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Floris for a boy? What do you think?

66 replies

Wendy8484 · 08/04/2020 20:50

Hi, what do you think of the name Floris? It’s a very common name in the Netherlands, but we are now living for at least a few years in America. Thanks!

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Jossina · 09/04/2020 15:47

Screw those people who say it's a girls name. I love the tv show! I like it and say your son will be fine with it.

Umnoway · 09/04/2020 14:27

Just makes me think of a florist, not keen.

bitheby · 09/04/2020 13:01

Just heard Professor Karol Sikora on Radio 2. That's Karol. Not a girl.

toastofthetown · 09/04/2020 09:10

Going against the grain, I love Floris. Floris has always sounded masculine to me and I don’t have any connection to the Netherlands.

VenusClapTrap · 09/04/2020 08:25

I like it a lot.

LetItGoHome · 08/04/2020 22:37

I like it a lot. Use it XX

bitheby · 08/04/2020 22:32

I really like it. And some of the posts are so rude. It's common in the Netherlands. That doesn't make it a girls' name because it sounds like an English word. It's a name in its own right.

whywhywhy6 · 08/04/2020 22:32

No

Solasum · 08/04/2020 22:27

Joris as an alternative?

LesLavandes · 08/04/2020 22:26

No

babynamelover · 08/04/2020 21:52

Sounds more feminine than male to me but what about Boris or Floyd 😃

FamilyOfAliens · 08/04/2020 21:48

Thank you all. We will choose another name :-)

OP, you’re a legend Grin

ritzbiscuits · 08/04/2020 21:47

We have a Florian and love the name. Could you go for that?

Am I right that too is a Dutch name?

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Wendy8484 · 08/04/2020 21:45

Thank you all. We will choose another name :-)

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Pixilicious · 08/04/2020 21:27

Sounds like a disinfectant cleaner

OhTheRoses · 08/04/2020 21:27

Slow Loris.

Floris is a scent so no.

Tristan?
Florian (oh you don't like that)
Lewis

or

Boris Grin
Morris

daisypond · 08/04/2020 21:26

I like it but I know it as a Dutch male name. But maybe not so useable in the UK.

Orphlids · 08/04/2020 21:23

I really like it.

stopandListen · 08/04/2020 21:20

Awful, makes me think of dental floss 🤣

carnivalisover · 08/04/2020 21:18

Flo or Doris nicknamed

Waitingforadulthood · 08/04/2020 21:16

If floris is a name, it's a girls name. Either way it's not nice in my opinion.

How is it pronounced in your mind? To me it's floor riz. Perhaps if it's pronounced differently it'll be better.

What could his friends call him?- flo? flor? Rizzo?

MikeUniformMike · 08/04/2020 21:15

Florid Grin
He will also get Florist.

I wouldn't use it.

Mistlewoeandwhine · 08/04/2020 21:14

I love it. It’s the character Rutger Hauer played in a TV show and Rutger was/is my favourite actor ever 😍

YahBasic · 08/04/2020 21:14

What about Loris?

I know a little boy called Loris, named after the footballer. His parents are European and works across a number of languages.

BikeRunSki · 08/04/2020 21:13

Sorry!! Previous post should say “Floris is a fancy perfumier”.