Is my DH right and is Clover awful?

[Littleturkish]

He likes the name in itself, but says she will be bullied etc because of her name and the association with butter. We both work in education and I did get him to admit to not being able to name a single incident of a child being bullied solely because of their name.

I love it, I was a huge fan of 'What Katy Did' and Clover was my favourite.

He says if I can put Clover butter out of business, or find five people who don't think of butter straight away then I can use it...

I thought of butter. Or a name for a cow.

I think it's a lovely name.

Forget about brand names, they come & go.

He is right. Sorry.

Yes sorry, read the title and thought this was a thread about your DH not liking clover on his toast. What about Flora

Nice name for a calf or a pack of butter, sorry but DH is right.

It's "chucklebutty"

Sorry - didnt think of butter but did think of a cow.

if you like the opening syllable, have you thought of 'Chloe"?

I did wonder why there was a thread about butter in the baby names section. Sorry, it is cute for a baby though.

I thought he didnt like the butter until I read this was in baby names

I saw somewhere on tv this week and there was a girl called clovah... Im not a fan sorry.

Sorry, I'm with your DH. I thought of cows and butter.

I absolutely love it. Unusual but not wacky. People who meet your dd will associate it with her, not butter. Also it's not even a leading brand anymore, it's not like you're calling her lurpak!

I say go for it

I think it is very pretty - my first thought is What Katy Did and my second is of the journalist called Clover Stroud.

Admittedly I also think it sounds a bit like a name someone might give a cow, but not in a bad way. Don't think of the butter at all (don't think of margarine with Flora either but think Flora/margarine is a stronger association).

It would be a cute nickname, but too bovine for everyday life, for me.

Sounds like a cow, sorry!

I instantly thought cow ,not butter .

Ok mixed reactions so far- that's not too bad!

My argument was "but we have lurpack!"

Clodagh is his suggestion, but to me that just sounds like someone saying Clover wrong.

I think we'd use Clo as a nn, Chloe is nice, but no Clover!

Oh we all love clover

I love it, and it reminds me of What Katy Did. However DH is firmly in agreement with your DH, and refuses to even consider it for soon-to-be-born DD .

I view it as similar to Flora - I've seen a few people on here calling "margarine" whenever this name is mentioned, but in RL we know a couple of little Floras for whom the margarine connection doesn't seem to be an issue (and I have never thought anything other than "lovely name").

I thought of What Katy Did, of course (have you read In High Valley, where she turns into stepford fiancee, too? It is odd. Great review here. cassandraparkin.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/adventures-in-trash-clover-and-in-the-high-valley-by-susan-coolidge-possibly/).

But - sorry - to me it's a guinea-pig's name.

I don't find it very feminine.

Sorry, I immediately thought of a cow, then butter.

I know a clover. I never think of butter when talking to her. It is a lovely name

I love it, I also immediately thought of Clover Carr...