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 wouldn't really want to be called any of those names.

I don't like Blair.

The others are all nice, Blythe especially so if she's born on a Sunday.

Please not Pandora. I know one that was born recently and it got a lot of faces.

Of those, I only like Rosamund.

Only Rosamund, really, for me. Blythe at a push.

Have name changed for obvious reasons. We have very similar taste in names.

I have two DD.
One has the first name Perdita (known as Perdie) and the other is Theodora with Blythe as one of her middle names.
Pandora was also on my list (but my husband didn't like it).

We weren't put off by the Dalmatian / Jill Cooper references. If people don't know that Shakespeare invented the name and 101 Dalmatians is their only reference, then so be it. I know some people struggle with the meaning but Perdita was a charming, beautiful lost princess in The Winter's Tale who got her happy ending. I'm content with that.
It's traditionally pronounced Per-di-ta, rather than Per-dee-ta, in the UK. Lots of people get it wrong though.

I'm very happy to 'meet' another Perdita on this thread though @Yellowmoons! My daughter will be thrilled!

Rosamund is the only one I'd consider. It's nice, although I slightly prefer Rosalind.

Blair is the worst, too American, too masculine, memories of Tony, bleurgh
sound. Just no.

All the others have nice elements but problematic associations. Primrose prissy, Perdita meaning 'lost', Pandora too 'Adrian Mole', plus jewellery and 'box', Petronella too princessy. Etc, etc.

Rosamund

I physically winced when I read out your list of names so I guess that means I don't think any of them are suitable.

And why does the lucky DS get a perfectly charming name

@Perdiesmum you have fantastic taste

We were looking at the Per-di-ta pronunciation as the correct one. Perdie is gorgeous.

My DD has an ancient classical name with a more modern occurrence so I'm not bothered re Pandora and Perdita being a jewellery brand and disney name respectively. They're both old beautiful names.

Love Perdita and Rosamund

Rosamund is lovely, all the others, not so. Pandora is the only other one that's OK, but firmly associated for me with Pandora Braithwaite from Adrian Mole.

Perdita - why would you want to call your child 'lost'?

Robert's fab!

@Perdiesmum

Have name changed for obvious reasons. We have very similar taste in names.

I have two DD.
One has the first name Perdita (known as Perdie) and the other is Theodora with Blythe as one of her middle names.
Pandora was also on my list (but my husband didn't like it).

We weren't put off by the Dalmatian / Jill Cooper references. If people don't know that Shakespeare invented the name and 101 Dalmatians is their only reference, then so be it. I know some people struggle with the meaning but Perdita was a charming, beautiful lost princess in The Winter's Tale who got her happy ending. I'm content with that.
It's traditionally pronounced Per-di-ta, rather than Per-dee-ta, in the UK. Lots of people get it wrong though.

I'm very happy to 'meet' another Perdita on this thread though @Yellowmoons! My daughter will be thrilled!

@Perdiesmum Yes, there aren't many of us around! I pronounce my name Per-dee-ta, which I prefer, but I believe your way is more correct. It is a shame about the meaning, but it doesn't bother me too much. I quite fancied naming my first daughter Ariadne as a way of balancing it out - beautiful name and love the association with Labyrinths - sadly DH vetoed it.

@Yellowmoons and @NotNowPlzz - we obviously all have great taste! ;)
One of Perdie's middle names is Daphne, so that keeps the classical theme going too. (She is named after my grandmother, Daphne.)

The only one is like to be called is Blythe.
I wouldn't have liked to be called any of the others.

Darcy
Cameron
Dylan
Blake
Arden

Lovely:
Blair
Blythe
Primrose
Rosamund

Not lovely:
Pandora - Adrian Mole
Perdita - Disney dog
Petronella - Ugly name

Blaise sounds like a boy from Angry People in Local Newspapers who has been sent home from school for his haircut.

What a very sensible way round of thinking about baby names!

I am short, plain and easily embarrassed. I could possibly cope with Rosamund, but would have hated to be called any of the others.

No sorry non of them. Especially not Pandora - the woman that released all evil and suffering into the world.

Robert is a good choice.

Yes to:
Blythe (interesting)
Rosamund (lovely, I think of Rosamund Pike)
Petronella (Petra or Nell)

No to:
Blair (Awful. Tony, Witch Project, surnamey, blah)
Primrose (Twee, there are many nicer flower names)
Pandora (Harsh and flat. There are nicer 'dora' names)
Perdita (Too formal. Dog name from 101 Dalmations. Petra is nice)

The 101 Dalmatian reference is lost on me. I’m baffled at the amount of attention people give to Disney. Who actually gives a fuck?

Perdita is the lost and then found princess in one of Shakespeare’s miracle play.

@TatianaBis

The 101 Dalmatian reference is lost on me. I’m baffled at the amount of attention people give to Disney. Who actually gives a fuck?

Perdita is the lost and then found princess in one of Shakespeare’s miracle play.

101 Dalmatians was a well established children’s book before Disney made films of it !

No shit and yet people keep wittering on about Disney.