Gentry?

BrileyLou

WDYT?

sbuxsweetie

charlies-angel

For a boy? Girl? I have never heard of that name. I would have to vote NO.

LittleDucky

sbuxsweetie:

this

gridlock48

No thanks.

aldyn

I think it's kind of a cool, old school name.  I've heard of it because I work with a lot of older men due to my job (investors), so it doesn't seem odd to me.

I'm in the minority here but overall, I'd give it a

BizEB

I hate it for either gender.  Sounds made up, not masculine enough to be a decent boy name and not feminine enough to be a good girl name. 

shall923

I think it is a last name not a first name.

AndLyn

Definitely NMS. I'm a history major, and landed gentry is a British social class, not a name.?

TDFS

K.a.T.e

nms

CutieBean79

I kinda like it!  But I wouldn't be able to bring myself to actually use it.

JLW10

I don't like it. I also think of it as a last name.

sprice88

fine for a boy

jiffy-pop

I don't think it's terrible. It's a name that would take getting used to.

amwadas

It's okay.

Jacquiemark

lindsey913

heckysue:

Isn't there a country band Montgomery Gentry?  I am not totally against country music but I don't want that to be the first thing people think when they hear my kid's name either.

This was my first thought as well.

shopgirl_07

I like it ok.

MrsH44

It's a last name. It should only be a last name IMO.

ames71

MrsH44:

It's a last name. It should only be a last name IMO.

You don't feel that way about Cole obviously, so why not Gentry?

MrsH44

I'm not against surnames as first names, I just don't like the way Gentry sounds as a first name. That's my opinion.

ames71

MrsH44:

I'm not against surnames as first names, I just don't like the way Gentry sounds as a first name. That's my opinion.

I was just curious because your first comment made it seem that it was the surname issue that was a problem. My last name is Cole, so I was just wondering.

MrsH44

ames17:

MrsH44:

I'm not against surnames as first names, I just don't like the way Gentry sounds as a first name. That's my opinion.

I was just curious because your first comment made it seem that it was the surname issue that was a problem. My last name is Cole, so I was just wondering.

Oops, didn't mean for it to sound like I was against surnames!  Just to clarify, I have only heard Gentry as a last name and I personally don't care for it as a first name.

KJmashup

AndLyn:

Definitely NMS. I'm a history major, and landed gentry is a British social class, not a name.

This

ames71

MrsH44:

ames17:

MrsH44:

I'm not against surnames as first names, I just don't like the way Gentry sounds as a first name. That's my opinion.

I was just curious because your first comment made it seem that it was the surname issue that was a problem. My last name is Cole, so I was just wondering.

Oops, didn't mean for it to sound like I was against surnames!  Just to clarify, I have only heard Gentry as a last name and I personally don't care for it as a first name.

PS. I love Cole as a first or middle name. 

PhilsWife07

Last name.

streamtrax41

I don't like it. Not for any particular reason other than I just don't really care for the name. Sorry

MrsH44

ames17:

MrsH44:

ames17:

MrsH44:

I'm not against surnames as first names, I just don't like the way Gentry sounds as a first name. That's my opinion.

I was just curious because your first comment made it seem that it was the surname issue that was a problem. My last name is Cole, so I was just wondering.

Oops, didn't mean for it to sound like I was against surnames!  Just to clarify, I have only heard Gentry as a last name and I personally don't care for it as a first name.

PS. I love Cole as a first or middle name. 

Thanks! 

mrsbird1129

Nms either.

Spin313

I knew a girl named Gentry in college.  I had never heard it as a name before her.  It's NMS, but definitely unique.

joesbride07

I LOVE it! i went to hs with a girl named Jentry! and i always mention that name to dh and he hates it!

HoneyandJam

I have to agree with some of the others...because of the historical meaning of gentry (upper class) the name could give the impression of trying too hard to seem rich or classy. Don't get me wrong...it is way cooler than naming your child "Princess" or something to that effect, but I think there are other names that might sound cool and classy in a more subtle way.

MSC03

No.

Heidisean

Sounds like the name of a company! NO WAY!

sweet1600s

As in the landed gentry?

Yeah, no thanks. 

Blondangel

mj.reilly:

Sounds kind of pompous, stuck-up.

It means: "people of good social position, specifically (in the UK) the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth : a member of the landed gentry."

upper classes, privileged classes, elite, high society, haut monde, smart set; establishment, aristocracy; informal upper crust, top drawer.

Not something I would name a child.

this exactly was my 1st thought 

Regina George

I actually don't think its that bad. I have only heard it once, on a girl in her 30's. It's not as horrible as others are making it out to be. There are FAR worse mentioned on this board.

j_luvs_r

kiyote72

like it - i read alot - and it makes me think of the sidhe.  its cool and you can have nn: gen, tree, G