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April or Flora - help...

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FruitandNutty · 18/07/2018 13:49

Subject says it all really! Baby won't be born in April. Please help me and DH decide Mumsnetters...

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Failingat40 · 19/07/2018 14:04

Flora would be nicknamed Flo I guess, then that brings the possibility of being 'Aunt Flo' in adulthood which is pretty grim.

April is a nice fresh name.

DeckSofa · 19/07/2018 13:32

April

autumnmoon · 19/07/2018 13:21

Neither! Both problematic names... sorry

TwinkleToes86 · 19/07/2018 13:16

I hate April. It’s so dull and dreary.

I like Flora. But you’ll always get the ‘butter’ comments and that ‘easily spread’ comment is awful.

Back to the drawing board OP.

deptfordgirl · 19/07/2018 11:49

Really love Flora

duckyfuzzz · 19/07/2018 06:27

Neither. Florence / Florrie much nicer

Sophronia · 18/07/2018 23:36

Flora is lovely

ButterflyOfFreedom · 18/07/2018 17:54

Flora

MariaMadita · 18/07/2018 17:52

I love Flora. Such a beautiful name :) Nice meaning, fairly international, a bit vintage but currently not too popular and really pretty without being cutesy (imo)...

I personally really dislike April.

AnyaMoondial · 18/07/2018 17:48

April!

Susannach · 18/07/2018 17:06

I prefer Flora. It’s gorgeous!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/07/2018 17:04

Hate Flora. Love April. However unless she's going to born in April which going by the date of this thread I highly doubt.
Therefore to make the choice for some one else I'd say go with Flora.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 18/07/2018 16:53

Love love love Flora.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/07/2018 16:51

Both lovely !
April.

SleepWarrior · 18/07/2018 16:29

I like both equally, but would perhaps give Flora as slight edge as Flo is a better shortening than Ape if it ended up getting shortened at school.

Lifeaback · 18/07/2018 16:25

I prefer flora personally

HelloBrass · 18/07/2018 16:22

-completely missing the point of the thread-

I know an Autumn born in January and it has always jarred with me...

ZebraKid71 · 18/07/2018 16:20

It only seems to be mumsnet that are obsessed with babies with month names being born in that month.. I know several Aprils and an Apryl, none of whom were born in April. I think it's a lovely name.

PugwallsSummer · 18/07/2018 15:59

I love Flora, such a beautiful vintage-sounding name.

I wanted June for DD2 DH vetoed it on account of her being born in December, but that wouldn't have put me off at all.

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FruitandNutty · 18/07/2018 15:52

Oh I wasn't expecting it to be so divided! Almost split down the middle... I think I could get past both the margarine element, and also the not being born in April aspects. Purely deciding now which name has a nicer feel to it..

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Joeybee · 18/07/2018 15:31

I prefer April. April is unusual but not strange, it's pretty but not too cutesy and I think it grows well with a person. I would find it a bit odd to call a baby April if they weren't born in April...however the only April I know was born in October, and I didn't think about that at all, nor was it strange.

Flora for me reminds me of a cow, or the spread. It's too cutesy. I couldn't take a flora too seriously...can't imagine Flora in business!

brodiee · 18/07/2018 15:24

April.

Flora makes me think of margarine or activia yoghurt ads that mention gut flora!

daisypond · 18/07/2018 14:57

I like them both, but I really love Flora.
I don't think you have to be born in April to be called April. The one April I know isn't. I think the Flora "easily spread" jokes have long passed their sell-by dates now - they surely don't use those advertising taglines now.

bridgetreilly · 18/07/2018 14:38

Flora, but I admit I'm not a huge fan of either.

AtticaRose · 18/07/2018 14:26

I like April better than Flora, but both are nice!

I don't know why everyone here is always obsessed with month names only being for people born in that month - I wouldn't make that assumption at all. (People might ask, but then people ask all sorts to make conversation...)