Boy/Girl Twins Ford and Carson? Does it evoke too much "car" theme??

[wahoolady]

We are expecting boy/girl twins in 5-6 weeks and haven't fully settled on names yet, but are leaning strongly towards naming the boy Ford. That being said, I have always really liked Carson for a girl, but I am now concerned about the connotations with the car brand "Ford" and have "Car" in my daughter's name as well. Does this bother anyone else or am I being too sensitive?

Other girl names under consideration are Ann-Blair, Hayes, Ellis, Bridget, and Leighton. I know surnames for girls are controversial on here, but I am in the South and its pretty popular in this area.

[nat108]

Expect for their names to constantly be confused. I took care of siblings named Peyton & Hayden. Which one is the girl? And I'd mix up their names all the time and the boy especially hated it. I like a lot of gender benders but I think it's good for sib names to differentiate gender.

To answer you question, yes I think of a Ford car. I'd go with Leighton or Ann-Blair, although I prefer Blair or Anna-Blair



...and the girl is Peyton

[east93]

Definitely too much car theme, and they both sound like boys. I personally would not put the two together.

Ford and Carly would be better, or Ford and Bridget. Hayes and Ellis sound lacking as firsts. Anna-Blair or Blair would be much better, Leighton's a good pick but it's much longer than Ford.

I do like Ford and Leighton.

[lilysong]

I would automatically think you had 2 boys... And the "car" theme somehow reinforces that. I really like the name Anna-Blair

[blade]

Carson McCullers, if you're thinking of Carson as a reference to her, was actually named Lula (Carson being her mother's maiden name). Surnames-on-girls are definitely very popular in the South, but historically they were strictly family names.

All that aside, I think Carson wold be a poor choice next to Ford for the obvious reason you listed.

[scarletrune]

Ford and Bridget aren't bad together. I'd avoid Carson with Ford because of the car theme and also because people would constantly think Carson was a boy.

[1234plus1]

Carson & Ford are cute for twin boys. It just doesn't work for b/g twins, sorry.

[rsauer01]

I agree that Carson and Ford are too much together. However I love Ann-Blair!

[boyandgirl]

I really detest Carson for a boy or girl. If I heard these names, I would assume you had b/b twins. However, I ADORE Ann-Blair. Hope you go with that!

[danica]

I don't think it is too much of a car theme. Would be much worse if you had chosen Ford and Mercedes.

However I agree that Carson sounds like a boy.
Actually I really dislike -son names for girls. Even Madison bothers me... I'm weird like that.