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Girly names....Clover?

67 replies

GiveMeVegemite · 17/07/2013 10:42

I like unique, but girly names. I did like Lola, but have seen it completely overused and am now pretty off it.

What are your thoughts on Clover? Does it sound like a horse's name? Or a leprechaun? Another suggestions for girly, but different names?

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IThinkOfHappyWhenIThinkOfYou · 20/07/2013 23:40

Thanks

ZingWidge · 20/07/2013 23:30

thinkofhappy excellent advise about the sofa cushions!

MrsTedMosby · 20/07/2013 23:28

Lovely lovely name, and on my list of girls names. And yes, I'm a What Katy Did fan.

IThinkOfHappyWhenIThinkOfYou · 20/07/2013 23:08

I first thought fake butter
Then I thought cows
Now I'm thinking roll me over

There is a poem called leprechaun with the lines

'You are so hot the first time I touched you I burnt down a Christmas tree
Had to plant my star on top of a 4 leaf clover I made out of two three leaf clovers and some crazy glue
I am crazy about you'

That is possibly quite an obscure reference..but it ends with the advice 'never fuck the cushions on your mothers living room couch.'

I'm not keen, I don't dislike it but when someone tells me their name I like to think I've heard it right. There's nothing worse than having to get somebody to repeat it, twice, and then spell it and then resist the temptation to say 'oh, like the margarine.'

I like Tansy

MadonnaKebab · 20/07/2013 23:04

Clover Moore has been Lord Mayor of Sydney for many years
I don't think her name has held her back in her career, and I've never heard any negative comments
We don't get Clover Butter here though

ZingWidge · 20/07/2013 22:57

"coz we all like Clover all over this land"

Clover butter, freshly churned

devonsmummy · 20/07/2013 22:48

Is it just me singing
'Roll me over, in the clover, roll me over, lay me down & do it again' ?

rempy · 20/07/2013 22:46

Really, how many botanical names do boys get? Why do girls get the trees, flowers, and weeds?

Sure, go on, name your child after a soil nitrogen fixer/butter substitute. I

It is definitely "original".

chilipeppers · 20/07/2013 22:43

Just makes me think of the butter! Sorry!

CecyHall · 18/07/2013 17:27

I always thought Clover was an odd choice amongst the other Carr names, but never thought cow!

I think Clodagh would have been a good compromise with my DH. But we had boys so it didn't matter in the end!

oohdaddypig · 18/07/2013 16:50

Isn't clodagh Irish though? I couldn't use a name like that, pretty as it is, as I'm not Irish.

OP I wasn't a WKD fan and slightly associate clover with cows and still love it. (Would use it if lucky enough to have more babies :) )

squoosh · 18/07/2013 16:46

I read WKD and wondered why Katy's sister had a cow name.

Sorry!

Onetwo34 · 18/07/2013 16:44

I really like Clover and I can't believe so many people here think it is a cow name! I was another child WKD fan though! Maybe that's the line. WKD readers, love it, non readers, cow.

Laquila · 18/07/2013 16:39

Callow - Clodagh is gorgeous. Also Clody as a nickname.

Shoobidoo I guess because I don't know any men (or indeed anyone!) called Rover, Grover or Glover, I don't even particularly think of them as real names, let alone men's names. More like dogs' names to me:)

Mhysa · 18/07/2013 16:31

I love cutesy names, but after asking options on here, I decided DD2 would still be called a cutesy name, but as a NN, just incase, it gives the person options, so my DD is an Elizabeth, NN Betsy also her middle name is Jean, so saved her a life time of BJ jokes

Don't agree with the cow/rabbit/butter opinions, I think it totally works as a name, to at all masculine either.

Daddoinghisbest Love Trixie Matilda, sounds very vintage I would use Beatrix Matilda though.

oohdaddypig · 18/07/2013 16:29

I like clover! You will get lots of moo-ing though.

But who cares if you like it!

I work with a trixie - it's really grown on me.

Dillydollydaydream · 18/07/2013 16:25

Not overly keen on Clover. In our local paper on the birth announcements I saw someone named their baby Tulip!

callow · 18/07/2013 16:23

Clodagh is similar.

redrubyshoes · 18/07/2013 16:22

Don't really like it. Sorry.

Fern has the same 'feel' to it. A cool shady sort of place.

sleepingbeautiful · 18/07/2013 16:16

I agree Clover Lily sounds like a plant. You could have Clover Lilian.
Clover Juliana
Clover Elizabeth
Clover Mary
Clover Alice
Clover Madeleine
Clover Emilia

ZingWidge · 18/07/2013 14:55

I actually think it sounds a bit like clever, and would more so on the phone

"hi my name is Clover xyz"
" Glover you say?"
"no, Clover"
"clever?"
"no, not clever, Clover"
", not clever, "

sorry, not taking the piss.
just can't help my imagination.

shoobidoo · 18/07/2013 14:45

"I'm really surprised at people saying it sounds hard/masculine"

Becuase most names ending in -over are masculine e.g. Rover, Grover, Glover. I don't know anyone, male or female, named Clover but I would assume it is a male name if I saw it written down.

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GiveMeVegemite · 18/07/2013 14:23

Ok....so what middle names go with Clover then? My husband loves the name lily, but Clover Lily sounds like a plant. Last name starts with an S.

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ZingWidge · 18/07/2013 12:26

squuosh sorry, that sounds dark

squoosh · 18/07/2013 12:25

As a human I'd find it preferable to be called D3472 rather than Clover!

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