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Flora.....do you just think of a tub of margarine?

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Neverdonethisbefore · 22/07/2013 17:18

I like this name but not sure what people will think. Help!

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Neverdonethisbefore · 22/07/2013 17:28

Oooh I'd forgotten about the Jilly Cooper books.

I am pleased that marg isn't the first thing that springs to mind for some of you. The name is in my top 5 and I'm really tempted to use it this time around.

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Medlers22 · 22/07/2013 17:27

My daughter is called Flora and no one even mentions marg!

yummymumtobe · 22/07/2013 17:26

No I don't. It's a lovely name. Come to think of it, haven't seen flora marg in the shops much recently?

yummymumtobe · 22/07/2013 17:26

No I don't. It's a lovely name. Come to think of it, haven't seen flora marg in the shops much recently?

imademarion · 22/07/2013 17:25

No. Feisty Jilly Cooper heroine, which might put some off!

I think it's absolutely beautiful.

pictish · 22/07/2013 17:25

It was my mother's name, and I love it.

YeahBuddy · 22/07/2013 17:25

It makes me think of the marg, but once people get to know her they will stop associating it. I went to school with a girl called Floren which is a mix of Flora and Erin (her parents couldn't decide so mixed the two apparently) but I think it's quite a nice alternative to Flora.

NoComet · 22/07/2013 17:24

I just wonder if she has a sibling called Fauna.

Bowlersarm · 22/07/2013 17:24

No, I wouldn't think of margarine. I would think a lovely little girls name.

HorrorCow · 22/07/2013 17:23

I think of Flora MacDonald. Although if her sister was called Clover, I might start to wonder.

frogwatcher42 · 22/07/2013 17:20

Yes I would immediately think of marg. But does it matter as long as you like it!?

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 22/07/2013 17:20

No,I don't particularly care if others think so either...
It's top of my list for this baby Smile