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Opinions on the name Flora Rose please ladies :)

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JessicaD21 · 21/01/2014 20:46

Hi all! Im new to mumsnet and my first post is to get opinions on the name Flora Rose please, thank you all in advance x

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KatharineClover · 23/01/2014 21:17

Sounds almost exactly like my real names - but I don't have the F sound at the front. Never had any pronunciation issues :)

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JessicaD21 · 22/01/2014 19:48

Thank you for everyone taking the time to post their opinions. We just love Flora Rose and should we be blessed with another little girl ( we have a Tilly May) i think we will go with it. Xx

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Bumpiemalumpie · 22/01/2014 15:36

It is a gorgeous combination.

Rachaelandbabysofia · 22/01/2014 15:29

Rose is lovely, not so hot on the Flora - thinking of school, children can be cruel. But if you love it who cares what other people think.

I love poppy rose, just putting it out there.

Rosencrantz · 22/01/2014 14:06

I can't get over the margarine, so I wouldn't use it.

Bowlersarm · 22/01/2014 11:32

Really love Flora.

And Rose is fine.

LadyRochford · 22/01/2014 11:27

I love the name Flora! Gorgeous. But I would chose something a bit longer and more unusual than Rose for a middle name. There was a great thread a few months ago with middle name ideas for flora... Will see if I can find it.

Bonsoir · 22/01/2014 10:58

My DD is Flora Elisabeth Zoë.

Flora is a great name!

diddl · 22/01/2014 10:57

I think that Flora is a fabulous name.

Don't like Rose with it though.

pootlebug · 22/01/2014 10:22

My daughter is called Flora. The margarine thing has been mentioned once or twice by people at school but it has never been an issue. If anyone is really stupid enough to think we named her after a brand of marge then I'm really not concerned with their opinion.

Although there are a number of flower names out there I don't think they are as prevalent as suggested above. In her class of 30 there are none.

I do think the Ra Ro sound of Flora Rose isn't ideal. And Rose seems to be the 2nd most popular middle name after Mae/May.

ShoeWhore · 22/01/2014 10:14

Like both names but not together.

akachan · 22/01/2014 10:11

I know two sisters who are Rose and Flora - I think Flora is a lovely name. I also (weirdly) don't think of Flora as a really flowery name. It sounds quite solid compared to Lily or something.

IHeartKingThistle · 22/01/2014 10:04

Grin at like rocks.

TheFillyjonk · 21/01/2014 22:07

Oh, and to the poster who suggested a Flora may not turn out to be a flowery person - I am not in the least bit 'flowery', but I have never felt that I needed to account for this with another name. Why shouldn't a rugby loving girl, as you say, have a flowery name? That is ridiculous, as if all Sarahs should be princesses or all Peters should be outdoorsy types who like rocks.

emmyloo2 · 21/01/2014 22:03

I like Flora and we very strongly considered it for my DD. I also considered Rose as a first name.

I would go with Flora as the first name and then a different middle name. Every girl has Rose has the middle name. Best avoided in my view.

Flora is great though.

toomanywheeliebins · 21/01/2014 21:58

We are not having any more DC but if we did and had another girl I would call it Flora Joy

TheFillyjonk · 21/01/2014 21:55

I'm a Flora. Yes, I did get the butter jokes (including "Are your legs spreadable?" Hmm)
BUT I also got and still get millions of compliments on my name. It's unusual, but not terribly out there. It has a lovely, old fashioned sort of charm that sounds great with old British surnames and foreign surnames alike.

I also wouldn't pair it with Rose, as it's too flowery and the 'R' sound overruns. I would go with a non-flowery middle name that won't run into the last syllables.

Flora Jane
Flora Katherine
Flora Anne
Flora Yvonne
etc

Mellowandfruitful · 21/01/2014 21:50

Like others, I think both names individually are nice but am a bit doubtful about the 'ra Ro' sound in the middle, so don't think I would put them together.

Rhubarbgarden · 21/01/2014 21:49

Flora is beautiful, but it doesn't work with Rose.

tassisssss · 21/01/2014 21:47

I like both names a lot. I think they're a bit tricky to say together (though maybe we Scots say our "R"s differently?!)

BikeRunSki · 21/01/2014 21:46

It's very flowery.

4horsesforcourses · 21/01/2014 21:44

P.S. when you are pregnant, head some advice....I LOVED Juniper

4horsesforcourses · 21/01/2014 21:43

sorry but

  1. Marge (as in Margarine) could be a nickname
  2. TWO flower names, overkill?
  3. Ra-ro
  4. In a class with daisy/ rosa/ lily/ bluebell/ rose/ florence/ blossom/ camellia/ Ivy/ Lotus/ Poppy/ Jasmine etc it'd be a bit wearing being part of the bouquet in later years (I know many of the above names, MANY)
5 she may not grow into the type of girl to suit a flower name, maybe at least a middle name opt out for if she decides to play rugby and drive trucks?

You did ask, and you'd probably hate my kid's names!

Sa88yt1ts · 21/01/2014 21:42

Rose, yes. Flora, no. Sorry.

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