# Lots of \[English\] Girls' Names Are Nouns (Daisy, Hope), What About Boys' Names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360 "2016-04-16T14:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/1 "2016-04-16T14:11:38Z")
There are countless [English] girls’ names that are nouns - Daisy, Rose, Hope, Charity, April, Autumn… But I can only think of a handful of boys’ names that are nouns, and some of them are kind-of stretching. Here’s what I’ve got: Frank Victor Clay Tom Drake Dick/Peter (really a stretch) Buck Beau (also a stretch) What are some others? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/2 "2016-04-16T14:24:38Z")
Well, nowadays, there are plenty, as we seem to have gone quite insane; a few: Sawyer Cooper Hunter Track I expect that at some point we’ll see: Wheelright Wagonmaker Roadway etc. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/3 "2016-04-16T14:36:36Z")
Rod Bill Nick ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/4 "2016-04-16T14:51:42Z")
Philbert ---
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A person’s name is **always** a noun. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/6 "2016-04-16T15:15:51Z")
Chance Chase Cash Forest Grant ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/7 "2016-04-16T15:55:03Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > There are countless [English] girls’ names that are nouns - Daisy, Rose, Hope, Charity, April, Autumn… > > But I can only think of a handful of boys’ names that are nouns, and some of them are kind-of stretching. Here’s what I’ve got: > > …Peter (really a stretch)… Peter is a noun, but not the one you are thinking of. It is Greek and Latin for “rock”. Craig also means Rock, but is Celtic. There is a little bit of punning in the Bible when Jesus gives Simon, son of John, the nickname “Peter”, which ends up becoming his primary name for the rest of the story. In a way, it wouldn’t be wrong to call him Simon “The Rock” Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/8 "2016-04-16T18:17:25Z")
Mason ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/9 "2016-04-16T19:10:00Z")
Lance Guy (as in wire) Chuck (for a drill) Hank (of hair) John (toilet) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/10 "2016-04-16T19:26:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Well, nowadays, there are plenty, as we seem to have gone quite insane; a few: > > Sawyer > Cooper > Hunter > Track > > I expect that at some point we’ll see: > > Wheelright > Wagonmaker > Roadway > etc. Chandler ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/11 "2016-04-16T20:10:10Z")
Ford Ronin Warren Parker Tanner Taylor Tyler Walker ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/12 "2016-04-16T20:24:41Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > There are countless [English] girls’ names that are nouns - Daisy, Rose, Hope, Charity, April, Autumn… > > But I can only think of a handful of boys’ names that are nouns, and some of them are kind-of stretching. Here’s what I’ve got: > > Dick/Peter (really a stretch) 😃 Matt. As in, “What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who lies down in front of the door?” Why, that’s a joke, Ah say, a joke, Son! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/13 "2016-04-16T23:27:49Z")
Garrett Dean Deacon ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/14 "2016-04-17T02:39:05Z")
Trip, as in the nickname for “Someone someone the third.” > [@cochrane](#): > > 😃 > > Matt. As in, “What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who lies down in front of the door?” > > Why, that’s a joke, Ah say, a joke, Son! My friend wants to be called Matthew because 1) he’s British but doesn’t know it, and 2) he doesn’t want to be called something that you wipe your feet on. So today, when he closed his front door, I informed him he’d gotten his Matthew caught under the door. 😛 ---
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Mark ---
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Chuck ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/17 "2016-04-17T14:58:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I expect that at some point we’ll see: > > … > > Wagonmaker [Wainwright](http://www.thenamemeaning.com/wainwright/) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/18 "2016-04-17T18:09:03Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > There are countless [English] girls’ names that are nouns - Daisy, Rose, Hope, Charity, April, Autumn… > > But I can only think of a handful of boys’ names that are nouns, and some of them are kind-of stretching. Here’s what I’ve got: > > Frank Frank’s a nickname from an adjective, actually. Its original meaning is “Frenchie”. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/19 "2016-04-17T18:42:11Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Frank’s a nickname from an adjective, actually. Its original meaning is “Frenchie”. It’s also a type of sausage - short for “Frankfurter,” or “hot dog” in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360/20 "2016-04-17T19:59:50Z")
Yeah but it’s like Peter… the original meaning is what it is, regardless of any coincidences with any other words. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lots-of-english-girls-names-are-nouns-daisy-hope-what-about-boys-names/752360.md?page=2)