Have any of you heard Gentian used as a female name? Jenn-shn is how the internet says to say it. I was thinking it was gent-ian. It’s a passionate blue-colored herb, quite lovely. I love it as a name, though some would be reminded of genitals.
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My first thought was genitals, like you mentioned. The sound is nice, although maybe an alternate spelling would be better? like Jenshin or Genshin
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I would have also said gen-tee-uhn. It seems much more masculine with that pronunciation and reminds me of Gentry.
It sounds pretty masculine to me and shows up as a masculine name online. I found out that feminine form is Gentiana. Maybe you could consider that?
It’s interesting. I do like the floral and unfrilly feel
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As someone who works with botanists regularly, I knew the correct pronunciation of jen-sh/shn (hard to write down!)
I don’t think it’s great as a name - pronunciation and spelling issues, but also it just doesn’t look very nice to my eye at least.
I personally think there’s much nicer flower names out there to be used 
although i do think that Genshin would simplify the pronounciation, i think it’s really reminiscent of Genshin Impact!
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yeah, I was thinking that too, when I wrote it 
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I have never heard Gentian used as a name.