every name I think of turns out to be a brand name

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Baby is 2 weeks old and we still don't have a name for her. The problem is there's always a problem with every name I like. You lot can have a good laugh at this lot but all of them have been highlighted on old threads as brand names.

Flora
Clover
Liberty
Freya

And this is the rest of my shortlist

Louisa
Anna (DH says no but i may wear him down)
Rachel
Sorrel
Rosanna

any suggestions???

I don't think the brand name thing matters tbh. It's not as if you are suggesting Toshiba or something. They are all proper names.

I agree with Lostmyheart. I thought your list was going to be all Gucci and Prada! I like Liberty and Freya. Not keen on Clover: I think of a cow's name rather than the brand.

Louisa and Anna are both timeless and beautiful. Laurel? Charlotte?

Love Anna.

I don't think any are a real problem brand-wise.

As they are proper names I don't think it's an issue (although Clover isn't great!).

Don't let it put you off!

Flora is a lovely name.....I don't think it matters.

Would never think of any of those names as brand names. Think they are all lovely. Except Clover.

Ignore the brand thing and just pick which name you like

You could choose Louisa today and then next year Anne Summers could bring out a mature ladies home parties brand called Louisa

(not trying to put you off that particular name IYSWIM)

I was thinking you were going down the

Nike
Heinz
Citroen

route. The ones you have are names in their own rights first and brands second.

Flora is dc2's favourite (she thinks Laura is short for Flora!). We can't have Laurel as we already have one tree-named child.

Doesn't that rule out Clover and Sorrel? (I know they're plants not trees, but still)

Good point madreinglese!

'You could choose Louisa today and then next year Anne Summers could bring out a mature ladies home parties brand called Louisa'

Love Rosanna.

i really really like Flora, it was on my list for dd2 but dh vetoed it due to the margarine connections, I still love it though and I think if you did call a dd Flora you would forget about that anyway.

i also like Louisa from your list.
What about Eloise?

LuLuF

I wouldn't worry about the brand thing.

SOme companies use beautiful underused girls names for their products. This is totally different from calling your child Gucci.

Although, of course Gucci is a name. But still.

I love Clover!! It was on my shortlist if this DC was a girl (it's not) along with Clementine, Edie and Margot. Sigh...

We used to have guinea pigs called Flora and Clover. Mind we also had one called Vitalite :-)

I like all your names, except Clover.

I dont think it matters if its a brand name, as its a brand name second - its only if you chose a name thats a brand name first, like Coca Cola or Andrex that it would be a problem IMO.

You are over-thinking this, and over-consulting!

Pick a name you both like and don't ask anyone else at all (including close family members) what they think.