I just came across the color name Vermilion on NB but it was advertised as a female name. I instantly fell in love with it, except I fell in love with it as a possible boys name. It kind of has the same feeling of Vernon to me but kind of more pizzazz to it. Like Vernon and William combined.
What are your thoughts?
I can just think of it as a cool color sibset: Violet (g) and Vermillion (b)
What are thoughts on it as a boy color name and boy name in general?
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I think [name_f]Vermilion[/name_f] works really well as a name and a name for a boy, and that names in general should be open for use by everyone - word names especially so. Perhaps this is more intuitive to those of us without gendered nouns in our first language. I think NB has to go with dominant use when assigning a category? [name_f]Vermilion[/name_f] sounds more similar to popular names given to boys, rather than girls, to me too. Ditto with [name_f]Persimmon[/name_f].
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Oih [name_f]Vermillion[/name_f] is so cool and I can totally see it on a boy - alongside the names youāve pointed out, it also reminds me of [name_m]Maximillian[/name_m]
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I can totally see it working! Itās not my style personally, but I actually like it better on a boy than on a girl (though I see it as fairly gender neutral). It does feel like a much ācoolerā version of [name_u]Vernon[/name_u], and I like that about it too!
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when i first found this name i also thought it was a boys name! i actually donāt see it on a girl but idk, maybe thatās just me
also, maybe youāll be interested in [name_u]Viridian[/name_u]? also a color name, itās unisex and more used on girls (i think) but i also really like it for a boy
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Iāve never heard of it in the context of a name! I actually would prefer it on a boy but it seems perfectly neutral to me! Reminds me of [name_u]Meridian[/name_u] a bit. Iām not actually a van of the color, but the word sounds lovely. Iād use it!
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I think it could work. It sounds kinda heroic so I think it could cross over to unisex
Ooh, I would like this on a boy! It looks like a mix of [name_u]Vernon[/name_u] and [name_m]Maximillian[/name_m] so it looks more like a male name to me 
I just looked up this word and the vermilion flycather bird is so pretty!
I would be a bit apprehensive using it. Not only would it be awful trying to teach a child how to spell and pronounce but it reminds me to much of āVerminā. I would rather use names like [name_u]Cyan[/name_u], [name_u]Kobe[/name_u], [name_u]Forest[/name_u], [name_u]Sage[/name_u], [name_u]Basil[/name_u], or Tyrian.
I also immediately thought of vermin.
I donāt see what makes it a girlās name, honestly. Thereās nothing exclusively feminine about the colour red and it isnāt a name thatās in common use for girls, like [name_f]Scarlet[/name_f]. If people have any kind of reaction to it, Iād probably expect it to be because sometimes people donāt like hearing āunusualā names theyāre not familiar with and not because they think itās a girlās name. That being the only problem, I wouldnāt worry about it, because you could pick something pretty āsafeā and still get an āoh thatās oddā reaction from people.
If [name_f]Vermillion[/name_f] is the name that feels right to you, Iād go for it 
It also reminds me of vermin unfortunately. Seconding the suggestion of [name_u]Viridian[/name_u], which I think is gorgeous.