Is Tristan the gayest name ever?

Don't even bother coming out if that is your name.

by Anonymousreply 70March 12, 2018 3:54 PM

Oh I don't know. John Wayne's real first name was Marion. And there was Merle Haggard, Carroll O'Connor, Stacy Keach, Leslie Nielson, and DL fave, Miss Lindsey Graham.

by Anonymousreply 2January 13, 2017 7:26 AM

Sebastian and Rupert flag pink, not that there's anything wrong with that.

by Anonymousreply 3January 13, 2017 7:36 AM

I've known at least five dogs named Tristan.

by Anonymousreply 5January 13, 2017 7:42 AM

Are they gay, R5?

I doubt there are truly "gay names" but has anyone else noticed that many gay men seem to insist you call them by their full name? Not Jeff... Jeffrey. Not Steve... Steven. Not Jon... Jonathan. I've lost track of all the gay guys who have stated their name like this (or corrected me) on this over the years, and now I just say their full names by default. My cousin is named Joshua and my aunt (his mom) used to get mad when I called him Josh. I told her, well he's gonna be gay then... and got the most angry look.

by Anonymousreply 6January 13, 2017 7:46 AM

It could be worse. I work with someone unfortunately named "Trisdin." I don't have the heart to ask him if he knows that his name has a rich literary/mythological history. I once met a Philemon who was completely unaware of the touching Baucis & Philemon myth. This man was over 60 and had no idea he had a somewhat famous Greek namesake.

Dogs named Tristan? In the PNW, there are thousands upon thousands of rambunctious dogs named Loki. Every owner is convinced of their originality, and will confide in you, "He's the Norse god of mischief, you know."

by Anonymousreply 7January 13, 2017 7:47 AM

Tarquin and Sheridan, surely.

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by Anonymousreply 8January 13, 2017 7:56 AM

Steven is an illiterate misspelling of the correct Stephen, from the Greek word for laurel crown.

by Anonymousreply 9January 13, 2017 8:08 AM

Brad owns this thread, as does Bradley.

by Anonymousreply 11January 13, 2017 8:17 AM

Larc sounds pretty gay as well.

by Anonymousreply 12January 13, 2017 8:18 AM

Quite true generally speaking, R6.

I had always heard Lance and Bruce were the faggiest names going. Men named Kelly get my 'dar up as well.

by Anonymousreply 13January 13, 2017 8:26 AM

I knew a guy named Gaylen. He was straight but still.

by Anonymousreply 15January 13, 2017 8:52 AM

Unisex names that I usually associate with females, like:

Camille

Carmel

Patrice

Christy

by Anonymousreply 16January 13, 2017 8:56 AM

Gaylord Focker. Just saying.

by Anonymousreply 18January 13, 2017 9:49 AM

Beauregard certainly ranks in the top five gay names.

by Anonymousreply 19January 13, 2017 10:26 AM

Gay Gayerson is the classic old gay name.

Also Gaylord used to be such an accepted name you can find it in many old films and stage plays where it is used without irony.

by Anonymousreply 20January 13, 2017 10:34 AM

Percy or, God help us, Percival

R16 those are female, not unisex names, in the US, at least.

by Anonymousreply 21January 13, 2017 11:24 AM

Franz

Francis

Florenz/Florent/Florencio

by Anonymousreply 22January 13, 2017 11:36 AM

[Quote][R16] those are female, not unisex names, in the US, at least.

No, R21. Those are unisex names that generally given to females in the US.

by Anonymousreply 25January 13, 2017 11:40 AM

R13 Lance is simply child abuse

by Anonymousreply 30January 13, 2017 12:54 PM

There aren't any gay names. Come on now.

That old b.s. about Lance and Bruce is so stupid. I guess it came from gay erotica? Where the writers wanted to imbue their characters with as much caricatured masculinity as possible (think Tom of Finland drawings), they named them thusly.

But there are no statistics that show that men with certain first names are more likely to be gay than other men with "straighter" names.

by Anonymousreply 32January 13, 2017 1:21 PM

In the UK, Hilary is an upper class male name.

by Anonymousreply 33January 13, 2017 1:26 PM

R32, whose name is Bartholomew Aloysius Preudhomme

by Anonymousreply 34January 13, 2017 1:43 PM

I named my twins Tristan and Dristan!

by Anonymousreply 36January 13, 2017 1:52 PM

No, OP, you worthl du..f.

by Anonymousreply 37January 13, 2017 2:15 PM

R33 Add Vivian, Beverly & Kim to that. Robin too, but thats lower class in Britain.

by Anonymousreply 39January 13, 2017 2:46 PM

I have never met a Tristan who wasn't canine and under fifteen pounds.

Julian. Now that's the gayest name I've ever heard of.

by Anonymousreply 40January 13, 2017 5:04 PM

There's obviously a USA - Commonwealth split here (see: signet/pinky rings). Julian is not a very common American name, nor is Tristan. Not often, but I have run across American guys named Kim.

R16's names are female, not unisex. Chris isn't so much gay male, as lesbian (butch sounding).

Perry always struck me as a wimpy name.

by Anonymousreply 41January 13, 2017 5:36 PM

There are no "gay" names, per se, but your typical, heterosexual parent associate certain names as "gay".

by Anonymousreply 42January 13, 2017 6:33 PM

This was called Shirley Crabtree - Unsurprisingly as a pro wrestler he chose the name 'Big Daddy'

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by Anonymousreply 43January 13, 2017 6:53 PM

What about my name? It's Wilberforce Claybourne.

by Anonymousreply 44January 13, 2017 6:54 PM

You know that Wilberforce as a christian name was used in tribute to the man that helped abolish the slave trade in The British Empire?

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by Anonymousreply 47January 13, 2017 6:59 PM

There were a few Tristan's around she I was growing up, but the name was considered fairly low rent. It was more redneck than gay. I never meet grown men named Tristan though. I don't know where they went.

by Anonymousreply 48January 13, 2017 7:35 PM

Isadore owns this thread.

by Anonymousreply 49January 13, 2017 7:41 PM

What about Nathan....sounds sissy to me

by Anonymousreply 50January 13, 2017 7:41 PM

I need a judgement call on the name "Loren" for men

by Anonymousreply 51January 13, 2017 7:46 PM

R51 - I once went out with a guy name Lorin (this spelling). He was named after conductor Lorin Maazel. It's a legitimate name.

by Anonymousreply 52January 13, 2017 7:48 PM

I know its a legitimate name, r52... very very (very) well. (Just wondered how gay it seems)

by Anonymousreply 53January 13, 2017 7:50 PM

It's just a variation of Lawrence, which itself is a bit out of fashion - but I wouldn't say too gay

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by Anonymousreply 54January 13, 2017 7:56 PM

I happen to like the name Tristan.

by Anonymousreply 55January 13, 2017 7:58 PM

Tristram is gayer. But usually in the UK both are indicative of coming from an upper class or upper middle class background ( I know...the English and all our class BS ). Used to know a Peregrine and a Torquil. The latter had a somewhat outlandish double-barrelled surname as well. Know a Crispin who isn't posh and painfully aware of how it sounds. A late friend was called Sebastian. He was a dandy, slept with both men and women and even had himself crucified in the name of art. Overdosed almost inevitably. I actually think any name with an added "y" sounds gay. Kenny. Timmy. Bobby.

by Anonymousreply 56January 13, 2017 8:03 PM

[Quote][R16]'s names are female, not unisex.

WRONG, r41.

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by Anonymousreply 57January 13, 2017 8:22 PM

Perhaps among French/Francophiles, but among Anglos it's female.

by Anonymousreply 59January 13, 2017 8:56 PM

Not if you spell Camille as "Kamil"!

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by Anonymousreply 60January 13, 2017 9:12 PM

If you want to see a cute Tristan - check out List25 on YouTube.

by Anonymousreply 61January 13, 2017 9:17 PM

I feel confident, OP, that Isolde would disagree with you.

by Anonymousreply 62January 13, 2017 9:24 PM

Isn't Tristan an Irish name? I know 3 Tristans, 2 Irishmen and one American of Irish descent. And there is the great love tale of Tristan and Iseult. Richard Wagner immortalized the story in an opera by the same name. I've never thought of it as sounding gay, like Jeffery.

by Anonymousreply 64January 13, 2017 10:56 PM

R64 There is nothing gay sounding about Jeff/Geoff/Jeffrey. With Tristan, there is dick breath that comes with having that name.

by Anonymousreply 65January 13, 2017 11:50 PM

gayest names = the common names of the era

by Anonymousreply 66January 13, 2017 11:51 PM

I know two Tristans, and they are two of the best people I know—both of them are kind, smart, and funny. And, yes, both of them are gay.

by Anonymousreply 68March 12, 2018 1:50 PM

my name is Stacey and I'm gay.

by Anonymousreply 69March 12, 2018 1:52 PM

Wasn't Bruce considered the gayest name?

by Anonymousreply 70March 12, 2018 3:54 PM

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