What do you think of [name_m]Berkley[/name_m] for a girl? An acquaintance of mine named her daughter that and I was just wondering what others think. I do like some masculine names for girls but this one just rubs me the wrong way. I really don’t like it at all but maybe I’m the only one?
Isn’t that some fancy US college? Ironic though, based on my own social prejudices I can assume it’s a college she’ll never actually attend (the same would go for a masculine [name_m]Berkley[/name_m], it’s horrid for both genders).
In the UK we’d say barrk-lee which I dislike, but I’m guessing she’s saying berk-lee? That’s not quite as bad, but it’s still pretty awful. I hope it’s a family surname or something.
I find it ridiculous on a girl or boy; [name_m]Berkley[/name_m] [name_m]Hunt[/name_m] is cockney rhyming slang for c**t.
I don’t like it. At all. I mean, not only does it have a weird association, but it just doesn’t SOUND nice, you know?
I probably don’t have the same opinion as others on this one… kind of. I really like the name [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m]… BUT on a boy. On a girl, it seems fairly extreme. The name itself actually seems nice and preppy, and the idea of [name_m]Birk[/name_m] as a nickname I like.
That’s the other thing…it’s spelled different than the University [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m]. I could get over it being a boy name if it weren’t for the fact that it is not a pretty name at all for a little girl or woman. And the nn “[name_m]Berk[/name_m]”?! [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t get me started! They don’t call her that (yet)…the call her B…
hahaha cockney slang is the best.
I don’t mind it on a boy but not on a girl 
I don’t might it on a boy, though I prefer the Barrk-lee pronounciation, and the nn [name_m]Berk[/name_m]? Where I’m from [name_m]Berk[/name_m] is another term for prat.
I like most place names ([name_f]India[/name_f], [name_f]Ireland[/name_f], [name_u]Egypt[/name_u], [name_u]Cairo[/name_u]) but I also have to like the place. [name_m]Berkley[/name_m] the name is too close to [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m] the college, for me. Not too bad a name for a boy, but I just can’t picture a grown woman wearing it. As for pronunciation, I say (berk-lee).
Yep, same here. Lordy. Definitely not a good name.
I just think of [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m] Square in [name_u]London[/name_u]- I know they’re not spelled (and probably not pronounced) the same, but it’s pretty close. I’d love to go to [name_u]London[/name_u] and there’s a beautiful song called A Nightingale Sang in [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m] Square so I guess it’s not really a bad association. But I find it very odd, it doesn’t seem like a name for a person at all!
It’s a big no for me. Again, I wish people would go in NB before naming because maybe it would be nice to know the bad slang attached to it in other countries that you could visit or maybe live in one day. I used to like [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] and the nn if [name_u]Randy[/name_u] but then I learned what [name_u]Randy[/name_u] was slang for and it’s off my list. Not to mention a [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] warning isn’t the connection I would want for my daughter either. Always good to do a little research before naming a human being who will have to introduce themselves with that name for the rest of their life!
This is what I named my gentleman teddy bear when I was 11. [name_m]Just[/name_m] saying. I still think it perfectly suits him. On a human female?? Totally confusing, in my opinion. I don’t understand the appeal.
[name_m]Berkley[/name_m] reminds me of [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m], a city near San [name_m]Francisco[/name_m] where my old dentist used to be, that we stopped going to because [name_m]Berkeley[/name_m] can be an awful place. I have a bad association. And in terms of sound, no thank you.
[name_m]Berkley[/name_m] isn’t even remotely feminine, not to mention the other issues that have been pointed out. What a bad choice.
Not a fan.
haha ok glad I’m not the only one that thinks this!