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Rose - too popular

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Nightstar · 20/12/2010 16:47

I have always wanted to call any daughter Rose because it is my grandmothers name and also i had a dream where we had a daughter called Rose.

But it seems to be the most common middle name for girls! Everyone is using it.

Do you think it matters?

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jellybeans · 20/12/2010 16:48

No not if you like it, I only know 1 Rose, it is nowhere near Evie/Isabelle etc.

LeroyJethroGibbs · 20/12/2010 16:50

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AllieW · 20/12/2010 17:38

I love it as a first name, too. Have only heard it as a middle or Rosie as a first name round here.

rachxx · 20/12/2010 17:48

I hardly EVER hear it as a 1st name. Mainly qa middle name :)

Hedwig3 · 21/12/2010 18:27

I teach and have never taught a Rose and I don't know any through my children.

Lovely as a first name, adore Rosa too.

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Nightstar · 21/12/2010 18:51

Thanks girls. Thats just the sort of reasurrance i was after xx

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 21/12/2010 19:48

Glad you are sticking with it Nightstar, its a lovely choice.

I've only ever met 2 Roses, one is 6 and one was my Aunt. It is popular as a middle name, but honestly, how often do we use our middle names?

Congratulations btw Xmas Smile

brimfull · 21/12/2010 20:03

My dd is Rose , she is 18 and doesn't know any other Roses. is a fab name ,despite the fact her friends call her roro

rusmum · 22/12/2010 07:51

my dd is a rose, she is 2.5. 1 more baby rose localy

happysunshinedays · 22/12/2010 08:25

Rose is beautiful and if it's a family name you've got dibs on it anyway IMO! If any tw** tries to tell you you picked a popular name, you just say, "it was my grandmother's name".

I don't know any Roses BTW, a Rosa which is gorgeous too.

JBrd · 22/12/2010 19:18

I would love to have Rose/Rosa/Rosalind/Rosalie for my DC if it's a girl - I don't know any first-name Roses.

Unfortunately, DH is not a fan at all, he thinks it's old-fashioned, can't persuade him :(

BuntyPenfold · 23/12/2010 01:30

I only know a Rose over 90, and a Rosa 17-ish.

Several Rosies though, all in secondary school.

Rose or Rosa would be lovely and uncommon.

MummieHunnie · 23/12/2010 01:43

Through my 2 dd's we have come across a Rosa and a Rosie, no Rose, there are not many of them about x

SuzieHomemaker · 23/12/2010 01:44

DD1 is Rosie, named after the nicest person I have ever known. She (older Rosie) doesnt know that. DD1's big name is Rosalind.

GeraldineAubergine · 23/12/2010 01:55

It's my middle name. I like it.

blinks · 23/12/2010 02:03

i have a rose and i know of no others. i still love the name, it's classic but pretty and simple. oh and she too gets 'roro'.

zenoushka · 25/12/2010 20:20

Rose would be beautiful as a first name - really pretty and classic.

LittleYellowTeapot · 26/12/2010 10:37

I only know 1 Rose. Beautiful name. I love Rosie too.

Komondor · 29/12/2010 15:27

Doesnt matter. Go for the name you love.

rusmum · 19/02/2011 07:47

my dd (2.5) is a |Rose,i know 2 others (9years and 1y). Love it

Hatterbox · 19/02/2011 10:07

Overdone as a middle name but not as a first name.

Go for it.

berryshake · 19/02/2011 11:06

I was gutted when my brother called his daughter Rose; it was my ideal girls' name!

flower38 · 19/02/2011 11:44

Love Rose it's a great name.

fragglerocks · 19/02/2011 13:27

Rose is my niece, it's a beautiful name and she's a beautiful baby!!

I don't know of any others.

randomimposter · 19/02/2011 14:23

Don't know any little Roses... Rosies (several) and a couple of Rosas.

It's very nice and has been said despite over-use as a MN isn't that common as a first name.