traditional Hawaiian names are unisex so Hawaiians are likely far more open to androgynous names than the rest of [name_u]America[/name_u]
I really like botanical names on guys… they’re kind of romantic to me. I feel the same about gem names. I know a guy named [name_f]Garnet[/name_f] and I love that.
I think [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] would be handsome on a guy!
I looked through the SSA top 50 for [name_m]Hawaii[/name_m], and it looks pretty typical, the only things that really stood out was how high [name_u]Kai[/name_u] is on the list (compared to other States), Kainoa, [name_u]Zion[/name_u] and [name_m]Zayden[/name_m] being in the top 50. From trips there, I don’t remember any flower names on guys, but that isn’t to say they aren’t more common.