Blythe

[boodleboot]

latest name crush.....unusual and girly sounding but somehow strong too...wdyt?

[AbFabT]

Love it.

[CoupleofKooks]

ds2's middle name
love it

imagine if they were a really grumpy baby though! or one of those rather dour and serious children
it could give your rellies years of amusement

[APassionateWoman]

sickly sweet

[pointydog]

I thought it was a girl's name as in actress Blythe Duff. Can it be both then?

[imahappycamper]

It's a service station on the A1

[bellissima]

Or the place just up the coast from Whitley Bay...

There again, Bay has been suggested here. And Whitley could be a 'youneek' version of Whitney...

[GladioliBuckets]

Not liking it so much I'm afraid - not such a pretty sound and the meaning conjures up a careless ditsy person.

[sleepingsowell]

I just love this name. I think it's just gorgeous and so pretty.

Actress Blythe Danner is Gwyneth Paltrow's mum.

I think (or am I making this up?) that Blyth can be a boy's name?

[mintyfresh]

Does no-one remember Gilbert Blythe - my childhood crush

I think it is a lovely name - not sure if very girly though although could just be my association with it..

[Pasiphae]

Oooh the lovely Blythe dolls...
Lovely name.

[mathanxiety]

I think it's really beautiful. A very graceful name, definitely feminine without suffering from the defect of frilliness.

[oceryo]

I don't really like the sound of it, not sure why though.

[GladioliBuckets]

Captain Bligh, Enid Blyton, blah blah blah blee. Sorry.

[mathanxiety]

I think of Blithe Spirit and a charmed sort of 1920s life -- positive associations here.

[Magaly]

i like it.

[boodleboot]

Mathanxiety - that is exactly how the name makes me feel....like a name of yesteryear, traditional but quite romantic and just a little bit carefree....

Bee or Bibi for when she is little....

[muminthemiddle]

I like it. Quite traditional sounding yet unusual.

[highlystrung]

I love this name and DD2 was very nearly called it, but did get a funny reaction from those we told. It sounds really feminine to me but a few people thought it was a boys name. If I had another daughter I'd love to call them Blythe.

[5DollarShake]

Lovely name - similar connotations to Mathanxiety's.