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primrose

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Littlestar3432 · 04/12/2018 22:17

I have such a name crush on the name Primrose that it’s our current front runner. Is it my hormones? I’m smitten but would value some honest opinions x

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Choccywoccyhooha · 05/12/2018 09:35

It's a lovely name. You should definitely go for it.
No association with Shipman occured to me at all.

Harebellmeadow · 05/12/2018 09:31

Primrose is a beautiful perrenial and could contribute substantially to saving our ecosystem - helping moths and other insects, especially nocturnal ones.
Sounds very prim but lovely, like a kind sister.

yumscrumfatbum · 05/12/2018 09:27

I love it!

BroomstickOfLove · 05/12/2018 09:25

I spent 6 months of year 1 in a primary school in London almost 40 years ago, and my best friend there was called Primrose. She had short, dark hair, could run really fast, and liked Jemima from Playschool. She was great and I think it's a lovely name.

GrannyHaddock · 05/12/2018 09:20

Katherina, if you are referencing Mrs Fred West, she was widely known as Rose, which is exactly why I did not include it.
I quite agree with PP about the first syllable, Prim.

Phebes · 05/12/2018 07:48

I knew about Shipman’s wife and I do find it a bit twee... but I still love it!

BumbleDevon · 05/12/2018 07:35

Had no idea about the Shipman thing.

Reminds me mainly of the Hunger Games - no bad thing, she's a great character!

TheGhostOfYou · 05/12/2018 06:45

I like it.

mammmamia · 05/12/2018 06:43

Awful sorry. Rose on its own is lovely.

Peachbubble · 05/12/2018 06:37

I thought of Darling Buds of May. It's nice, but I think it would get shortened to Rose/Rosie most of the time - are you OK with that?

Pottytoes · 05/12/2018 05:54

Didn't make the Shipman connection.
Hope your surname is not Hill though!

Piebeansandchips · 05/12/2018 00:41

I like it - wasn't it on The Darling Buds of May? Loved that series

RavenWings · 05/12/2018 00:31

It's horrendous. Twee, simpering, weak and infantile.

Blondie1994 · 05/12/2018 00:30

I think it's lovely I wouldn't like it shortened to any sort of Nick name though,

DramaAlpaca · 05/12/2018 00:23

I don't like it because it starts with 'prim' which isn't an attractive trait. It reminds me of elderly maiden aunts clutching their pearls. And yes, the Shipman reference occurred to me too.

The Rose bit is nice.

LastOneDancing · 04/12/2018 23:04

I love it!

Lucylugs · 04/12/2018 23:04

I love it but then I do like flowery names. Blossom is locely too if you need an alternative.

midsomermurderess · 04/12/2018 23:02

Harold Shipman here too. And I tihnk it's pretty ghastly.

Thisimmortalcurl · 04/12/2018 23:01

I would never have associated the name with anything negative . I like it.

peachypetite · 04/12/2018 23:00

It's a bit sickly.

ilovesooty · 04/12/2018 22:58

I'm afraid I made that connection immediately.

KatherinaMinola · 04/12/2018 22:58

Poster who thinks it's too much like Shipman, suggests Rosemary instead Grin

I do like the name Rosemary btw.

KatherinaMinola · 04/12/2018 22:57

Aww.

(I would never have made the Shipman connection.)

PatchworkElmer · 04/12/2018 22:57

It was our front runner for a girl. Wouldn’t suit DS though Grin

snop · 04/12/2018 22:55

So sorry but the first thing I thought of was also Harold shipmans wife, I wouldn't let that put me off though.