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Would this be absolutely ridiculous as a middle name?

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CheerfulYank · 26/06/2014 16:51

Marigold.

Also I'm not pregnant but plan on trying soonish. I just think it's sweet.

But also possibly unbearably twee.

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Helpys · 28/06/2014 19:17

Marigold and hope she does!

SomeSunnySunday · 28/06/2014 19:13

I don't think "rubber gloves" at all (and am British living in the UK), wouldn't even cross my mind. Maybe this is a reflection on my slovenly housekeeping though .

BackforGood · 28/06/2014 18:47

Difficult to say, as, in UK I doubt you could say 'Marigold' without people thinking 'rubber gloves'..... it's like 'hoover' or 'sellotape' in that it is a word many people use as the noun to describe the vacuum cleaner or roll of sticky tape.
If you don't have that connection in the country you live, then it's just the same as any other object name.... some people aren't keen but a lot of people like them.

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CheerfulYank · 28/06/2014 18:14

Yes Countess :o DS is almost 7 and DD was 1 in May...I want more! I'd like to be "done" by 36-wish and am 32 now, so if I'm going to get the five DC I always wanted...

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Bowlersarm · 28/06/2014 18:01

Winston Churchill had a daughter called Marigold.

Not sure whether that's a help or a hindrance....!

TheCountessOlenska · 28/06/2014 18:01

I like it - very English and pretty but not as twee as Poppy or crazy as Bluebell imo.

Also CheerfulYank would this be potential THIRD baby? I think our DC are similar ages and I have spent the last six months trying VERY hard not to think broody thoughts - don't push me over the edge now

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CheerfulYank · 28/06/2014 17:58

Another point in its favor is that both of the DC have our initials (A for DH and M for me) in their names somewhere so it'd keep that going.

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CheerfulYank · 28/06/2014 17:56

You've just inspired me to go dig out Mistress Pat, Face! Did you like Jane of Lantern Hill?

I told DH we should have a DD named Phoebe Marigold and he looked a bit unsure, but he got his way with Margaret so I can play that card next time :o

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YouWithTheFace · 28/06/2014 13:02

Magic for Marigold was the first thing I thought of! Emily Marigold, Anne Marigold, Patricia Marigold... :D

Rhubarbgarden · 28/06/2014 12:49

I don't think the brand name matters. To me, anyway, marigold is a flower first and a rubber glove second. If I had my eyes closed, and someone said "here's a marigold" I would assume they were holding a flower not a glove. It's not like the brand names Hoover or Andrex which just conjure up the product.

Marcipex · 28/06/2014 11:47

I love Marigold, really beautiful.

Sadly in the UK it's a well known brand name.

Provencalroseparadox · 28/06/2014 10:58

I love it. It was a nn of mine at one point

HibiscusIsland · 28/06/2014 10:36

I love Marigold and Clover

TessOfTheFurbyvilles · 28/06/2014 10:34

My friend's first name is Marigold (named after the flower, not the rubber gloves), and she has gotten through life OK, so I'm sure the same would apply with it in the MN spot.

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CheerfulYank · 28/06/2014 03:32

I'm American AuntieStella so I only have a vague idea of the jolly hockey sticks vibe but I think I like it! :o

Rhubarb not many things work with our surname actually. It's the same as a "journalist" who married a Frenchman and thinks she's gorgeous...

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Rhubarbgarden · 27/06/2014 18:46

I wanted Clover too, but it doesn't work with our surname. Bah.

AuntieStella · 27/06/2014 17:17

It's a very Jilly name (in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous) and "let's cal, her Marigold and perhaps she will"

If you want a jolly hockey sticks vibe, it'll be splendid.

lettertoherms · 27/06/2014 16:57

It's lovely!

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CheerfulYank · 27/06/2014 16:55

I love Clover too Fin. :) I have a friend who has a beautiful little Clover.

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SomeSunnySunday · 27/06/2014 15:52

Lovely!

I'm a huge fan of Clover, Fin. There is no way that my DH would ever even let it on to a list, though.

FinDeSemaine · 27/06/2014 14:24

Phoebe Marigold is lovely. Primrose is also gorgeous. I wanted Clover for DD but DH hated it.

BreeVDKamp · 27/06/2014 14:22

Love it!

Rhubarbgarden · 26/06/2014 23:21

I adore Marigold. If ds had been a girl it would have been his middle name.

NadiaWadia · 26/06/2014 22:09

Pretty and unusual, so why not?

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CheerfulYank · 26/06/2014 17:32

It is Wishful! But I got talked into Rose instead so now I can't use Primrose really.

She's Margaret. Margaret Primrose would have benb gorgeous IMO.

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