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Poppy May

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JohnsonSamuels · 17/03/2017 16:32

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Loyly · 17/03/2017 20:41

It's too cutesy for me, sorry.

CheshireDing · 17/03/2017 20:40

We have a Poppy, she is Poppy Arabella.

I know others have said Poppy is becoming popular, the only ones we have ever met have been a Spaniel and a Greyhound though Grin.

Poppy Margot ?
Margot Poppy ?

Please don't spell it Poppi though whatever you do !!

emilybrontescorset · 17/03/2017 20:34

It's very cutesy and more of a child's name than a woman's.

user1482079332 · 17/03/2017 20:28

Very drippy

BarInSpace · 17/03/2017 20:27

I like it.

LorLorr2 · 17/03/2017 20:10

Sorry to other user who suggested Catherine, I hadn't read other posts before posting!

LorLorr2 · 17/03/2017 20:09

Ahh, very sweet! However would it suit her when she's 50?
I feel that May is an overdone middle name, some other ideas-
Poppy Marie
Poppy Faye
Poppy Catherine
Poppy Lara

mistermagpie · 17/03/2017 19:41

Too cutesy for me. Fine for a baby baby but I'm 36 and can't imagine having a name like that at this age.

EmilyRosanne · 17/03/2017 19:00

Poppy is becoming really popular again but I think it is really pretty if you dont mind there being lots of other Poppy's around.

I really dislike May as a middle name though, that and Rose sound really unimaginative and boring imo.

user1459464195 · 17/03/2017 18:56

Agree with a lot of comments above. Objectively they're both fine. Together just dull, sorry. May as a first name would be a little more unusual. I like the idea of a long and fabulous middle name with it.

May Seraphina
May Violetta
May Charlotta
May Arabella

Or a less "cutesy" option with Poppy.

Poppy Eleanor
Poppy Matilda
Poppy Marianne
Poppy Lucinda
Poppy Rebecca
Poppy Catherine

HaPPy8 · 17/03/2017 18:54

I think its pretty

sonlypuppyfat · 17/03/2017 18:49

There's loads of them about

Whileweareonthesubject · 17/03/2017 18:47

I think it's pretty. But then I tend to find a lot of current name choices awfully 'ugly' and/or pretentious. Partly, because many of them are names that were common amongst my parents and grandparents generation, so for me, they are old fashioned and conjure up images of elderly people rather than babies.

SusanTrinder · 17/03/2017 18:02

It's a bit...twee.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/03/2017 17:50

Poppy is a lovely name, and so is May, as a first name.
Unless May has a meaning, eg Grandma's name, I'd choose something different.
Poppy Charlotte
Poppy Caroline
Poppy Joanna

Misspilly88 · 17/03/2017 17:41

I know several poppy mays. If that helps.

CPtart · 17/03/2017 17:33

Awful. No substance to it at all. A real 'follower of trends' name and not suited to anyone over the age of 3 harsh

BaymaxismyHero · 17/03/2017 17:26

It's cute but not sure I'd want to be a 30 year old Poppy May.

Frazzled2207 · 17/03/2017 17:14

Like Poppy, May is just too generic as a middle name IMO, similarly Grace, Rose.
Poppy Elizabeth
Poppy Catherine
Poppy Jane etc all ok.

Millipedewithherfeetup · 17/03/2017 17:07

Sweet name !

Gallavich · 17/03/2017 17:04

Both names are really common, even together. If you insist on May as a middle name then go for something more distinctive as first name. Or Poppy something else.

1horatio · 17/03/2017 17:02

It's very "inoffensive", I guess.

What about Poppy Dorothea..."Smith"

Poppy Millicent? Poppy Margaret? Poppy Clementine? Poppy Juliet? Poppy Melissa?

Or maybe Penelope May? Peggy May?

I like May and I like Poppy. I'm not a fan of combining them, sorry. I feel like it's very unimaginative and quite boring...

Sophronia · 17/03/2017 17:00

Not a fan, too cutesy and very common.

Taylor22 · 17/03/2017 16:57

Fine. But very very common.

LosingDory · 17/03/2017 16:57

It's very generic...lots of them around

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