Is this too 'out there'?

[Littlebittasunshine]

Little but in love with the name 'Winter' for a girl but think I'll get some stick for it. Thoughts?

But I agree it's not that 'out there.' I think if you suggested 'Spring' then that would be really pushing the bar

I used to know someone with a middle name, Spring. She liked it.

For me it's not so much that it's out there, it's that winter is such a miserable, cold, rainy, grey, dark season. Why would you name a kid after that? I don't love Summer as a name, but I at least understand why people choose it.

I think it’s cool! Winnie for short?

I really like it.

I like it.

It was a boy's name traditionally, but dropped completely out of use, probably a good century ago

I still think of it as a boy's name though

I think it's really quite lovely and evocative. Not too out there at all.

(There was an American actress called Spring Byington - Spring sounds gorgeous to me with the right surname.)

I don’t think of winter as a dark and miserable season. I think it’s magical 💫

Great name but spelt Winter (not Wynter )

I love it for a boy, I think it would surprise me on a girl, but it's a good strong name.

I love Winter and especially January, and I’m in a little town in the south west too.

Reminds me of a lovely girl at school who was a couple of years older than me, called... January!

Ooh, me too, wonder if we went to the same school

I like Winter.

How lovely @Melroses

it's that winter is such a miserable, cold, rainy, grey, dark season. Why would you name a kid after that?

Not really. We find winter depressing because we don't live in tandem with the seasons anymore. Winter should be a time of reflection, of slowing down, consuming the the previous years harvest, connecting with family and others inside. You've done the sowing in Spring, you maintain the crop in the Summer, you harvest in Autumn, you preserve, store and slow down in winter.

Instead we are still going full throttle through all the seasons, barely stopping to notice the changes, maintaining the same schedule, having artificial lighting on 24/7 and putting the wretched clock back every year.

And some people love the dark and find it magical.

Winter and nn Winnie is so cute

I know a Winter Rose

Winter is lovely and I know a couple.

I don’t like Rose as a middle name, too twee and unoriginal.

I like it but choosing a non-traditional name will always inevitably raise eyebrows. I think just run with what you like. Winnie is a cute nickname and if you give her a traditional middle name she can always choose to go by that if, later on, she prefers to?

Beautiful name!

I like it. I agree Winter Rose or Winter Grace kills the name with tweeness! You need to choose a middle name that's traditional, feminine and less trendy, to give Winter maximum impact and a bit of romantic mystery. I like:
Winter Catherine
Winter Veronica
Winter Elizabeth
Winter Vivien
Winter Margaret
Winter Gabrielle
Winter Liliana
Winter Natalia/Natalie (if she comes on Christmas time- maybe a bit much but why not?)
.....that kind of thing. And no, it's not too out there for a winter baby.

I haven't heard of Winter as a name before and I love it. It's a really lovely name for girl or boy.

I like Wynter better, but however you choose to spell it, I think it is lovely.
I love Wynter Rose 🥀

It's one of my daughter's names.

Thank you for all your positive comments made me feel much more confident about using it. I think she'd be Winter Eloise :)) x

Winter Eloïse is beautiful OP!

I don't like the 'cold' associations of Winter. So not a name I'd choose but I don't think it's too out there.

Winter Eloise is stunning actually.