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Would you like it if you were called..

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NotNowPlzz · 06/07/2021 20:58

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.

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 08/07/2021 00:13

In fairness, in the books Perdita's main character trait was washing puppies, and she didn't actually go and rescue the puppies so there are large chunks of the book where she isn't mentioned.

Disney rolled the two female Dalmatians into one, but must have thought the name Perdita was better than Missis.

Blue4YOU · 08/07/2021 00:15

I’d hate to be called any of them! Sorry
I’d prefer (variations on your names/themes)
Rosalind
Rosemary
Rosanna (especially)
Aster (rather than Primrose)
Dora
Clarissa
Petra
Nell

irresistibleoverwhelm · 08/07/2021 00:16

Like Blythe, Rosamund, Perdita. Though Blythe is a bit girls’ school stories for me (as is Primrose). I knew a very beautiful Rosamond and that’s my favourite out of your choices (I don’t mind either o or u spelling). Have you thought of Rosalind?

I’m not so keen on the rest, sorry. Blair too Gossip Girl for me; Pandora makes me think of the posh girl from Adrian Mole. Petronella makes me think of Wyatt (Boris Johnson’s sometime mistress).

Have you thought about Christabel, another name with a similar vibe to your list?

SleepingStandingUp · 08/07/2021 00:18

Blair - I'm not a boy
Blythe - I'm not 96
Primrose - really like it
Rosamund - I'd shorten it to Rose
Pandora - love love love
Perdita - only of I'm terribly posh
Petronella - no no noo

SleepingStandingUp · 08/07/2021 00:21

@Divineswirls

And why does the lucky DS get a perfectly charming name Confused
Or boring and old. Depending on opinion
mathanxiety · 08/07/2021 07:07

Blair - I knew a girl named Blair. Nice girl, but I think it's an ugly name, so no.

Blythe - Nice, old fashioned. I could probably live with it.

Primrose - The Prim bit would put me off, and I don't like Rose.

Rosamund - A bit WI, matronly.

Pandora - Meh, prefer Theodora and plain Dora.

Perdita - 101 Dalmatians ruined it, so no. Though I like Dita (if that's how you chose to pronounce it).

Petronella - I like this one. I don't like Petra or Nell though, so it would need to be the full whack.

NotNowPlzz · 08/07/2021 14:15

Seems Petronella is very marmite.

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periwinkle86 · 08/07/2021 14:27

I love Blythe - it’s on our list, though I’m worried it doesn’t go with our surname so we may not end up using it.

Robert is our middle name option if we have a boy.

Vetyveriohohoh · 08/07/2021 14:30

Like Blair & Blythe- hate the rest

Been a long time since I heard of a baby Robert

Amandasummers · 08/07/2021 14:38

Blair gets my vote and id love that to be name. Wouldn’t mind terribly being called Blythe either. Would hate all the others

NotNowPlzz · 08/07/2021 17:48

Primrose off the list now, it sounds too prissy as some pp have mentioned.

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lottiegarbanzo · 08/07/2021 19:58

Robert and Blythe
Robert and Rosamund

both sound lovely.

How about Isadora, Theodora
Petra, Eleanor (another source for Nell)
Cordelia, Jennifer, Annabel

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