Rosemary - dated or refreshing?!

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I like it as long as I think of the herb and not of somebody in their 60s! What do you think?

Other options are:
Naomi
Fern
Flora
Freya
Elizabeth
Miranda
Rose
Isolde
Iris
Thanks!

I’m afraid I can’t think of the herb. Your others are far nicer, with the exception of Fern, which makes me think of cheap toiletry gift-sets in old-fashioned chemists.

Isolde for preference.

I really want to love Rosemary - I love both Rose and Mary but I just find Rosemary off putting and yes a bit dated. From your list - I like Rose, Elizabeth and Miranda.

But all the Rosemarys I have known have been called Rosie, which I really like

DD is a Rosemary. It’s my favourite girls‘ name ever and she loves it, though as a young adult she now goes by Rose (never Rosie!).

I really like Rosemary. I like the rest of your list, too.

I like it

Always think of Rose West when I hear the name

Refreshing.
To me it is an 'old lady name', so it is time for a come back with all the Maisies, Iris, Isobels, Mauds, Ivys, etc etc.
Why I like Rosemary better is that it gives nice options for shorter names at different times, when she wants to be known as Rose, Rosie (or Mary, I suppose)

Always think of Rose West when I hear the name

Despite the fact she is known as Rose? How odd.

I like it. A plus is she can decide if she wants to be called Rose or Mary :)

I like it.

Also i like from your list

Miranda
Rose
Flora
Elizabeth

Dated or refreshing? - a bit of both. Certainly I know a lot of older women called Rosemary and it does seem dated, but it also could work for a little one, and I particularly like Rose and Rosie for shortforms.

Just to add, I like (and prefer) some others on your list: Flora, Isolde and Iris.

Rosie sounds very dated to me. There is one in the school I work in now but there used to be one in practically every class about ten years ago.

Love Iris Elizabeth and Freya

I named my dd who I lost Rosie, my partner had wanted his first daughter to have Rose in her name but her mum dumped my partner & didn't use it. So I chose Rosie for him.

Rosemary is beautiful to me. Especially I like it because it’s Rosemary for remembrance. But then again I called my DD’s Grace and Lydia so I think I like old fashioned and what I think of as lyrical names.

I live Isolde.
I like Flora (considered it for DD2).
I also loved
Ada
Georgiana
Clara
Cora
Emmeline
Dora
Lisette
Alina
Eliana
Harriet (DH hated it).

Recently I’ve lived
Delphine
Josephine
Francine (all the INE’s)
Clarissa
Celeste
Vivienne
Victoria

Rosemary has always been popular with the sort of vegan hippies who wear colourful homespun while tending their allotments and trying to swap yoga lessons for local currency tokens.

I love it but am not vegan or homespun 😂

It makes me think of the horror film Rosemary’s baby I’m afraid...

Refreshing not dated.

I like Elizabeth too.

I like Miranda the best.

Rosemary is a bit dated

I like it, but never know how to pronounce it. I would pronounce it like the herb i.e. rose muh ree/Rosemarie. But my parents pronounce it Rose-Mary, with Mary pronounced like the name Mary. Like in the Edison Lighthouse song 'Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes'.

I like both pronunciations. I used to prefer the Rosemarie spelling, but I worked with a ghastly woman called Rosemarie and now prefer the Rosemary spelling.

I think it's a lovely name and ripe for revival.

Not keen on Rosemary, more so because it makes me think of herbs than someone in their 60s!
Naomi - I like it
Fern - nope
Flora - yes but children will for sure mention butter
Freya - love it
Elizabeth - meh
Miranda - great name, I have a cousin called Miranda suits her perfectly
Rose - nah
Isolde - not sure how you pronounce this, is old?
Iris - its ok

Do you like the smell of the plant? I don’t and it puts me off a bit. Not that that’s a good reason, of course.
I like the rest of your list though, but not Elizabeth as much as the others.