Whilst I was searching for name I found a really odd sibset.Quads, all girls and their names were: [name]River[/name], [name]Rayne[/name], [name]Skye[/name] and wait for it… [name]Julianna[/name]!
It got me thinking, I always though [name]River[/name] to be a more masculine name, like [name]Forrest[/name].
What do you think of the name [name]River[/name] for a girl?
Wow that is an odd sib-set!
But I could see [name]River[/name] working either sex. On a somewhat related note but slightly off topic - A high school friend of my sister’s named her son Ryver…and their last name is Troll. Ryver Troll.
There’s a canceled TV show, called Firefly, directed by [name]Joss[/name] Whedon, which has a female character named [name]River[/name] [name]Tam[/name]. The subsequent movie, [name]Serenity[/name], made it more mainstream. So I’ve always thought of [name]River[/name] as a girl’s name.
Although [name]River[/name] is mostly used for boys, because it’s a nature name I don’t think it can really “belong” to one gender or the other. In my opinion nature names (i.e. [name]River[/name], [name]Lake[/name], [name]Sky[/name], [name]Moon[/name], etc.) are fair game for either sex. I do want to say though that the only [name]River[/name] I know is a girl. [name]Even[/name] though it’s so popular for boys I don’t personally know of any boys named [name]River[/name], just the one girl. She’s 12.