Please say something nice about Rosemary

[ImNotTheLadies]

I've only ever got negative feedback on my much loved Rosemary which I'm adamant to use on dd! Her grandmothers' names are Rose and Mary and I like the etymology/literary references and the herb. She'd go by Romy mostly.

or should I just lay it to rest?

(also how do you personally say it; ROSE-mare-ree or rose-mree?)

It's a great name - go for it!

Pretty name. I know one who is 8, and known as Rosie to everyone.

Splendid name!

It's a lovely name. Everyone can spell it and pronounce it.

Love the name and love Romy (DP vetoed it sadly). Romy also reminds me of the beautiful German/French actress Romy Schneider.

Lovely name.

A beautiful name, it deserves a revival.

I think it is one of the prettiest names there is. I didn't quite have the nerve to use it as it was a bit unusual at the time and I wasn't sure my DD would like to be called Rosemary as an adult.(I personally wouldn't have liked to have an unusual name).
Regret it a bit now.

it's my Mum's name, and was never, never shortened by her family, but later she became a childminder, and many of her kiddies couldn't pronounce Rosemary, so she was often Romy to them.

I love it as it's my daughters middle name as is a family name on my husbands side.
It's a nice classic name.

Rosemary is top of our list for a DD - the one name my DH and I agree on 100% - so I love it! Haven't heard the nn Romy before though, cute.

I do know an older Rosemary who HATES her name and feels it's old-fashioned (and she's in her late 50s) but I don't have any negative connotations and just think it's pretty. Also lovely reasons for choosing it on your part, OP!

In my opinion it is a very pretty name. I wanted it for a daughter, but my boyfriend won't let me because his auntie is called Rosemary and his mother doesn't like her very much

Yes to Rosemary Sutcliff - fabulous author - and also LauraChant, I also thought of Rosie in Carbonel - glad someone else remembers her! Do read, OP! It's lovely to have a book to give your child where the heroine has her name.

My mum's called rosemary and she's lovely :) I like your reasons for choosing it too. I say it rose-merry.

We chose it for one of our daughter's middle names. It would have done equally well as her first name but it was a matter of how it sounded when you said all names together. I love it and have a personal hatred of trendy names and 'made up' names. It's a classic so be confident and go with it.

I know a beautiful Rosemary aged 23. She is stunning, very alternative and edgy, and is beyond clever. She is an engineer.