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Can I call a girl Floris?

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ruralmother · 06/01/2018 14:36

Recently stumbled upon the name Floris. Its a boys name (danish, means to blossom). Do you think its usable for a girl?

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hendricksyousay · 06/01/2018 14:48

What about Florin? Florine?

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ruralmother · 06/01/2018 14:47

Haha, don't hold back raven. Perhaps I should have been more clear....its commonly used as a boys name and is listed as a girls name too but much less common.

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daisypond · 06/01/2018 14:45

Floris is a Dutch boys' name too. I don't know about Scandinavia. I would always assume Floris was a boy, but I think you probably could get away with it as a girls' name in the UK. I quite like it.

RavenWings · 06/01/2018 14:43

No. It's florist that lost the t. Or a mashup of Doris/Florence as said above.

Besides, I think the whole idea of taking a name from another language and swapping the gender is stupid - keep it to the cultural usage and spelling. It comes across as a bit thick if the child ever goes to that country or runs into people from it, or like you simply couldn't be arsed to research properly.

SoupDragon · 06/01/2018 14:40

Without any Scandinavian connection, to me it looks like you couldn’t decide between Flora and Doris.