Would you like it if you were called..

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TTC and thinking of names. I'm trying to narrow them down by thinking about whether I'd like to be called it or not and would like to know what others think. Also if youd have any preconceptions about people with this name.

Blair
Blythe
Primrose
Rosamund
Pandora
Perdita
Petronella

Boy's name settled on already. Robert.

Petronella would be a difficult name to pull off I think.

I wouldn't mind being a Rosamund nn Rosa

Does Primrose sound too prissy?

No

Blair - nope, Tony
Blythe - no - too masculine
Primrose - maybe, not wild about 'prim'
Rosamund - yes, like
Pandora - yes
Perdita - maybe
Petronella - yes, like this one best

Robert is lovely, btw

No to Pandora ... as is the jewellery

I would love to be called Rosamund. 'Rose of the world', just gorgeous.

I would hate to be called any of the others. Sorry.

If you called me petronella I'd be changing it on my 18th birthday, sorry. 😁
The rest are ok imo. Rosamund if I had to pick a favourite.

Petronella - awful.
Rosamund - old lady buy not in a cool way; in a micromanaging WI member, parish council kind of way.
Perdita- I only like because of Jilly Cooper.
Others are fine, inoffensive.

Blair and Pandora - no. Because of tony Blair and Pandora’s box.

The rest are great. No preconceptions that I can think of.

I met a Rosalyn today (20s) and saying it aloud made me realise what a pretty name it is. She said “Yes, there’s not many of us about “.

Rosamund is nice, I like Primrose but couldn’t imagine it for me

I like them all except Perdita - it's the female dalmations name in 101:dalmations! Dita is nicer IMO.

I love Petronella, Pandora and Blythe the best but my dd is named one of these so I'm biased! Primrose and Rosamund nice too but I'm not keen on Blair (makes me think of Tony!)

Ah, I was thinking of pandora braithwaite when I said I like Pandora - I forgot about the tacky jewellery brand - such a shame!

Sorry but I don't think I'd like to be called any of those names

I wouldn't be put off by the jewellery brand.

Blair Witch Project
Not Blythe either
Love Petronella nn Petra
Love Perdita (101 Dalmations)
Don't like Rosamund as I have an old cousin with that name. Rosa? Rose?

I know a Petronella - she’s mainly called Nellie/Ella. And a Pandora - mainly called Pandy or Dora.

Rosamund always sounds a bit pompous to me like Edmund - I prefer Rosalind or Rosalie.

I think I’d most like to be called Blythe of your list. Vintage, chic and not too long.

Primrose and Pandora both lovely too.

I like Blair and Blythe but not the others

Blair is one of those Scottish surname boy's names that became girl's names in the US.

That apart, it's not a particularly attractive name to my ears. Car horns and trumpets "blare".

Primrose will always be prissy Primrose Patterson or Harold Shipman's wife to me, shame because it's such a lovely flower.

Pandora = Adrian Mole

Petronella = Wyatt

Rosamund = Lehmann, one of my favourite writers so a winner for me (plus Rosa, Rosie, Rose all lovely)

Perdita is beautiful and Shakespearean (also some more recent literary refs as others have mentioned 😀)

Rosamund is lovely too.

Petra is OK but Petronella sounds like a disease.

I like Rosamund but none of the others.

Blair - would like
Blythe - would love
Primrose - would love
Rosamund - would be meh about and refer to myself as rose
Pandora - would like
Perdita - would LOVE LOVE
Petronella - not sure, it's quite posh and I am not!

For Pandora would people make rude Pandora' s box jokes?