Persuading my husband ...

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Please can you share your honest thoughts on the name Fleur for a girl ? Thank you. !

I like it.

I like it when I see it. I don’t like Flora, so prefer it to that.

But the more I say it, the more my mind goes “bleurgh”. Sorry. You did ask for honesty though!

I’m not keen. I think the meaning is too cutesy and the sound is not that pretty unless spoken by a native French speaker.

It's lovely, but the pronunciation will always be an issue.

It's a nice name. Not fantastic, a little boring, and too cutesy to me. It's a fab middle name though.

Too poncy and I think of bleugh

It looks nice but I find the pronounciation difficult.

Hate it I'm afraid. Sounds like bleurgh.

It's a pretty name but some girls will not suit it when they're a bit older. I imagine a petite, pretty girl with delicate features...How's about Florence instead?

*how

I like it. It's classic. I definitely don't think it's cutesy. Cutesy, to me, are names that end in an "ee" sound, so I actually think it's a rather strong name. But the "bleurgh" sound could possibly put me off. Flora? Florence?

It’s ok, not massively exciting but I don’t know anyone who would have problems with pronunciation.

I like it

I once worked with a Fleur she was very beautiful with delicate features and blond hair. It really suited her

I'm not keen on the sound if I'm honest.

To me it's a nice name that works better in theory than in practice

I love it. Always have.

Looks pretty but doesn't sound pretty.

It's lovely. Bit unusual but not too out there.

On persuading your husband... my best friend really wanted a name her husband wasn't completely sold on. So she waited until she was in labour, and while she was experiencing the most intense contractions, told him she still wanted the name.. he was so in awe of her managing the pain and pushing a baby out, he agreed, haha x

Not keen, sorry.

Atrocious.

I don’t like it, sorry. I agree that it rhymes with bleurgh and is very bleurgh.

De Force

Yes the eurgh sound isn't good.

I suspect you were hoping for a more positive reaction to Fleur given the thread title.

But honestly, even if everyone posting here loved it, if your DH doesn’t like Fleur, would he really be swayed by a bunch of random online strangers saying how lovely a name it is?

It really is a strange name, the sound just doesn't work in the English language for me.