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 like Rose but Rosemary makes me think of a jolly 60 year old (very dated)

The rest of your list is great though.

My friend's little girl is Rosemary, I thought it was a lovely underused pretty name, it is also lovely on a baby, but classy as an adult.

She is Rosie at the moment, but the whole name is pretty

I love Naomi, again a much under used name

I love it!

It's a lovely, classic name.
(I think of the Edison Lighthouse song too!)

And what's wrong with plant names?
Granted, some of them might be a bit much at the moment (Daphne, Myrtle) but their time will come!
Loads of Ivys, Hebes around atm.....

Rosemary just sounds so fusty and musty! Rose on its own is lovely.

Rosemary is lovely, though my favourite from your list is Miranda.

Rosemary is on my list love it

We have really similar tastes! I wanted to use several on your list, but got overruled (still love my daughter's name though and no regrets!).

I think Rosemary is gorgeous and underused, and can be shortened to Rose, Rosie, Mary or Ro - all inoffensive and lovely. Go for it

Makes me feel very old to hear it described as an old lady name! I don't have any in my family but I was at school with a Rosemary and it's a name I've always liked. FWIW, my Rosemary and I will be 59 this year. Not that old, surely?

I like all the Rose-/Ros- names. Rosalind, Roseanne, Roseanna, Rosanne, Rosanna, Rose, Rosa, Rosie, Roslyn, Roslin, Rosamond, Rosamund, Rosemary. I'm a little less keen on Rosalinda and Rose-Marie.

I think that’s the issue, @Gasp0de, it’s not from long enough ago to have come back into fashion yet. The people I can think of called Rosemary are in their 60s.

I have a real soft spot for the Edison Lighthouse song, despite its cheesiness. To me, Rosemary is a pretty name that's not too popular and has lots of nickname potential. Fwiw, I always think of a willowy hippyish type rather than an older woman, if you're bothered by that kind of association.

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.

Yes, always. No other kind of person ever names their child Rosemary. How I, with my PhD in a STEM subject ever tricked my way into the Rosemary club is a complete mystery.

@familyofaliens "being popular with" doesn't exclude other groups. OTOH I know plenty of colourful homespun vegan scientists.

OTOH I know plenty of colourful homespun vegan scientists.

Sure you do.

Rosemary can also be abbreviated to Romy

Rosemary can also be abbreviated to Romy

Romy is a name in its own right, not an abbreviation of Rosemary.

I think it's an ugly, awful, old-lady name. I would HATE to be called Rosemary. With the 3xception of flora (spreads easily) every other name on your list is gorgeous!!

How about Fleur? (in the same vein as some of your other choices).

But personally, I love Rosemary. It's pretty in a way that some other vintage names are not.

From your other choices, Miranda and Iris are my favourites.

I think it's an ugly, awful, old-lady name.

I’d love to know your name! Is it beautiful, lovely and youthful?

I like all the names you suggested. My favourites are Rosemary and Iris. May I also offer Lavender, Juniper or Malope?

I wonder if there's a baby Hibiscus out there somewhere? I could be tempted to go with that name.

I love it!

Refreshing and lovely. Much nicer than use Rose

I also think Naomi is lovely and classy
And I like Flora, Miranda (another refreshing name) and Iris