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ok honest opinions, thinking of names i had never considered!

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justonemorethread · 29/12/2015 06:14

Could it be hormones? Not sure, not feeling particularly hormonal, but never considered these names for previous dds... Please tell me what you think?

Flora

Violet

Clarice

Jane

Names I previously considered are much more mainstream:

Rose
Emma
Claire

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Allalonenow · 13/01/2016 15:23

Flora is lovely.
Violet is not too bad, though I really dislike Vi as a nn.
Clarice is alright, but I think Clarissa is so much nicer.

Jane, Emma and Claire are a bit ordinary, and Rose is massively popular.

Flora Clarice would be a lovely name.

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 13/01/2016 15:11

I love them all, except Clarice, sorry. And personally not a fan of Juliet, but like Julia.

Best wishes! Star

DandyDan · 13/01/2016 15:02

Jane -

Definitely not mainstream. Refreshing and simple (and not plain at all).

Sofiria · 13/01/2016 14:14

I like all of the names on your first list! I particularly like the combination Flora Jane.

IoraRua · 12/01/2016 17:31

I love Jane. It's a very refreshing choice in a sea of cutesy -a, -ia and -y ending names (at my school anyway).

SquirrelledAway · 12/01/2016 10:47

Clarice makes me immediately think of Clarice Cliff, not Clarice Starling.

timelytess · 12/01/2016 06:48

I wouldn't choose Clarice.

The rest are fine. I particularly like 'Emma Rose'. As a teenager, I thought if I ever had a daughter, I'd call her Emma Rose. I did have a daughter, and her name is nothing like that. But Emma Rose is still a nice name.

RickOShay · 12/01/2016 06:45

Love Emma and Rose. Really love Rose. Could she be Rose Juliet Emma?

Only1scoop · 11/01/2016 22:48

Don't like the others though

Only1scoop · 11/01/2016 22:47

Flora
Violet

Both gorgeous

cecilelliott · 11/01/2016 22:46

Flora is a gorgeous name.

Out of your more "ordinary" names, I have a soft spot for 'Emma' and you hardly hear it these days so it actually doesn't seem so ordinary!

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justonemorethread · 11/01/2016 07:08

Snowball sorry for not getting back- I love gardening and floral names and lots of your suggestions, unfortunately dh doesn't seem to seethe aappeal, Rose is ad as far as he would go.
I particularly like sage buti think he'd be like 'yeah right, why not oregano then'!!

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nooka · 30/12/2015 21:12

It's funny how different people perceive names, to me Jane is totally mainstream. Not particularly popular at the moment, but similar to Claire/Clare in vibe.

Clarice like Clarice Bean is OK, but with the long 'e' in the middle aka silence of the lambs not very attractive in my mind.

Juliet is lovely :)

Snowball789 · 30/12/2015 20:52

I like Flora but prefer Violette to Violet. If you like flower names, what about Rose, Rosemary, Sorrel, Santolina, Sage, Tansy, Marigold, Acacia, Heather, Honeysuckle, Peony, Clover, Camellia, Delphine, Valerie, Angelica, Artemisia, Lilac, Lavender, Dahlia, Myrrh, Myrtle, Anise - or if you really want to go for it, Gardenia or Eglantine?

Maybe I'm getting a bit too floral? Sorry, just love gardening!

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justonemorethread · 29/12/2015 18:12

Thank you for all the feedback! I seem to have slightly gone off the name Clarice (not my dear old great aunt!) in the space of a day ( it only popped in to my head this morning) and anyway dh has said no.
Googled predictions for 2016 and in one list violet was number 7!

Due date in a month-ish so have a bit of time to whittle them down.

Might also suggest Juliet or Julia to dh.

Looks like Jane has divided opinion. Maybe it's very boring for us but actually might turn out to be unusual for this generation!!

Promise I will update when baby is here! I hate unresolved baby name threads.

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Sophronia · 29/12/2015 16:04

Definitely Jane! Love it.

MamaLazarou · 29/12/2015 13:21

Clarice is lovely, pronounced the British way (to rhyme with Paris). I'm not so keen on Clareeeece.

How about Rosa?

Twinkie1 · 29/12/2015 12:34

How about Cecily? Shortened to Cece?

pieceofpurplesky · 29/12/2015 12:29

Jayne is also lovely.
Flora Jayne is gorgeous

I also love the name Mary

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AuntieStella · 29/12/2015 12:07

Flora - margarine, famously sold with the line 'spreads easily'

Violet - lovely

Clarice - like, but does tend to make me think of 'Silence of the Lambs'

Jane - like, always seems a bit dull to me but as there doesn't seem to be many about at the moment that might not apply.

Rose - like
Emma - lovely
Claire - like

kimlo · 29/12/2015 12:04

I love Jane, or Claire.

starkers1 · 29/12/2015 12:02

Flora is pretty - also love Violet. 2015 name stats are in and its only 83 for 2015 so don't really believe comments about it being super trendy/every other little girl being called it really Hmm

www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/543036/most-popular-baby-names#girlsnames

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 29/12/2015 12:00

I've always loved Flora.

And I think I really like Clarice, never thought of it before.

Not a fan of Violet.

PeasinPod1 · 29/12/2015 11:56

Violet is completely beautiful, I know not 1 young or old Violet and it was only number 68 in 2014... a few haters here but on other threads people love it-
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/a1544696-violet-help

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/2294787-Olivia-Imogen-or-Violet?pg=2

Currently 20 weeks with DC2 and she will be Violet so I am biased! I cant stand trendy/popular/regular heard names so I wouldn't bE using it if I thought it was overly popular.