The Fleur saga

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So we liked Fleur but it got a very negative response on here. I've been having some fun when being asked my name by helplines and things (not sales calls) by saying it is Fleur and my surname or some of our other choices.

Of all of them Fleur gets the most comment with people spontaneously saying things like "oh what a pretty name' when I ask if it sounds like I'm saying Bleurgh, people have said not at all it's lovely.

Haven't had the same reaction with some of our other choices. It has proved an interesting if unscientific way of gauging how the name plays out in real life

Fleur is a fabulous name. It was on my list for my dd and will be for any future dd.

If you love it, use it.

This sounds a bit like the Starbucks test ! I've heard of people giving a favourite name of theirs when they order at Starbucks to see if the barista can spell the name correctly and what kind of reaction it gets.

I'm planning on giving it a little go when the time comes - some of my favourite guilty pleasure names are quite out there and very much frowned upon on MN

fwiw - I like Fleur!

Fleur is a lovely name. It was scrapped from my list as unfortunately it just isn't nice with my accent (NI).

I never thought of Starbucks. Excellent I'm going to try that next!!

Love Fleur (very Forsythe Saga).

I love your method of testing the name out! 😄

I like it. Very pretty.

Fleur is one of my favourite names. If I have another dd I'm going to use it for a middle name. The only reason it wouldn't be used for the first name is purely because I like long names.

Use it!! Its absolutely beautiful and not very common at the moment either.

What's wrong with Fleur? It's a very pretty name, and I imagine most people in the U.K. study at least a little French at school, so know how to pronounce and spell it?

Sounds like Bleugh? Yeah, and Jane sounds like pain, Sue sounds like poo, and Sophie sounds like sofa. Whatever!

Such a pretty name.

great name

It's a lovely name Op

Thanks everyone. When I suggested Fleur on here the reaction was overwhelmingly negative with people saying it sounded awful in different accents and sounded like someone was being sick or saying Bleurgh....

I've found in real life people just haven't had that reaction so we have put it back to the top of our list

I really like it
If you love it and it sounds good with your surname, balls to people saying 'bleurgh' etc.

There will always be someone on here who hates whatever name. Just go with your gut feeling so long as its not frogmella rothmans.

My DD is an Emma which apparently is 'boring' according to posters on here . Its true, there was a whole thread about how boring it is. Problem is a I have very long extravagant surname so a simple easy first name was needed.

If Fleur hadnt already been used by a relative I cant stand it would have been on my shortlist.

My DS's friend has a 15 yo sister called Fleur, I think it's a gorgeous name.

Fleur is on our shortlist as well. People on here can be very opinionated about names, go with what you love!

Fleur is a lovely name, one of my favourites.

Love fleur!!!

I like Fleur. Unusual but not too out there!

Apparently Liquidrevolution there are a disproportionately large number of Emma's at Oxford and Cambridge. It is a great name. I know two Emma's and they both love their name xx

I love the name Fleur.exh did not (for the reason you give-rhymes with bleurgh) so we didn't use it.
Just use it if you like it!

I don't like Fleur because it sounds horrible in my (Australian) accent.

It just sounds a bit phlegmy.

But I don't think it sounds that way in all accents.

LOVE FLUER! I want all my children to have the same initials or I would use it for sure

Lovely name. What's not to like?
Just don't hyphenate it to Delice/Delis