Flora.....do you just think of a tub of margarine?

[Neverdonethisbefore]

I like this name but not sure what people will think. Help!

don't use margarine and I wouldn't have thought of it. I thought of Flora MacDonald and the Bonnie Prince Charlie Story. Nothing else springs to mind.

No (and I lovethe name). But we have a cat called Echo and didn't think about the margarine connection there either. I eat butter.

I don't think of the margarine.

I do however thing of a girl at university who was nicknamed flora, mostly behind her back, and it wasn't for good reasons. it was due to the fact that she 'spread' easily

oh that is not good

God...sorry but...I had a classmate who rather sweetly was named Flora

She was constantly cat called that she 'spreads easily'

Grim

Glad it wasn't just me that dared mention the flora nickname!

My DNeice is Flora, generally known as Flo. I think it suits her, she is 4. Her sister is Minnie.

Mind you, I also know of a local 2 year old Flora who genuinely does have a best mate called Clover. Awkward.

Sorry. Margerine springs immediately to mind.

I like it but my DP instantly thought of the spread and dismissed it. I really don't think many people would actually make that association in all honesty though

flora mcdonald, over the sea to skye, bonny prince charlie etc. etc.

but we are in scotland...

are you?

I'm in Scotland, and my French teacher (retired since I left school) was Flora.

It's quite a timeless name I thing.

No one with any manners would mention the margarine if they met a RL Flora. But that doesn't mean they won't be thinking it.

The problem isn't just the well known brand, it's that the brand had the slogan "Spreads Easily" - which is still widely known despite not having been in active use for a few years.