Sorell, Rowena, Flora or Penelope

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Any views much appreciated. Thanks

You know it's a herb - yes?

Yes, it seems to be used in east european cooking a lot according to wiki

I like the sound myself of Sorrel but I'm not English so just want to make sure it's not perceived to much as a sorrowful sounding name.

Sorrel Penelope or Penelope Sorrel.

Rowan is much nicer than Rowena.

Sorrel sounds a bit like soil and is the colour of a horse.

Flora is a good one

But Penelope is bleurgh

Sorrel is the colour of a horse's coat - a chestnut brown. I think it sounds like sorrow too..

Rowena is nice.
Penelope is getting popular among celebrities.
Flora is nice though there is the margarine association.

I think I would choose between Rowena or Flora tbh.

Sorrel is green and leafy??? A bit like spinach.
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It's also a horse colour.

A nice one though!

Penelope is lovely.

The most unpleasent woman I have ever met was called Rowena - a true diva.

Love Sorrel - but I once read a book about a blind pony called Sorrel

I always do a slight snurk whenever Coriander is referred to on The Archers.

Sorrell is lovely! I know a very pretty little girl called Sorrell its a herb isn't it?

ooh Sorrell was the name I chose for my fantasy pony as a teenager, very pretty!

I also love Rowena (I am old enough to remember watching the Ivanhoe TV series in 1970)!

I love Sorrel.
I remember people on a thread before saying it made them think of sorry, so I knew people would here too, but I think it's just beautiful.

I know a Sorelle and both she and her name are lovely!
Don't like Penelope ..
I too prefer Rowan to Rowena

Thinking about it, I find Sorrow to be quite wonderfully melancholic and romantic as a child's name.

In a book though, maybe.

Rowena

I like Sorrel. When I was about 11-12 I read a collection of ghost stories (maybe Penguin?) and the heroine in one of them was named Sorrel. I thought it was lovely then (early 80s) and I still do. It has stuck in my mind.

I like flora, rowena and Penelope. What about petunia, pansy or primrose?

How about Pernilla?
Lovely Swedish name..

Sorrel! One of my all-time favourite girls' names though DH would veto it. Particularly suits little redheads, or maybe a blonde? The only Sorrel I know is a Sorrel Isolde and she's an incredibly beautiful 3 year old...

Sorrel Penelope is a stunning name. It's a elegant but quirky.
I don't have the Sorrow link at all, the El makes all the difference for me.

Absolutely love Sorell, followed by Penelope

Don't like Sorrel, Penelope (Keith!) Nah.

I like Flora.

I love Flora, it was on my list, but crossed out by DH as he associated it with margarine.

Penelope really don't like the rest

Sorrel does sound like sorry! I think your daughter would end up meeting quite a few people who thought she was saying "Sorry" when she was introducing herself - they would then probably think that she was apologising for something or hadn't heard what they'd said.

If you decide to go for Sorrel, then please train your daughter to introduce herself by saying: "My name is Sorrel" as it will be less confusing than someone saying "I'm Sorrel" and everyone wondering why she's apologising.