Your thoughts on Mimosa??

[lililon]

Dc3 is due in early October and we're stuck for a girl's name. I like flower names (dd is a Primrose) and the fact that Mimosa is fairly unusual, I also like mini / mimi for short.

The first thing I think of is that it is the name of Buck's Fizz in the US...

As in the drink, not the band

It's an alcoholic drink. It would be like calling your kid babysham

The new Chardonnay I'm afraid

It hardly trips off the tongue does it

It sounds too similar to Primrose to me. It's also what they call Bucks Fizz in the US.

Jasmine? Lily? Marguerite? Violet?

I think it sounds quite nice actually, and also like Mimi.

I haven't heard it before. Is it an established name?

Only other thought is Primrose likely to 'Prim'?( My DS has a friend called Prim.)

You might then get Prim 'n' Mim which isn't so good.

No. It's a cocktail...

I have never heard of a drink called Mimosa. So much to learn on MN......!

Good grief, no!

It's a cocktail I think?

Oh dear, didn't know that Mimosa is a drink in the US. I've always liked the flower and thought it's a pretty name. May need to reconsider...

First thought, it's a cocktail and it features in an episode of Friends when Pheobe is drinking it for breakfast in Vegas sad Friends addict I am

It's the name of a naice restaurant in our nearest town.

Also, I think with it containing the syllable "os", it's too close to Primrose. So, how about

Daphne
Fern or Fearne
Holly
Ivy
Iris
Cecily
Hazel
Heather
Myrtle
Saffron (too Ab Fab?)
Tansy
Violet
Willow?

I had a horse called mimosa ,nn Mimi , she was beautiful and such a lovely soul so I love it. May be in the minority though.

Skye - that's my first thought too!
'I'm drunk right now. What? I can't have a mimosa for breakfast?'

Did not know it was the same as a Buck's Fizz though.

I like Mimi as a nn but Mimosa is dire, sorry.

Dd1 was nearly Miranda nn Mimi.

My first thought was cocktail.

Also, Mimosa and Primrose are far too similar in sound, due to the os.

didn't know it was a flower. ONly know it as bucks fizz! too much like chardonnay i'm afraid...

I've got a Mimosa in a class this year (yr 7) which is a total first. She's known as Mimi apparently. I rather like it actually tho it's a bit out there.

I do think tho OP it sounds a bit similar to Primrose tbh. Didn't know it was a drink!

I really like the name and never heard of the drink!! I know a little Mimi and on her birth certificate she's a jemima.

How about Iolanthe or Ianthe for an unusual flower name? I quite like Mimosa but the drink association would put me off.

different champers oj proportions for a mimosa, but it reminds me of The Incredibles so would be a no for me.

But if you love it go for it.

It would be a hideous name sorry.

How about Zinnia? It is the name of a flower and quite unusual.