Which girl name do you love more?

Girl Names
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I do love both. However we both have favorites and of course they’re opposites.

  • [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Sutton[/name_u]
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I live in a part of the US where we don’t pronounce our t’s hardly at all when they are in the middle of a word. With my accent [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] becomes “[name_f]Su[/name_f]-un” and is just really difficult to say in general. I would also think of it as a male name, but it’s really, really cool for a girl.

So, I think I personally would prefer [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], but [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] is awesome if you can actually say it! :grin:

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I prefer [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] -light and sweet.

[name_u]Seren[/name_u], [name_u]Skye[/name_u]/[name_u]Skylar[/name_u] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] might appeal/act as middle ground

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is really pretty. [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] sounds a bit flat and abrupt to me, although I appreciate its feistiness.

[name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], [name_u]Fallon[/name_u] and [name_u]Sailor[/name_u] also spring to mind.

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is a beautiful name!

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is terrific!

[name_u]Sutton[/name_u] is all surname to me.

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I much prefer [name_u]Sutton[/name_u]. Not really a fan of [name_f]Ivy[/name_f].

I thought that was a really interesting point, @may.rose so I had to do some research and learned about T-glottalization (dropping your T’s in the middle of words). I once heard a girl here pronounce kitten as kih-en, which I thought was super strange, but I guess it’s the norm in certain parts of the US. Where I live we pronounce our T’s in the middle, which might inform why I don’t have any issues with the name [name_u]Sutton[/name_u]. Maybe dialects affecting name popularity could be a topic for the Nameberry authors?

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_u]Sutton[/name_u] is more masculine or surname like to me.

9

I just can’t disassociate [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] and glutton in my mind. * sighs *

10

I voted for [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] in the poll, but I did want to comment to show my appreciation for [name_u]Sutton[/name_u]. I actually like seeing surnames on girls, and [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] is one of my favorites. Plus, it reminds me of The Bold Type.

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In the minority a little, but I prefer [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] as I hear [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] quite a lot!

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I voted for [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], because I slightly prefer it. However, I really like [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] too! Both have been on my list. There used to be a show (The Lying Game) that I watched and the sisters were named [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] and [name_f]Laurel[/name_f]…I loved the names! I still have yet to meet/hear of another [name_u]Sutton[/name_u].

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I am very fond of [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] because of The Bold Type, where one of the main characters is named [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] and she’s fantastic. Also [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] [name_m]Foster[/name_m] is a Broadway legend. I would love to hear more of that name. Like @may.rose said, on The Bold Type the name often gets pronounced like “[name_f]Su[/name_f]-un” and I’m actually not sure how I would pronounce it in my accent because the show’s influenced me too much and I tend to copy that pronunciation too. It doesn’t turn me off the name at all though, I still think it’s great.

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] :heart:

[name_u]Sutton[/name_u] just isn’t my style at all.

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I’ve got one of those accents where we drop our Ts, and as such [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] does not sound appealing to me. It’s also a [name_u]London[/name_u] borough which is my primary association with the name. I much prefer the sweet, vintage yet funky sound of [name_f]Ivy[/name_f].

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[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is so sweet and adorable. [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] looks nice on paper to me, but where I live, the t’s wouldn’t be pronounced so it would become Suh-in