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Primrose?

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Namehelptooflowery · 23/06/2025 20:39

What are everyone's views on Primrose?

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TheeNotoriousPIG · 17/08/2025 12:17

I like it. It reminds me of when I used to watch The Darling Buds of May with my grandfather when I was younger!

TTCfirstbabyx · 15/08/2025 22:30

My daughter is called Primrose and I have never regretted choosing it once!
Every time someone asks her name and I say Primrose everyone is so complementary of it saying how lovely it is! Xx

AllPlayedOut · 13/07/2025 19:20

It’s ridiculously twee and wet.

shinebright3 · 13/07/2025 19:16

I think it’s lovely. It’s my daughter’s middle name. I’ve also heard it as a first name a fair few times

PickledMuffin · 13/07/2025 18:39

I love it!

Goldencats · 13/07/2025 18:38

Twee as twee can be

Youranus · 08/07/2025 18:00

I like it and prefer the diminutive Prim to Rose or Rosie. In a similar vein, I love Marigold and would shorten to Goldie.

DustlandFairytaleBeginning · 08/07/2025 01:41

I like it. You never hear the name so it sounds really fresh. I think its a sweet name, I like Prim and you have all the Rose alternatives too.

StrikeForever · 08/07/2025 01:36

Primrose is the name of Robert Shipman’s wife and the name always makes me think of her. That probably won’t be an issue for a younger generation though.

Rockmehardplace · 08/07/2025 01:03

Awful

10Pontipines · 06/07/2025 19:29

I love it - it’s one of my daughter’s middle names. I did think it was a bit twee for our family to use as a first name alongside our other daughter’s name though.

RuthW · 05/07/2025 22:32

Lovely

RobertaFirmino · 05/07/2025 21:18

Wouldn't be my first choice but it's got a lot going for it. Nicer than a lot of the names you see here. You could trust a Primrose, she'd have your accounts shipshape in no time.

cecinestpasunepipe · 05/07/2025 11:31

My Mum's best friend ( born in the 1920s) was a Primrose, nicknamed Prim. She was lovely so the nane has good connotations for me.
If I was of childbearing age, I would definitely consider it.

lilaclemon · 05/07/2025 10:37

Yes!
lovely

TaborlinTheGreat · 05/07/2025 10:37

I like it! But not shortened to Prim.

CalamityGanon · 05/07/2025 10:35

Harold Shipman’s wife is always my first thought and I wouldn’t want any name with ‘prim’ in it. Also the cow link.

MokaEfti · 05/07/2025 10:27

I like it and also Primmie as NN. I can see why others wouldn’t like it though. But who cares!

SociableAtWork · 05/07/2025 09:26

I love it! I know one with the nickname ‘Primmy’, also lovely IMO.

Mimilamore · 04/07/2025 22:15

Lovely and it doesn’t matter what anybody else thinks anyway… you do you x

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Namehelptooflowery · 04/07/2025 22:08

Thanks everyone!

I think you've confirmed my suspicions that it's a bit Marmite.

I'm too young (mid 30s) for the Harold Shipman references and the Hunger Games doesn't put me off - I like the nn "Prim"

It's interesting seeing the names suggested as alternatives as they're not names I'd shortlist at all! Just shows how subjective it all is :)

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Overtheatlantic · 24/06/2025 14:05

I love it.

manicpixieschemegirl · 24/06/2025 14:01

It’s beautiful.

BigFatBully · 24/06/2025 13:58

I don't think it works as a name for a person. The word makes me think of the holiday camp in Filey.

Lins77 · 24/06/2025 10:42

The only two I've ever heard of are the Hunger Games character and Harold Shipman's wife!