Opinions on the name Meadow?

[SoonToBeAMummyToADD]

I'm due a daughter soon. I'm looking for something a bit unusual, but still pretty sounding.

I came across the name Meadow - what do you think?

I taught a Meadow who was a lovely girl if it helps!

Hippy name, like Summer etc.

Why shouldn't it be a name? It's a lovely word from nature after all. A few years ago Willow would have been considered seriously out there, but now it's pretty mainstream. And someone must have been the first Heather or Rose etc.

I just adore nature names so much!

Chavtastic.

A meadow is a field, not a girls name. You really want to call your DD 'field' with wild flowers in it? Pick an actual name FGS.

I wouldn't say it was a 'chav name' at all... I hate names being labelled as a 'chav name' anyway...

I really like it

Beautiful on a pretty little dainty girl.

Not so cute on a McDonald's loving overweight teen.....

I don't know why people are actually showing anger, jeez.

It isn't any different to Willow/Rose/Fern/Summer/Sky, etc.

I think it would be better as a middle name.

I wouldn't choose it personally, but it is no worse than many of the other names out there (e.g. I know girls called Autumn, Summer, Honey, Eden, Bluebell, Melody, Harmony, Devon, etc).

My favourite 'nature' name is Juniper - any good to you OP?

It's not about whether or not faceless Strangers on line like. It's your baby.
With names. Pleasing some of the people, some of the time is easy, but pleasing all of the people all of the time is a lot harder

Not a huge fan myself, but it's not terrible.

How about Melody? Still pretty and unusual but sounds like more of an actual name?

I love it, pretty looking and sounding. Meadows are wonderful places full of life

It's nice enough, much better than some of the names MN fawns over. Bit hippyish, yeah, but so what.

There was a Meadow in my DD class, she is now 9. I was a bit at first but she was a lovely girl. If you like it use it.

I think it's awful along with summer, Autumn and those kind of names but each to their own. I'm in the camp of if you have to ask a bunch of strangers you're doubting yourself anyway.

I like it

Makes me think of the Sopranos!

Much prefer Prairie

How about:

Lark

Sorrel

January

Faunia

Merryn

Quite like it actually. .. not a name I've heard before x

Melody was a lovely suggestion - you then get the NN Mel

I REALLY like it. It's pretty but solid.

I'd reinforce it up with a more 'traditional' middle name (Lucy, Emma, Alice etc depending on your surname).

Lots of names are taken directly from nature.