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flower names,poppy,lily,daisy,iris,violet,ivy rosie -rose what do you think?also like isabelle poppy your views please!

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racheael76 · 05/04/2013 19:25

which flower name is your favourite? If you had a couple of daughters would you continue the theme?

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PK1975 · 07/04/2013 21:05

My 8 week old dd is Violet. There was no other girls name for us Grin

telsa · 07/04/2013 08:29

no do not like themeing, and find the flower names too cutesy. Of these, I like Violet most, as it is a strong colour and nice to roll around the tongue. Isabelle poppy is sweet.

Littleturkish · 07/04/2013 08:09

I have an Ivy-Rose, if she has a sister one day, she'll be an Eden- which I think goes without being part of a theme.

Am I misremembering- wasn't snowdrop an evil pig in Orwell's animal farm?!

Kneedeepindaisies · 07/04/2013 08:06

I love Iris, Violet and Jasmine but have to agree that Lily, Poppy, Daisy are very over done where I live at least.

Most of these are hyphenated though, usually with May/Mae.

PoppyWearer · 07/04/2013 07:57

I loved Clover but couldn't convince DH.

PoppyWearer · 07/04/2013 07:57

DC1 has Rose as middle name and a second DD would either have been Florence Daisy or Isabelle Poppy. We wanted to go with the floral theme.

DC2 was a boy, so that was that. Grin

Rhubarbgarden · 07/04/2013 07:30

I love Clover and Fern. Leafy, rather than flowery...

GillBates · 07/04/2013 05:04

Surely slightly ironic that you are atheists and have chosen a name that means "heavenly" though? Grin

I like Celeste though. Also Estella, which seems similar somehow. It does remind me of the girl in Great Expectations though.

I think that names like Poppy/Daisy are a bit overdone but like Ivy/Lily/Rosie/Rose/Hazel/Holly.

There is a financial reporter in the FT called Holly so I don't associate it as too cutsey.

toobreathless · 07/04/2013 03:52

We have DD1 Hazel and brand new DD2 Celeste. We did consider Iris bit felt it was too 'matchy' with Hazel.

DH was keen on a loose theme though, we are atheists and wanted something of the sea/sky/land/nature. Celeste means 'heavenly' and is also appropriate as DH is a pilot.

FunSizedMum · 06/04/2013 20:03

I like Jasmine, Rose & Iris too. FWIW I almost gave DD the welsh version of Snowdrop as a middle name. It's Eirlys ( Eye- r - liss). But in the end she was so overdue that all the poxy snowdrops had gone over! Couldn't persuade DH to have Primrose as a middle name, so all floral loveliness was lost. In terms of a floral sib set, perhaps I would continue the theme as middle names but probably not as first names. I would worry it might all be a bit too Flowers

DessieLou · 06/04/2013 19:51

I'm also not keen on the cutesy floral names but I do like iris, heather & hazel (not quite a flower, I know!). The only floral name on our list is Camellia, although I think it would get confused with Amelia. Smile

StitchAteMySleep · 06/04/2013 13:43

I love Iris and Violet.

StellaNova · 06/04/2013 13:37

My favourite is Rose, but I don't necessarily think of it as a flower name although obviously it is! If I had had a DD she would definately have been Rose. I was thinking of giving her Elizabeth as a middle name so her initials would have been R E D and calling her Rose Red! (probably just as well I only have sons...)

Not that keen on other flower names although I like Daisy - quite like Amaryllis, Jacinthe, Jasmine.

MrsJohnDeere · 06/04/2013 13:31

I too like the ones that don't end in y/ie/ee.

Favourite is Iris. Love Fleur, Violet too.

CointreauVersial · 06/04/2013 13:17

Personally, I think the ones ending in -y are generally too twee and sweet for me. Poppy, Holly, Daisy......They blend into other similarly sickly names like Milly, Tilly, Molly, Maisy which are all over the place.

Butsome flower names definitely have character. Iris, for example. And Rose is such a classic.

TallyGrenshall · 06/04/2013 13:13

Iris Rose is good

lottieandmia · 06/04/2013 13:12

From your list I like Iris.

flowers123 · 06/04/2013 13:11

My daughters name is Heather and she loves it x

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BananaHammocks · 06/04/2013 08:49

I actually quite like Blossom and Bluebell, but I probably wouldn't go there...... probably...

BananaHammocks · 06/04/2013 08:47

tiger Snowdrop as a middle name only maybe? I felt bad that nobody was acknowledging you!

tigerdriverII · 05/04/2013 23:41

bird. I raise you Snowdrop....

birdofthenorth · 05/04/2013 23:38

Love Iris, Rose and Violet; like Ivy too but the rest are too cutesy for me. But no, I'm not hugely keen on matchy sibsets.

tigerdriverII · 05/04/2013 22:32

Aaargh thread killer. Come on, people, someone must like Snowdrop!!!

tigerdriverII · 05/04/2013 20:31

I have always thought that Snowdrop ( my favourite flower although I am almost sick of them this year) would be a lovely name for a winter baby but I have previously been told by MN that this is Not On.