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Flora

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toughgetsgoing · 05/12/2017 09:14

What do you think of Flora? I've heard about the spreading joke but have heard that people don't really use it much though it still worries me. I don't mind the margarine don't ever have it and just love the name Flora, the simplicity and elegance of it, very light and pretty imo. What do you think?

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CakesRUs · 06/12/2017 23:58

Love it. I didn't think of the spreading till I read what you'd put.

SparklyUnicornTractors · 06/12/2017 22:50

Flora is gorgeous. Makes me think of the lovely Enya song 'floras secret'

DramaAlpaca · 06/12/2017 22:46

I think Flora is beautiful, as is Florence.

pipilangstrumpf · 06/12/2017 22:04

Flora is beautiful and prettier than Florence imo.

MammieBear · 06/12/2017 19:27

Fiorella is another option for you or how about Cora?

Howsthings1234 · 06/12/2017 18:31

Florence is beautiful xxx

MegAndSprog · 06/12/2017 17:34

I love Flora. I’d use it despite the marge thing but it doesn’t really work with our surname. So pretty and elegant though!

bluesu · 06/12/2017 11:44

Fleur is beautiful too

bluesu · 06/12/2017 11:43

I think it’s beautiful.

I love Lenor but have a similar problem due to fabric softener 😒

daisypond · 06/12/2017 11:42

I would never associate the name Fleur with Harry Potter.

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toughgetsgoing · 06/12/2017 03:24

Leaning towards Florence rn to avoid the margarine connotations!

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toughgetsgoing · 06/12/2017 03:21

Like Fleur but a bit Harry Potter-y for me?

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pipilangstrumpf · 05/12/2017 20:19

Beautiful name!

LizzieSiddal · 05/12/2017 20:08

Would never associate with the spread as it’s my grandmothers name and also DD1s middle name.

Love it.

daisypond · 05/12/2017 20:05

I do like Flora, but I might be put off using it myself if I thought people would make jokes about the name. It wouldn't actually occur to me, though. Fleur?

mondler · 05/12/2017 20:05

opps meant pretty not petty!

Maverick66 · 05/12/2017 20:04

Prefer Fleur

ByThePowerOfRa · 05/12/2017 20:01

I knew a little Flora when I lived in Scotland. I think it’s fairly common there? Don’t know though.

I also know a Flora in her 40s.

I like it and the margarine doesn’t put me off. BUT, I do think of gut flora when I think too much about it. It’s definitely a bit medical to me, but then I am probably quite odd!

mondler · 05/12/2017 19:57

Its very petty but I'm another that would just think of the spread I'm afraid. but saying that I'm sure once your daughter is called that people would associate it with her instead Smile

Mrsknackered · 05/12/2017 17:09

I know 3! All young adults. I haven't heard any little ones. I think it's lovely, if you can have Clementine and Olive, you can definitely have a Flora.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 05/12/2017 16:16

I love it.

EivissaSenorita · 05/12/2017 16:14

I went to school with a Flora. The boys used to say Flora spreads (her legs) easily 🙊

MammieBear · 05/12/2017 15:52

A bit like Clover really that's a popular name in America but here it's mainly associated with a spread.

NatMatCat · 05/12/2017 15:38

I think using it marks you out as middle class enough to only ever have had butter in the house. The Floras I know definitely fall into that category.

ChocolateCrunch · 05/12/2017 15:12

It's lovely and I don't associate it with buttery spread, personally

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