So a collegue told me today that if we use Florence people would think we were naming it after Sam Cams baby

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And it kep going round in my head as it was my first choice.

Does anyone have any other suggestions if I tell you what I like but cannot use?

Hazel - MIL name
Rosa - Surname issues

Samantha Cameron - David Camerons wife

No I think she will love you :)

I can't think what your RL friends are on and they are pretty rude.
I know quite a few Williams, Harry, Leos, Beatrice too. (Not many Eugenies for some reason).

The Cams chose a popular name, that's all.

Thanks Bunty

Might start a new thread to see if others think the same as people in RL, or if my friends are as daft as you and I think!

Well it's a matter of taste, isn't it? Personally I'm not keen on Florence, but I seem to be in the minority nowadays so I wouldn't expect anyone else to really care that it's not my cup of tea. I do like Floss and Flossie, though the Florences I know use Flo, so that's something to consider.

Of course it will date the name. It will be dated anyway because of its recent surge in popularity, and lots of people will copy the Camerons (whilst utterly convinced they have "always loved the name") so it will become even more ubiquitous.

Some people don't mind giving their child a name that every third child their age is called and that everyone is entirely sick of five years later when they know 10 of them.

Others do.

I know if I had been considering Florence I would consider it a lucky escape that FC was born first so I could choose something else.

We don't all have to think the same things about names.

Who said we all had to think the same thing? Nobody is disputing that it's popular & will date. You think the Cameron baby will date it, others don't.

Fair enough skidoodly.

I personally just don't think the fact the PM has a baby called Florence will mean the name is always dated back to 2010. In the same way that I don't think the name Leo dates back to whenever it was the Blair's had their son. TBH I don't even think names like William, Harry, etc date them back to the early 1980s either.

That's just my thoughts though and, as you say, people may feel differently.

Or they might go with DH's comment of "did they go on holiday there 9 months ago?"

Although this is mostly because we didn't choose the name Florence for that reason.

If you like the name use it.

hula

Florence is a more dateable name than WIlliam or Harry though, which are classics.

I actually think Florence Welch has a lot to answer for in the high numbers of baby Florences around, so it will be more like a 2008-2012 name IMO.

I just think the PM using the name has pushed it over the line into being a "me too" name, and I do think that people who use it now will get comments about the PM's DD.

If you think the name Florence is so great that it doesn't matter, then go for it. But it could be annoying to some. I know it would irritate me.

Flornece is a nice name anyway. We have a Siena in the family although its spelt the other way

Who cares?

I don´t mind Florence, but I think Floss/Flossie are awful.

Your colleugue may have a point. My brother Andrew was born in the same year as Prince Andrew, but about 6 months before. Everyone assumes he was named after him.