When I was younger, I went to school with a boy named [name_f]Erin[/name_f].
While I still associate it more with a girl, I dont see why you couldn’t use it for you son. So long as you dont mind that you’ll probably end up correcting a lot of people.
If you pronounce them the same (I pronounce them differently), I think [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] could make a better choice for you! Or Eren or [name_u]Ren[/name_u], which seem slightly more unisex than [name_f]Erin[/name_f].
Yes, Ahr-en. I’ve genuinely never heard [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] pronounced as [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and it just seems wildly odd to me and was surprised so many people pronounced them the same…
Yes, Ahr-en. I’ve genuinely never heard [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] pronounced as [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and it just seems wildly odd to me and was surprised so many people pronounced them the same…
I think it would cause a lot of confusion, and would probably go with [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] instead.
I think using [name_f]Erin[/name_f] for a boy is fine, if boys names can be used on girls theres no reason that a girls name can’t be used on a boy.
also [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] are pronounced the exact same where I’m from (Michigan) so if it’s just the sound of [name_f]Erin[/name_f] that you like and you don’t mind the spelling of [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] I think that would work too
What do you mean by Ahr-en? Like rhyming with car-en or is the A like in bat or cat? Because if it’s the second, I’ve had this issue before on this site with other names where I literally wouldn’t register a difference between ER-en and A-ren (second with the bat/cat A).
I am in the US and pronounce both [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] the same ([name_f]AIR[/name_f]-en); I’ve also never heard either pronounced any other way. [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] has a nice meaning and origin too and would cause much less confusion for a boy.
I knew a little girl named [name_f]Erin[/name_f] whose mother always called her [name_m]Aaron[/name_m].
They do sound very similar.
If you really don’t like [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], how about [name_m]Eamon[/name_m]? Or [name_m]Arrow[/name_m] called [name_f]Arrie[/name_f]?
I would definitely leave [name_f]Erin[/name_f] for a girl.
In Australia, [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] is pronounced with the A sound like in bat or cat. [name_f]Erin[/name_f] has a short e sound, like the beginning of egg. So they are 2 distinct names here.
Ehren is a [name_m]German[/name_m] name meaning honourable. I have a male cousin with this name, pronounced the same as [name_f]Erin[/name_f], and he doesn’t have any troubles.
Yes I guess the closest way to describe it is like A in bat or cat. Slightly different than that but close enough for description purposes here. To me they are two distinct sounding names. Asked my husband as well (who is from same area as me) and he has only ever heard [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] pronounced as I have described. Must just be a regional thing for us that I had no clue about. Good to know as well - we had considered [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] for our son and it would have been a bummer to learn the hard way that most people would pronounce the name differently than we would have intended- especially since we do not live near where we are from.
This is a cool name!
I think it’s nice! [name_f]Erin[/name_f] is on my list of honor middles, and I’d readily use it for a girl or a boy!
Americans and Brits/Australians pronounce the short A sound differently. That’s why [name_f]AIR[/name_f]-un vs ARR-un.
Where I’m from in the UK [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] are pronounced differently.
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m] is [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-run and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] is Eh-[name_f]Rin[/name_f]
I would assume [name_f]Erin[/name_f] is a girl. As others have said, I’ve always heard [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] and [name_f]Erin[/name_f] pronounced the same way (US). In fact, I’m having a hard time even saying [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] with the short “a” sound. Lol. If you don’t like the spelling of [name_m]Aaron[/name_m], what about [name_m]Aron[/name_m], [name_m]Arron[/name_m], Erran, [name_f]Eran[/name_f], or Erron?
There’s nothing wrong with giving a male a traditionally female name, no matter what anyone on this site tells you. They’re all wild about masculine names on girls, anyway, so why not the other way around?
[name_f]Erin[/name_f] is a girls name. Please. Lol.
I’m an [name_f]Erin[/name_f] (well, [name_f]Eryn[/name_f]) and a girl I went to school with’s brother is called [name_f]Erin[/name_f], he had (and still has) nothing but trouble with people assuming he’s a girl because he has a girls name, which is fair, he does.
I know a male [name_f]Erin[/name_f], and I have always loved his name! It looks really soft and handsome, I much prefer it to [name_m]Aaron[/name_m]. Tbh I like [name_f]Erin[/name_f] better as a male name. I don’t really know whether or not he has taken any flak for it or if the spelling has caused any confusion/difficulty at all, but I have never heard anyone comment on it.
I’m from upstate [name_m]New[/name_m] [name_m]York[/name_m] in the US & pronounce [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] & [name_f]Erin[/name_f] completely differently from each other: Aaaa-run & Eh-rin. [name_f]Aerin[/name_f] I’d pronounce as [name_f]Air[/name_f]-in. However, I don’t pronounce my a & e vowels the way most people in this area do…my mom is from [name_u]Philadelphia[/name_u] & was very particular on how I pronounced…well…everything. (There’s also more than one [name_u]Philly[/name_u] accent, too…my mom’s family doesn’t sound like [name_m]Rocky[/name_m] Balboa from the [name_m]Rocky[/name_m] movies, although that’s the stereotyped accent that people not from [name_u]Philly[/name_u] tend to think of.)