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Plum’s sister!

263 replies

HazeyJaney · 17/11/2019 19:23

Help please! We chose a very unusual name for our first daughter (Plum Elizabeth) and now we’re stuck on what to name her sister. Our current list feels a bit pedestrian in comparison, does it matter?

We like:

Alice
Flora
Gaia
Cecily
Beatrix
Sylvie
Merryn
Iris (actually, I’ve always loved Isis, but it’s obviously unusable now)

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TrentBridge · 17/11/2019 21:55

I think Plum is a fab name (misses point of thread)

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HazeyJaney · 17/11/2019 21:54

Thank you for all the jokes Confused Plum Sykes is where we first heard the name as an actual name, we actually started calling her that during pregnancy and it just kind of stuck, especially once we discovered it’s actually used, albeit not often. We didn’t deliberately set out to name her anything “quirky” (our other choices were things like Florence, Alice, Harriet, Phoebe) but she suits it, we like it, and it’s surprisingly uncontroversial in real life. Everyone can say and spell it, and she has a very classic middle name she can always use if she hates it.

ANYWAY, for this one I’m really really liking Sorrel now! Flora, Beatrix and Sylvie I think are our other favourites. I love Tess but my husband isn’t so keen. We really don’t want anything matchy like Plum and Posy or Plum and Clementine, cute though those names are.

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tiggertogger · 17/11/2019 21:51

Plum is so cruel.

missmouse101 · 17/11/2019 21:49

Cassia. Hebe. Tamsin. Merryn is the only one I like from your list.

AverageAvenger · 17/11/2019 21:47

Loveday
Sage
Lark
Vale
Leith

mummabubs · 17/11/2019 21:47

Can't think of any helpful suggestions but just to say we'll be in a similar position-chose an unusual name for DS (only 14 of him in the UK with the same name tjay year) and definitely feel the odd pressure a second time around to have a name that's also not as mainstream but perhaps not as rare! Good luck!

EmmaC78 · 17/11/2019 21:46

Don'tLettuce I think lots of people have questioned it. It is very unusual and I genuinely am wondering what reaction the name gets in real life.

Marcipex · 17/11/2019 21:45

Amber
Topaz
Scarlett

TatianaLarina · 17/11/2019 21:44

Because it’s a pretty name and it’s already done.

Reminds me of Plum Sykes.

Angie6868 · 17/11/2019 21:43

I guess that so few people are questioning the choice of Plum because it's already a done deal, not a suggestion

DontLettuceBrexitLettuceRomain · 17/11/2019 21:39

Why are so few people questioning the choice of PLUM?!

TatianaLarina · 17/11/2019 21:35

Perdita works well with Plum.

MollyHuaCha · 17/11/2019 21:35

Alice - yes
Flora - margarine
Gaia - no
Cecily - yes
Beatrix - I prefer Beatrice
Sylvie - no
Merryn - no
Iris - yes

Also...

Serena
Penelope
Arabella
Thomasin
Lara

Angie6868 · 17/11/2019 21:34

Plum Charlotte

HotSince82 · 17/11/2019 21:34

Perdita, NN Perdy.

Plum and Perdy Smile

IceCreamConewithaflake · 17/11/2019 21:33

Olive
Apple
Hazel
Sorrel
Joy
Isolde
Tulah
Enela
Mercy

TatianaLarina · 17/11/2019 21:33

Honor.

Of your list I like Iris. Prefer Cecilia and Beatrice to Cecily and Beatrix.

Debbiecurtbag · 17/11/2019 21:25

Sugar
Honey

SoftBlocks · 17/11/2019 21:25

Sorrel is lovely.

ElvenMoonwings · 17/11/2019 21:22

Queen Annes Lace?

user1498572889 · 17/11/2019 21:22

Apple blossom.

ElvenMoonwings · 17/11/2019 21:22

Sorrel really does have the same kind of vibe.

Star? Pomona, Hero, Ambrosia, Calypso?

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 17/11/2019 21:20

Plum? Hmm

Ostanovka · 17/11/2019 21:20

I second Posy! Plum and Posy sounds great.

SonEtLumiere · 17/11/2019 21:18

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