Can I call a girl Floris?

[ruralmother]

Recently stumbled upon the name Floris. Its a boys name (danish, means to blossom). Do you think its usable for a girl?

Without any Scandinavian connection, to me it looks like you couldn’t decide between Flora and Doris.

No. It's florist that lost the t. Or a mashup of Doris/Florence as said above.

Besides, I think the whole idea of taking a name from another language and swapping the gender is stupid - keep it to the cultural usage and spelling. It comes across as a bit thick if the child ever goes to that country or runs into people from it, or like you simply couldn't be arsed to research properly.

Floris is a Dutch boys' name too. I don't know about Scandinavia. I would always assume Floris was a boy, but I think you probably could get away with it as a girls' name in the UK. I quite like it.

Haha, don't hold back raven. Perhaps I should have been more clear....its commonly used as a boys name and is listed as a girls name too but much less common.

What about Florin? Florine?

To my huge embarrassment there is a likelihood that Ive mixed up dutch and danish . Baby brain!

I would expect a Floris to be a boy (possibly wearing scent, from the range of that name, predominantly marketed to men)

How about Doris, Janice, Eunice?

I like it though , it's pretty

To me it sounds like a girls name, I do associate it with flowers.

It makes me think of the company that makes aftershave and soaps for posh old men

In BeNeLux countries I think it's a boy's name!
Flora?

I quite like it too, but I think the child will spend their whole life saying 'like Doris with a Fl'.

It is very similar to names like Florence, Flora.

How about Florise? It is a girl's name in France, although a bit old-fashioned.

Boy's name innit.

I like Florise

Florise is better then Floris.

Definitely go for Florise x

Floris is a perfume house. I instantly thought of this.

Florise

FloRise plumbing company is what Google will come up with.

Don't do it.

Reminds me of the boys' names Florian, Florio, Fabian, Flavian. But closest to Florian which is less niche than Floris, which sounds extremely elegant and tweedy and highly educated.

But for a girl it sounds quite lovely actually and no tweedy associations.

Says expensive bath essence to me

Flora, Fleur, Florence, Felicity?

I had a female rabbit called Florrie maybe you could use that instead!?

Noooo boy's name.

Fleur?