Fleur

[Alaboudoir]

What are your thoughts on the name Fleur? We are considering for DC1. DH loves it but I am not quite 100% yet...

[VenusClapTrap]

Beautiful. It was on my shortlist for Dd.

[LetsSplashMummy]

Totally depends on your accent this one. If you are Scottish or Irish and pronounce your Rs, then it's lovely. If you don't, it's not as nice a noise, bit too throat clear-y.

[Prettylittlelady]

I actually really like it - although a couple of people have said it sounds like bleurgh and that really puts me off.
I know of a lonely one - she’s about 5.

[Alaboudoir]

Thanks all. I was worried about the eerrgh noise too but I do think it's a beautiful name. I am so drawn to short names!

[DramaAlpaca]

I really want to like it, it looks so pretty on the page... but I don't think I like the spoken sound much. However, I just asked DH to say it and it sounds lovely in a west of Ireland accent.

[GoshHashana]

I've never seen the appeal of this name. Sounds like "bleurghhh".

[MikeUniformMike]

Is it a name in France? I thought it was from The Forsyte Saga.

[WinWinnieTheWay]

I know a couple, it reminds me of eurgh.

[123Dancewithme]

I like it!

[mamaoffourdc]

Love it!

[MikeUniformMike]

It's a friend's middle name.
A schoolfriend (we're going back a few decades) had a Ddog called Fleur nn Fleurdie.

[Haworthia]

It’s pretty but the English pronunciation sounds like “bleurgh!”

[PlantPotting]

I really like it 💐
I probably wouldn't use it as I failed French at school. But I do know one little girl Fleur and love it

[fleamadonna]

Reminds me of phlegm.

[LivingMyBestLife2020]

It was my top girl choice but had a boy. I love it

[Alaboudoir]

It's growing on me...

[honeybmain]

Cute!

[SpeedofaSloth]

Lovely

[JaJaDingDong]

I think it sounds like someone being sick. Sorry OP.

[Puppilangstrumpfi]

I like Fleur. Very pretty.

[Changeissometimesgood]

I’m 50 and knew a girl called Fleur at school. Absolutely love it!

[1Bobbinwinder]

I have to say I don't like this one.

Pronounced with a French accent, pretty, but English...Sounds like "Fler" which is quite throat-cleary. Or maybe how my friend from Halifax would say "flo"

[SnowdropFox]

Beautiful name. I know one who is 12 now. Suited her as a 5 year old and doesn't sound odd as a preteen either.

[ivfdreaming]

I'm not a fan - always sounds like someone pretending to throw up or has something stuck in their throat

[micc]

My friend called her daughter Fleur :)
Such a pretty little name. I think its beautiful