Clover

[CurryChip]

Wdyt? Is it totally unusable?

[OrangeFootedScrubfowl]

I think Clover is delightful.

What Katy Did pops straight into my mind.

Clover is nicer than Daisy (bit too cutesy) and Flora (bit too maiden aunt).

[Pixieonthemoor]

Adorable.

[JojoMags]

Ignore the dairy related comments. Is lovely. Or Flora?

[MrsBazinga]

Clover is also on of the rabbits in Watership Down.

I know a baby Clover, and I really like the name.

[Still18atheart]

No

Butter connotations and cows spring to mind

In Animal Farm wasn't it the sheep who was called Clover

[FatherSpodoKomodo]

I love love love Clover! It was always on my girls list, but alas I only had boys.

I loved the What Katy Did books so always associate the name with those rather than cows etc.

[Rhubarbgarden]

I absolutely love Clover. It didn't work with our surname . Please use it.

[Umlauf]

I have, "over and over, crimson and clover"

Anyone else?

I quite like it as a name though. Flora is marg too and still a name.

[JazzAnnNonMouse]

Oh we all love clover all over the land oh we all love clover it's the way that its churned.

[TenthMuse]

Love it! It's definitely a Marmite name. I think of 'What Katy Did' and an outdoorsy, faintly tomboyish kind of girl. Don't get the whole 'cow's name' thing, but then again I also love Tabitha (which everyone says is a cat's name) and Rufus (which everyone says is a dog's name)!

[Sarah0378]

Clover and Flora are margarine, lifetime of 'spreads easily' jokes at school. No.

Daisy is a nice name.

[HagsFlungOut]

Do the people who dislike the name Clover also dislike Daisy?

[ripsishere]

dreadful.
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[nooka]

I agree with BresticlesNTesticles (now that is quite a coll name ). I don't see Clover as a person name at all.

[Purplemonster]

It's my dog's name so I cant imagine it for a child personally, it ends up getting shortened to 'Clo' as well which I'm not keen on, it's a bit harsh sounding.

[K8Middleton]

Have you considered Clodagh? Sounds very similar but is a nice Irish name.

[VisualiseAHorse]

Love it! Reminds me of 'What Katy Did'

[GW297]

I like it too!

[mewkins]

Clover and Buttercup are cows' names.

[thermalsinapril]

I like it!

[Ruprekt]

At no point in my life (am now 42) would I have wanted to be called Clover.

Just No.

Nice for a cow or a cat.

[fussychica]

It's What Katy Did books for me - my all time favourite reads as a child and I think it's a lovely name which obviously has been rather spoilt by the spread reference.

[TwllBach]

I like it a lot. Soft and gentle without being too cutesy. I wouldn't be too worried about the brand association either.

[mummanj]

I like it. Clo for a nn is lovely too.

[HagsFlungOut]

It will always be What Katy Did for me, but I do understand the cow reference. Doesn't seem to affect the popularity of similar names though.

I'm unaware of the "butter" reference, as I never buy those artificial spreads, only real butter so I don't look at the rest of it.