Ok so how terrible would it be to use Bluebell, really?

It's the sort of name you think would be all sweet and lovely for a gorgeous little baby, for a tiny pixie child. And then they grow up and they're human.

it's a bit silly

My daughter is Honey and I always get complimented for it. I occasionally get asked why I named her that. But it literally popped into my head when she came out and she has gorgeous Honey coloured hair so it really suits her.

Think Bluebell is lovely.

i like it too, but as a middle name perhaps rather than a first name. i guess you have to think beyond when your daughter is a baby and even a teenage, to when she is an adult and OAP, and how it might be for her then. I do think it is pretty though and anyone who says it is a cows name obviously must know some very strange farmers!!!

i like it. i have a dd whose middle name is one of the more unusual flower names (already slagged off on here) and i have and will never regret it.

first names are however important and i would hate for dd to be teased in any way for her name hence why we used it as her second name. my whole family love it though and call her by it anyway!

It is more unusual than Poppy, Daisy and Lily but as long as you like it enough that it wouldn't bother you when others have strong opinions of it (not always positive) then i think it's fine.

For what it's worth I like it.

If we have another DD it will be Berry which lots of people don't like and others really love. We know that we both love it and that we don't care about others opinions of it so we feel confident enough to use it.

As long as your happy to shout it in the middle of a crowded playground then I think it's fine to use whatever you want. (Well unless it's some sort of swear word!)

I don't see why it's bad. I like it. It's got a bit more backbone than LIly and it's more original than Rosie. NOt knocking those two names, but why is one flower name so completely OK and another flower name too weird by far.

I don#t think of it as trying too hard. If I were looking for something unusual, I could do better than Bluebell.

It is somehow too close to bluebottle for my liking

It is one of those names I really want to like and I think both Blue and Bell are very nice. And it is a strong name.

But still, I would think of bluebottles.

No it doesn't. It sounds nice. Much nicer than bobbin Iris for instance. Or Celandine if I may say so.

I used Esme Bluebell because she was born in the spring when there were a lot of bluebells around. And it suits her cvos she has big bright blue eyes. Geri Halliwell did not even enter my mind. Geri Halliwell is not a current celeb anyway and nobody will have heard of her in a couple of years. And so what anyway even if they have?

Puppy Monkey - it just screams "I like unusual flower names but can't think of anything myself so I'll just copy a celebrity!"

What about Celandine? A beautiful and very unusual flower name. Only ever met one.

Unimaginative how?

No to Bluebell.
Apart from everything else already mentioned, it sounds... unimaginative.
Can you really not think of any other flower names?

I know a Bluebell surname is Wood. Lovely name.

I think it's charming. Would've been a contender for my DD had it not been for Geraldine sodding Halliwell.

Not good, don't do it.

Revolting name.

I think Bluebell is lovely, so is Blossom, Honey, Iris - in fact loads of the names mentioned.

My dd has a tree name and I think it's beautiful. So nice to have someting a bit different.

Mirabelle and Iris in place of Bluebell? Are ya mad?

There is a Bluebell at the school I work in, everyone including her Mum calls her Belly though

I like Bluebell, but even without the Geri Halliwell thing, I would still think of cows...Belle is lovely.

Celebrities do have the potential to ruin names...I'm scared about being due at the same time as Colleen Rooney, and hoping they pick something typically "celebrity" rather than a name on my shortlist, thus ruining it!!

Bluebell is lovely, but the Geri Halliwell link spoils it. If you love it though, go for it. It's actually on my long-list, but DP says NO. Not everyone will link it to GH and it is very sweet. oysterpots I love Clover too, but again, DP hates it

Mirabelle? Bluebell as nickname?

I like the cow names though, Buttercup is beautiful! And Clover is top of my list for girl names

Iris seems a bit harsh for some reason, not sure why. We have a Heather already which I just love, but Heather is much more 'mainstream' than Bluebell I know and I'm not sure as an adult I would like to be called Bluebell. This is really bothering me as my first two dd's had there names by about 25 weeks. I'm now 32 weeks with this one and we just can't decide at all. Our surname is very short and a lot of names sound odd with it. I'm getting myself into a real pregnant flap about all of this. (at myself).

Not keen. How about Iris instead?