Plum’s sister!

[HazeyJaney]

Help please! We chose a very unusual name for our first daughter (Plum Elizabeth) and now we’re stuck on what to name her sister. Our current list feels a bit pedestrian in comparison, does it matter?

We like:

Alice
Flora
Gaia
Cecily
Beatrix
Sylvie
Merryn
Iris (actually, I’ve always loved Isis, but it’s obviously unusable now)

[PollyShelby]

Sorrel reminds me of a dense loaf.

Is there a malt loaf thingy in a yellow packet? I can remember seeing it somewhere.

[Milo90]

Without sounding like I'm taking the pee... I'd go with Peach. Its very pretty and goes with Plum!!

[GrumpyMiddleAgedWoman]

@PollyShelby, it's Soreen malt loaf that you're thinking of.

[KronksSpinachPuffs]

This is slightly out there but how about Lark?

It is the name of the baby on the TV programme "Life in Pieces" and when I first heard it I thought it was quite strange but as I watched more I thought it was really pretty!

Could go quite well with your other daughters name :)

[Theworldisfullofgs]

Lettice like Lettice Knollys. She was a lady in waiting to Elizabeth I.

[daisypond]

How about Cicely?
It’s a plant, but not too obvious, has a Victorian vibe, and v similar to Cecily.
I like all your suggested names. I like Plum as well.

[Painsnail]

Plum is one of my guilty pleasure names. Love to be brave enough to use it! I think another unusual nature name would be a good choice. I don't love sorrel, it sounds too much like sorrow to my ear. How about

Hebe (another one I'd love to use)
Laurel
Zinnia
Tansy
Aster

[IckleBear]

Plum and Wren
Plum and Daisy
Plum and Noemi
Plum and Mavis

[TatianaLarina]

The opinions you’ve projected here...?!

What about them. I have no issue with unusual, unconventional, foreign choices.

[Jj2431]

Jeez louise Plum though..plum is an insult around here. I hope you live in a very posh area where everyone is called Apple, peaches, Horatio etc otherwise she is going to be verbally ripped apart at school and in her future and I definitely would tell you what I thought of plum if I knew you in real life. So cruel to the kid but anyway, on one hand, how do you now call the next one a normal name but equally, don't be mean to your next kid as well and please do choose something like Alice. I hope you consider changing plum to Elizabeth and use plum as a middle name if you really insist on it.

[WaxOnFeckOff]

Myrtle

[Leopardprintboots]

@Jj2431 I actually know two other little girls called Plum! It’s not that much of a shock these days to hear names like this. 30 years ago they’d have stood out. There’s a Wolf and a Fox at our baby group. No boys called Oliver funnily enough

[DartmoorChef]

How about Damson?

My mum wanted to call me Victoria, but my dad refused on the grounds I would get called plum as a nickname 😂

[notnowmaybelater]

Mirabelle
Victoria
Myrobalan
Santa Rosa
Greengage...

[BiologicalComputer]

You didn't seriously name a human being Plum? Poor kid

[pollyhampton]

I like Sorrel and it goes well with Plum. Loveday and Beatrice were on our list for a girl, both would also go well with Plum.

[Jj2431]

@Leopardprintboots I think Wolf and Fox are horrendous too. Why is everyone trying to be different? It's not even different, it is ridiculous.

[daisypond]

Plum is no different to a name like Olive, Jade, Amber, Hazel, Rose etc - a thing that is also a colour. It’s unusual but I don’t think it’s way out at all. A lot nicer than the ghastly Wren that seems to be well liked on here.

[BowiesJumper]

Indigo
Ollia
Juno
Juniper

[Leopardprintboots]

I predicted you’d find Wolf and Fox horrendous @Jj2431 🤣 (In fairness I do too!)... I was more trying to show that Plum wouldn’t stand out in the way it would have done when we were little. I know of two Plum’s both under 8

[Leopardprintboots]

How about Willa @HazeyJaney

[Leopardprintboots]

I think Alice would be lovely though. I’d pick that

Plum and Alice ❤️

[Anon19851985]

What about Prune?

[Uuummmm]

I think Ariadne and Daphne are lovely names.

[TatianaLarina]

Anywhere multicultural Plum is nothing.

At DD’s school there’s Gurmit, Inderprit, Rashida, Hadya, Mei Chen, Kyung-Wa, Ximena to name but a few.