Thoughts on Nathaniel

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Do you like it? Leaning towards this or Nicholas for a boy :)

I like Flora for a girl - what else might I like (please, no margarine 'jokes' )

Flora was on my list which is why I have quite a few alternative up my sleeve
Finulla (Fionnuala in Irish) was another one I loved.
We had boys

Or maybe Finola?

Other girls names with same vibe to me (ignoring the margarine):

Florence, Polly, Beulah, Doris, Elsie, Candida, Maude, Pearl, Ethel

Candida?

We don't all have the same taste in names, but I can see most people are just going to be rude so I'll leave it there. Thanks.

Stella is blatantly taking the piss and being rude. Ignore it, I'm not going to post any more on this thread.

I have a Nathaniel nn Nat, I know a few more. It does seem to be gaining popularity but not by loads. He does sometimes get called nathan which really annoys him, as does Daniel which he gets called when people mishear or have never heard the name Nathaniel

I like Flora. I like Florence even more :)

Yes, I was at school with a Candida and it's a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning.

Yes, it has associations, so I wouldn't usually recommend it on MN. But I still think up it's a great name.

I think Stella has been rude . Why try and put some one off a name they've said they'll definitely use? It's not even what the thread is about, just getting a dig in.

OP if you are still reading, as far as I know the Floras we know don't get teased, that's such an outdated advert.

If we'd listened to MN we would never have used William for our DS because he'll 'get teased and called Willy'. Guess what? That hasn't happened. Surprise surprise (not) . Thank god i wasn't on MN when we had him.

Love love love Nathaniel. Nicholas is nice but I think it will inevitably get shortened to Nick if you're okay with that.

I like Flora - I think of flora and fauna rather than the margarine. I don't remember the spreads easily tagline from the advert and I'm in my late 20s. I doubt it's something kids of her generation will know.

I like Nathaniel. Prefer Nicholas though.

Nathaniel is lovely
Flora is awful

How about Violet or Emmeline.

Violet or Emmeline are both awful.

I have a Nathaniel and love it. (We don't know any others). He never gets called Nathan and i'd give short shrift to anyone trying to do so - it's a different name! We use Nate as a nn.

I like Flora and wouldn't have associated it with margarine, tbh. You might also like Felicity?