Thoughts on Gentry/Gentrie?

MissMae80

Girl: Gentrie Ella Lastname

or

Boy: Gentry William Lastname

I am liking the first name just curious what comes to mind when you hear Gentry or Gentrie.....

I am only 14 weeks so I have time on my side  

 

Edit: I'd like to add if for a girl, I like Gentry but was wondering what you think of Gentrie? 

*Scuzzlebutt*

I like your middle names, but not Gentrie/Gentry, sorry.

funnibaby

Like the pp, I like your middle names but not Gentry/Gentrie.

Heather

victoria1977

Please don't name a boy Gentry.

ValentineBB

Meh.

nestinginjapan

never heard of it before. it's definitely different (but not sure I'm a huge fan) ... how did you come across/come up with the name?

Blue1299

victoria1977:

Please don't name a boy Gentry.

Please don't name a girl Gentry either. I do like the middle names though...

chrisloveskristen

I love Gentry for a boy. My old boss' name is Gentry and he's a cool guy. I guess I am in the minority here, but I think Gentry is a nice name!

MissMae80

I tend to like last names as first names...and my sister made the suggestion. 

I searched the first name on facebook and google (ex. linkin) and found its a commonly used name for both genders but I am leaning towards for a girl.

MrsWindyCity

*Scuzzlebutt*:

I like your middle names, but not Gentrie/Gentry, sorry.

Ditto. 

chrisloveskristen

I think it sounds good for a girl too--as long as the middle name is OBVIOUSLY girl...

LaurenSweat

I don't like it for either. ?It seems very stuffy and like a fake name you'd see on a soap opera.

MissMae80

I keep saying the name and the more I say it, I really love it...we shall see...

I'm adding it to the list..and it's a looong list right now..hehe 

 

Mrs.Gabortiz

Have heard it as a word, but not a name!  The word means Upper Class, which I find as a sort of snobby thing to name someone.

sunnyday016

Well...I like William.

MoFree

Horrible for either a boy or a girl, spelled with a /y/ or /ie/ at the end.  Please, please choose something else.

PunkyBooster

My sister loves Gentry for a boy!

FutureMrs.Steen

I instantly thought of Montgomery Gentry. NMS.

PhilsWife07

A last name. Seriously, it was my neighbors' last name.

Honestly, it sounds like you're trying too hard to come up with an uncommon name.

MissMae80

It is different, i definitely agree. 

In my family, the girls have have some wildly uncommon names like:

Blakely, Brinn, Paige, Dempsey, Deblois, London, Lakin, Carleigh... 

sounds like a soap opera around here sometimes!!!

renafaith

Montgomery Gentry?

jennasita

I don't really like Gentry for a girl.

karakel

I don't like it for a boy or girl

And Ketch

Mrs.Gabortiz:

Have heard it as a word, but not a name!  The word means Upper Class, which I find as a sort of snobby thing to name someone.

 

This.  The "Beyond Jennifer and Jason" Baby Name ladies have a category called "too much to live up to" and that is what I would call Gentry.

IncognitoWifey

FutureMrs.Steen:

I instantly thought of Montgomery Gentry. NMS.

ditto

KtB0605

Yep, immediately thought of Montgomery Gentry...I just really don't like the name, sorry!

mchupie

NMS at all

ara4488

What comes to mind when I hear Gentry?

That's a social class, not a first name.

Please don't.

ETA: And, JMHO, but "Gentrie" is almost ironically wrong. 

wlw2853

Gentry is actually a really popular name for girls where I live.

It's like an old, no-longer-existing historic town in this area, and there's also a Gentry Cemetary, Gentry Creek, etc.

It's not a boy's name.

I also have a cousin named Jyntre, but I don't like the spelling.  

Lyssapee

No, don't do it!

jrolls79

I love Gentry for a boy. I used to work for a doctor whose last name was Gentry. He went to England and met several guys with that as a first name. He suggested it to me for a name and I laughed but now I'm considering it. I have to convince him I am not naming my kid after him, though.

wheelenl

I know one boy Gentry who's a preschooler. To me, it seems too aspirational, as in no one who actually was "gentry" would name their child that.

Also, I agree spelling it Gentrie is pretty much ironic.

Sxia

Nope. "The gentry" is another way of saying "the commonfolk." I do like the nn "Gent" for a little boy. Maybe another name? Who knows?

Sxia

Oops, my bad. It actually means the opposite-- upper class. Still don't like it, though.

soon2Bmrspower

It's nms, but I do know a guy with the name Gentry. I think he is around 19. He has brothers Graham and Park.

lisa5201

I like it a lot! Very different.

I wouldn't mess with the spelling though, like a pp says, spelling it Gentrie to me makes it seem ironic

Gentry for a boy though sounds nice, I'm a fan

kate081206

I knew a girl named Gentry...we called her Gen (like Jen)

Candy_Kay

I have a friend who has a DD named Jentry. I've always liked it.