Clover?

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Currently pg with DC3 and considering this if baby is a DD...love all the flower names (Rose, Lily, Daisy, Poppy etc) but they are all soooo popular now and Clover is pretty but seems far more unusual, IYSWIM. Another one I quite like is Violet but when I skim read quickly I always read it as Violent which puts me off

I have two boys who have quite traditional (and therefore very popular) names and would quite like something a little quirkier if this baby does turn out to be a girl...also it would nn to 'Chloe' quite easily if she wanted in the future.

So what do people think of Clover as a name? Nice? Pretty? Too cutesy/chavvy or nicely feminine/stylish? One of those which would suit a little girl but not a stroppy teenager or adult? Or is it a name more suited to a pet than a human?! (will reserve for a future guinea pig if that is the case )

The thing is I've never actually met any Clovers (and neither my mum or sister have ever taught one/told me horror stories about one ), so I have no preconceptions at all about the name other than the fact that I loved it when I read the 'What Katy Did' books years ago.

Would love to hear opinions...

I think it's beautiful! I have a lovely friend with an equally lovely DD called Azalea Grace if you like flower names (They call her Azzie for short, and it really suits her!)

I think it is lovely. For a variantion, have you considered Clotilde?

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I considered this for DD2, but it would not have gone with our surname. But to continue the butter theme, her nickname at school was Utterly Butterly for a while.

Thank you all for your thoughts - I hadn't thought of the butter thing - maybe we should go for Flora instead but I do suspect DH's instant objection will be 'because it sounds like a cow's name'. Mind you, a lot of the other 'flower' names sound cow-like too (Daisy et al) and that obviously hasn't put other people off...

I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only What Katy Did fan though

I quite like it but I love flower names. Iris? But that seems to be gettng quite popular too. Marguerite? It's a bit fancy I admit but nice.

I am not sure about it. I love Violet though. I quite like Lavender at the moment but nn Lav puts me off and the fact that our surname is Lawrence makes it sound a bit hookerish.

Prefer Clover to Chloe - which is also pretty but so many of them about, Clover would be more unusual. But it does work well as a nn.

I think it's lovely, I also really like 'Willow'.

Too bovine for me too. Lobelia is a pretty and unusual flower name.

Better as a nickname for something more conventional like Chloe. I like the way it sounds but I think since it is so unusual as a given name, it is better suited as a nickname.

Also, think there are nicer flower names you could pick like...
Aster
Bryony
Calla
Camellia
Dahlia
Delphine
Heather
Iris
Ivy
Jasmine
Magnolia
Marguerite
Poppy
Primrose
Rose
Violet
Zinnia

Clover is a gorgeous name, a gorgeous flower (fabulous symbolism), and a Susan Coolidge proto-feminist heroine to boot. There's a journalist called Clover Stroud on one of the broadsheets so it even survives the CV test.

Love, love, love this name (also love the What Katy Did books). My usual taste in names is quite traditional too - DSs have fairly 'normal' names, and other girls' names considered included Katherine and Alice. I was desperate to call both DSs Clover, had they been girls, although DH would have taken a bit of convincing. I think it's a grower though (pardon the pun) - first reaction might be raised eyebrows, but it's a name that people could easily become used to. Just gorgeous.

Love it, and would definitely be up for consideration for any future dd. Plenty of people will make 'Utterly Butterly'/'We all love...' comments, but as a teacher I can confidently state that children will find something to tease about pretty much any name, even highly conventional ones like Alice or Sophie. It's distinctive with (cows and butter aside!) lots of nice associations - good luck, and the lovely character in 'What Katy Did' for starters. It's unusual but easy to say and spell, and feminine without being frilly - what's not to like? Infinitely nicer than Chloe imo.

Clover is lovely.

My first thought was the girl from What Katie Did.

This was on my list but too many people said the butter/cow link which put me off. But I do love the name. Much better than Chloe (for me anyway)!
Clover was Katie's sister in What Katie Did.

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I have a Hazel, a name which hasn't been mentioned yet. Clover reminds me of butter, but it is a lovely name.

Little known fact: there are five books in the What Katy Did series.

Clover is the fourth one. IIRC she marries extremely well .

I think Clover is lovely.