clicky -- when you hear "rory" do you think...

letsgox · March 2012

just naming my phantom babies on my lunch break Embarrassed

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CocoBrynne · March 2012

Definitely boy, I'm not really a fan of it tho.

baeluevano · March 2012

It always reminds me of "Gilmore Girls"

mrstingson · March 2012

I think boy. But I also think of a lion roaring... maybe too literal, might just be me.

APendola · March 2012

It's a boy name...

I've only heard it as a girl name on Gilmore Girls.

laurynfaerie · March 2012

Technically it was just a nickname on GIlmore Girls.

tatercater · March 2012

baeluevano:

It always reminds me of "Gilmore Girls"

Yep!

FrecklesInside · March 2012

I definitely think of boy but don't mind it as a NN on a girl.

gnomemom · March 2012

I think of Rory Culkin or the girl from Gilmore Girls. I always thought it was a cute nn for Lorelei. I think it works for either gender, but I prefer it as just a nn for something a little more sophisticated. One day these kids will be adults and we're really not doing them any favors by giving them inflexibly cute names.

MWAJ · March 2012

laurynfaerie:
Technically it was just a nickname on GIlmore Girls.

Yeah, I think her name was Lorelai. The same as her mom.

It also makes me think of the boy in 8 Simple Rules.

kjskjs · March 2012

I go straight to Gilmore Girls where one of the leads was called Rory so I think girl all the way

kellim · March 2012

I think of Gilmore Girls too

sunshine715 · March 2012

I knew a girl growing up named Rory, but there are some famous male athletes now with that name. So I guess both. More male than female. But it's one of those really ethnic sounding names to me - Irish or Gaelic maybe? It's cute

moonfaerie · March 2012

I really think of the racing car. lol But voted unisex.

aimee1899 · March 2012

I always go back to my first association with the name...it is of the actor in both 90s classics Dazed and Confused and Empire Records. I don't know his Ln but his fn always stood out during credits. I'm sure he has been in more things since then.

mamahawk12 · March 2012

It's a boys name and it's awful.

MicahBaviere · March 2012

I love this name - it's #1 on our boys' list. I've always thought of it as a boy's name.

And now, I apparently must go watch Gilmore Girls, because I appear to be the only person on the planet who hasn't ever seen it.

strawberrytree · March 2012

All boy- I love it! I have never met a girl with this name before and GG was always weird to me because I couldn't get over the fact that Rory Gilmore had a boy's name.

BLPL101 · March 2012

I have only heard it on Gilmore Girls so I always thought it was a girl name. I had no idea it was a boy's name!

erb82 · March 2012

I think of it as a girl's name because of Gilmore Girls, but I also think it's so hard to say! Maybe I'm the only one who feels that way, though. I can't say the word "rural" either without thinking really hard about it.

imimahoney · March 2012

Well, ever since seeing Gilmore Girls I thought girl but now with Rory McIlroy becoming such a popular and well known golfer I think boy.

Honestly, it could go either way.

AlphabetFish · March 2012

My goodness, I'm really shocked to see that the board is pretty well split on the gender of this name! Usually they pick one side.

For me, it's very masculine. It makes me think of "roar," like lions roaring. Not that girls can't roar, but it just sounds like a man's name to me. Historically, too, it has been, and I'm definitely not a fan of claiming boy names for girls.

Aligator28 · March 2012

The only people I have known named Rory have been male (three of them). Just recently I had a friend name her daughter Aurora, and they call her Rory sometimes.

letsgox · March 2012

I've never seen Gilmore Girls nor have I ever met a Rory IRL. I was thinking boy but so many votes for girl/unisex has me intrigued.

Rhianna1981 · March 2012

I think "dog"- male dog to be exact.

CdnFarmGirl08 · March 2012

tatercater:
baeluevano:

It always reminds me of "Gilmore Girls"

Yep!

me too! That's the first thing I thought of!

appylovee · March 2012

I think girl because of giilmore girls

velvetskyy · March 2012

I used to think of it as a boy's name but now (post Gilmore Girls) I always associate it with a girl.

karen_loy · March 2012

baeluevano:

It always reminds me of "Gilmore Girls"

same here

krb03 · March 2012

I love the name, and I would use it for either a boy or girl.

Saltina11 · March 2012

Girl; nickname for Aurora.

SummerMama12 · March 2012

I think black lab. It was DH's dog. That's not a bad thing; he was extremely loved. I just can't picture the name on a person now.

mork · March 2012

I think BOY, but my brother's name is Rory!

I will say it's a name (well, part of a name) we're considering if we have a girl, though. It has nothing to do with the trend or Gilmore Girls, it's in honor of my brother.

Knena&her3loves · May 2012

I knew a Rory in HS. I always that it was a very handsome BOY name! I've never heard it used for a girl.

dmndsr4eva · June 2012

Saltina11:
Girl; nickname for Aurora.

If I ever am blessed with a baby girl I will name her Aurora. Rory would be a nickname. I have loved the name Aurora for years because to me it sounds very earthy, classic, sophisticated. I am hispanic and it was a popular name in the early 1900's in hispance culture. Also, Rory is the name of one of the Kennedy's.

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