Primrose

[Violetandpurple]

Opinions please..

Some flower names are gorgeous but Primrose just sounds sickly sweet to me. A name for a cartoon character, or maybe a hamster. I'd most definitely choose to shorten it and go by Rose.

I like it.
I met one recently, she’s about eight and she has long pale yellow hair.

I think of 'prim and proper' too. Sounds like the parents have quite conservative ideas of how a young lady should act to me. Ick.

Very common now if that bothers you.

The problem for me is there is no choice. If you end up with a rugby playing, beer drinking, swearing teenager her choices are:

Primrose
Rosie
Prim
Posy

Seriously? She'll end up changing her name. It screams, 'I want a girly girl'. And that leaves whomever you end up getting as a child in a corner. Much better to choose a name which has diminutives and nicknames which are a wider choice.

I really love it
Reminds me of The Darling Buds of May which I love too.
Beautiful name.

I've got a cousin called Primrose, she's in her sixties. She doesn't like it and uses Rosie instead.

I don't like it. I dont mind Lily and Rose and big flower names but primrose and violet are so twee, like saying to your daughter stay small and fey and unobtrusive all your life, theres a good girl. Especially if the nn is Prim!

As an adult I would hate to be called Primrose

I think we should question why flowery names are considered too 'girly' and 'twee' and why that should be seen as a bad thing. What is wrong with femininity? You don't hear someone saying 'don't call him Alex that's far too masculine'

@Buddhabowl

I think we should question why flowery names are considered too 'girly' and 'twee' and why that should be seen as a bad thing. What is wrong with femininity? You don't hear someone saying 'don't call him Alex that's far too masculine'

I know a kid called Thor. That analogous for me. He's shy and sweet.

Something like Willow, beautiful but also strong and flexible. A child can be who they are.

I know a little Primrose. I haven’t come across the name in a real person before so I found it unusual but now I think it is very pretty.

Beautiful name! I really love it

I like it and it makes me imagine a feisty little girl who definitely isn’t prim and proper… no idea why though!

@QueenAstrid

As an adult I would hate to be called Primrose

I would love to be called Primrose!

We are using it as one of our middle names for our DD due in a couple of weeks. I love it!

I love it but then my dc have all got names unpopular with mumsnet unless it's the 'what names did you like but not have the guts to use' threads!

I like it, it was on my list for what is now DS but DH wasn't keen so we decided on Iris.

I am too thinking of using this name for my baby girl.
I find lots of people are negative about the name on here!
I personally think it is very pretty (which I don't know why some people see as a bad thing) and reminds me of spring and summer which I love (they are lovely little flowers which sprout all over my garden).
I also think it is a little different to all the more popular names which is nice (although I do believe it's popularity is on the rise).
My heart is telling me to go with this lovely name and I won't be deterred by all the negative comments.
If you feel your baby is a Primrose, go for it.
Best wishes with your baby girl. :) xx

I personally think it is very pretty (which I don't know why some people see as a bad thing)

It's not. Deciding what your DD will be like and boxing her into only a twee, cute name is a bad thing. I chose a name with a pretty long version and a short, neutral version. DD HATES the long version, properly despises is. So she uses the short one happily.

Primrose only has saccharine sweet versions.

It’s quite twee. Fine for a girly girl, but not so good if she grew up to be a football-playing tomboy who wanted to be a copper or a vet.

Really don’t like it. The full name. Prim. Posy. All bad. Rose is nice, but I’d rather another name incorporating Rose or simply Rose than Primrose. They’re names that could suit any girl, rather than ultra-feminine Primrose.

When I imagine a primrose, I imagine a pink-and-pearls-clad but overbearing busybody for some reason.

It seems silly to me to take all more girly names off the table just because the girl might not be girly.
That's almost like saying we need to take all more gender neutral off the table as well just because they might not be tom boy enough (not that I'm saying gender neutral names are tom boyish).
Who's to say Primrose is 'twee' anyway. Some people may think it is others like myself don't.
Like any child who does not like their name for whatever reason (which I should add could happen with any name), they can always choose to use an alternative/ nickname/ choose to use a middle name etc... Equally there is nothing to say they won't love it.
P.s I am not arguing as you are more than entitled to your opinion I am just trying to support OP with a name she likes.
Best wishes to OP with their choice. :)

I really like it.

@ConstantCougher

Absolutely love it! Prim for short.

Who the hell wants to be called Prim?!?!

It’s awful OP - it’s prissy and wet.

Rose is lovely. Or Jasmine, if you want something less popular.