Boy or Girl name?

[trizzie]

My friend had a baby and I was shocked by how many people thought it was a _____ based on the name. So, because I am bored (and still recovering from a painful trip to the in-laws) - I am going to poll y'all.

Asa.

Boy or girl?

[expectantsteelerfan]

I have no idea what ethnicity, gender, or pronunciation that name would have. Wild guess of boy though.

[ashb62]

Boy. I actually know two.

[muppetinma]

It's a boy's name. I know several.

[serendipity]

I guess boy, there used to be a reporter in NY with that name.

[trizzie]

Nov 25, 2015 21:44:02 GMT -5 @mama2b said:

I would say Asa based on my watching One Life to Live as a kid and one of the main characters was a man named Asa Buchanan.

This was my EXACT thought when I saw the name.

[trizzie]

And p.s. y'all are all right. But, SO many people thought it was a girl. Even after the mom commented on the thread that it was a boy, they continued to congratulate her on her baby girl. (my husband also thought it was a girl name. So odd to me).

[lala]

yes it's a boy's name. But I only learned that more recently. I would have probably guessed girl previously. I know someone who just had twin boys and this is one the names.

[thecheshirekat]

Definitely a boy, one of my friends named his son Asa.

[melew]

Nov 25, 2015 21:48:33 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Nov 25, 2015 21:44:02 GMT -5 @mama2b said:

I would say Asa based on my watching One Life to Live as a kid and one of the main characters was a man named Asa Buchanan.

This was my EXACT thought when I saw the name.

+1

[quesyrah]

Boy

[NandaB]

How do you pronounce it?


And I would have guessed girl. I've never heard it, but my thought would be that it looks /sounds similar to Ada, Asia, Ava and those are all girls.

[rosesandpetals]

I would have thought girl. It probably throws people off because it ends in "a" which is usually girly names... Ava, Melissa, Dana, Alexa, etc

[momin2013]

It can be both. I guess it might depend on the ethnicity/language; I only know one Asa, and she's a girl.

[Deleted]

I would have guessed boy.

[honeydew1894]

I vote unisex. We know a girl with that name, but I remember a guy named that on a TV show.

[ashb62]

Nov 26, 2015 1:25:07 GMT -5 NandaB said:

How do you pronounce it?


And I would have guessed girl. I've never heard it, but my thought would be that it looks /sounds similar to Ada, Asia, Ava and those are all girls.

It's pronounced with a long "a" sound, similar to the names you listed.

[momin2013]

The girl I know of pronounces it AW-sa.

[honeydew1894]

So, is your friend's baby a boy or a girl?

[trizzie]

Nov 26, 2015 18:29:38 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

So, is your friend's baby a boy or a girl?

I put it above. He is a boy. But, people continue to congratulate her on her baby girl despite her corrections. 

[cabbagecabbage]

I know it only as a boys name, pronounced like Ace-uh. I don't know any though. Sadly, if I saw it I'd think, 'please be a boy' rather than 'obviously a boy.' I don't trust anyone to name babies anymore.

[honeydew1894]

Nov 26, 2015 21:16:26 GMT -5 trizzie said:

Nov 26, 2015 18:29:38 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

So, is your friend's baby a boy or a girl?

I put it above. He is a boy. But, people continue to congratulate her on her baby girl despite her corrections. 

Haha, reading fail!

[trizzie]

Nov 28, 2015 21:41:16 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

Nov 26, 2015 21:16:26 GMT -5 trizzie said:

I put it above. He is a boy. But, people continue to congratulate her on her baby girl despite her corrections. 

Haha, reading fail!

It happens. Frequently to me!