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Floris for a boy? What do you think?

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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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BikeRunSki · 08/04/2020 21:12

Florid is a very fancy perfumier, but I also like it as a name. Although I’m English, i lived in several countries (including the Netherlands) as a child and went to international schools, and I know of it as a male name. It doesn’t sound too female to me, maybe because it doesn’t end in “a”.

StatementKnickers · 08/04/2020 21:10

Terrible

GinWithASplashOfTonic · 08/04/2020 21:10

It's a bit Harry pottery for me

GinWithASplashOfTonic · 08/04/2020 21:10

Not keen sorry

OnlyJudyCanJudgeMe · 08/04/2020 21:08

I’d go Florian rather than Floris.

SeigneurLapindeGrantham · 08/04/2020 21:04

Jolyon is lovely also and Jolly as a nicknmame

SirVixofVixHall · 08/04/2020 21:03

I like the sound of it but in the UK, and possibly the US too, it is a very well known perfume brand, which might be a problem.

Aquamarine1029 · 08/04/2020 21:02

Sorry, no. I really don't like it.

Wannabangbang · 08/04/2020 21:02

Definitely no, sorry!

SeigneurLapindeGrantham · 08/04/2020 21:01

Please don't call him that. How about Finn or Gabriel?

nellythenarwhal · 08/04/2020 20:59

In the UK Flor... would make people think of floral so a girls name but in the US, they are more open minded about names and there's a much bigger variety. It looks easy enough for an English speaker to pronounce

Florian is an exception and a boys name here.

Alb1 · 08/04/2020 20:58

It’s very much a girls name in my opinion.

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Wendy8484 · 08/04/2020 20:57

Thanks for the suggestion .. but we don’t like it that much.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 08/04/2020 20:55

Not good.

LittleRa · 08/04/2020 20:55

How about Florian?

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 08/04/2020 20:51

It sounds like a lovely name for a girl

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