Would you like it if you were called..

[NotNowPlzz]

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.

I also prefer Rosalind so Rosamund

No not all. Don’t get me wrong I moan and I’ve never forgave my parents for calling me Clare but thinking about it. I probably got off very lightly.

If I had to pick one I’d say Blythe.

Would like Rosamund. Would live with Primrose but go by Rose. Hate the others

No none of them... sorry

Petronella...I would love that.

Christ no! They’re all awful! I don’t love my name but it’s infinitely better than all of your suggestions. They’re also miles off from Robert which is a bit dull but fine in my opinion.

I’d like to be a Rosamund or a Rosalind. Roz for short.

Love Blythe. Means happy but in a gay old fashioned way. And Perdita is a very beautiful name too.

I would not like to be called Petronella or Blair. Blair isn't a very nice sound at all. Even worse when I imagine blaring Blair across a park.

Rosamund is my fav mostly because I like Rose and Rosa as nicknames. Also like Rosalie.

Perdita - torn because I like a Winter’s Tale but don’t like the meaning “little lost one” - Hermione is better.

Though Dorothea is a more admirable character than Rosamund in Middlemarch so . . .

None of them ,sorry

Sorry I'm not keen on any of them. I quite like Petra, if you wanted to shorten Petronella.
I have a cousin called Primrose,she absolutely hates it and goes by Rosie.

At a push Blair

I went to school with a Purdey (that was her actual name though) - good nickname for Perdita (although I guess you’d spell it Perdi?)

I wouldn’t particularly like to be named any of these though to be honest.

I quite like Blair

Blair people would assume a boy bit there is value in unisex names
Also associated with tony
Blythe very old fashioned
Primrose most neutral of these names, any class
Rosamund not very pretty I prefer Rosalind
Pandora box/Adrian mole
Perdita the dog in 101 Dalmatians
Petronella too much like petrol

I only like Rosamund. It's confident sounding and a teensy bit butch (much like myself). The others are all too twee / feminine and / or not clearly names (i.e. Blair).

I love Blaire but put an e on the end.

Blythe is a bit cold and harsh
Petronella no reminds me of that mozzie repellant citronella
Rosamund - ok, but the Mund is a bit harsh
Pandora - no
Perdita - no

My name is Perdita! I never see it mentioned in name lists, so this is quite exciting

Honestly, it's not a name I would have chosen - it feels quite hard to me and doesn't have the nicest meaning. Having said that, I love its links to Shakespeare and the fact that I've never met anyone else with the same name. I get lots of compliments on it. Perdy is a nice nn too

From your other suggestions, I like Rosamund, though prefer Rosa / Rosalie. Not keen on the others, though Primrose would make a nice middle name. Pandora has too much scope for teasing, though I like Dora as a nn - maybe Theodora?

The only one I like is Robert

@NotNowPlzz

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

She might though!

What if it suffered some ethical scandal and that followed her around as everyone's association with her name?

Blair ok but makes me think of the Blair witch project.
Blythe : ok not my cup of tea.
Primrose: pretty
Rosamund: no ugly.
Pandora: box no.
Perdita: I like, but nn Perdy could lead to Pervy and that could lead to bullying.
Petronella sounds like some bacteria based sickness bug.

Blair - a bit trendy. Don't think it'll date week. I'd assume they were beautiful cut very shallow and self-centred (unfair, I know).

Blythe - I'd assume they were a boy.

Primrose - pretty. Can easily be shortened to Rose if they don't like it. Not my type of name, but perfectly nice and not overused.

Rosamund - absolutely beautiful

Pandora - unfortunate connotation of a box

Perdita - pretty sounding, but I've known three and they were all incredibly vain and only interested in male attention

Petronella - I'd assume a smart background. Not to my taste but a perfectly nice name. Every Petronella I've ever met has been loudly-spoken, even louder-laughing, highly intelligent, confident, attractive and successful. Could be worse!

Robert is a great name and I wish I heard it more.

I live Perdita. Fiery and strong!

Perdita, Rosamund and Blythe are all lovely.