Flora - yay or nay?

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Nickname, Florrie

(We are not posh, is it too posh?!)

I prefer Florence, because of the margarine connection

I think it's posh Scottish but classy. I really like it.

You will get loads of people coming on here saying "margarine" though.

Hmmmm yes margarine hadnt thought of that!

Is Florence Scottish too? Really need a Scottish / Gaelic girl's name.

No of course Florence isnt Scottish, ignore me.

Argh but i really like Florrie!

I love Flora - it was my choice for No.2 but had a DS instead. I also knew a Flora but we used to call her Floss, which I loved too.

What about Fiona?

Went to school with too many Fionas is a bit of an 80s name to me.

If you love it - then ignore me - it's only an initial thought that came into my head. That's the trouble with the MN Babynames thing - names get examined in forensic detail ... And it's not as if it has terrible connotations anyway.

Margarine.

Quite like Florence though.

Oh, our friends were going to call their baby this. I love it - not for me, but suited them and family so well. (Name they chose was lovely too!)

Much nicer than Florence.

Flòraidh?

We never had flora margarine so I've not got that connection in my head.

Flora is a beautiful name. Use it.

It's a great pity some margarine has spoiled it for some.

Love Flora but DH ruined it for me with suggested school yard taunts such as 'spread 'em Flora'.

A Flora friend of mine went through teenage hell with the advertising slogan 'Flora, spreads easily' But that might all be in dim & distant past now?

agree with angrypixie......my name is laura but i always got nicknamed flora spreadable!!

spreads like.....

Totally gone off it given the spread like connotations!

Flora is lovely. A very pretty name.

yep, Flora spereads easily was one of many taunts I suffered in the playground - had no idea what it meant until many years later though.

kids will alwys find something to pick on, so if you like the name, go for it. FWIW, my nickname ended up being Flo, despite my parents LOATHING it - they always called me by my full name.

Flora ia lovely

I think of Babar's baby rather than marge.

I love it and wanted to call our baby Flora but hubby couldn't get past the margarine connotations. In the end, luckily, it wouldn't have suited her at all!

Random suggestion but I think Catriona is Scottish... I rather like despite it being my MIL's name!

I love it.

I used to think marg but now I know a lovely Flora age 12 I just think of her.

She is always Flora.