Mimosa

[SeanChailleach]

Saw this name recently and thought it sounded lovely for a girl. Not seen it before. I don't have any babies to name but someone might like it.

Naming your baby after a cocktail, however delicious, is very déclassé

No. Just call it Bloody Mary and have done with it.

This is a very popular name in some Nordic countries and I would love it if it wasnt for the drink..

An unusual choice.

I would immediately be reminded of a number of Baby Showers here in the USA where we would be throwing these down our necks at the shower brunch. There could be worse associations.

It's a bit mimsy

It's so nice but no, not as there's a drink

Makes me think of champagne and orange juice cocktails.

It does sound quite sweet but I think the drink rules it out for a human. Great cat name though.

I could imagine a sassy pomeranian wearing the name well

It's also a tree as well as been a Bucks Fizz type cocktail. Can't see it catching on lol

Mimosa, sister to Margarita, Cosmo and Manhattan…….

In 11 years she may come home in tears after having classmates chanting “Buck’s Fizz, Buck’s Fizz, Buck’s Fizz,“ at her.
Kids can be brutal.

It was a tree before it was a cocktail though.

most people would think of the cocktail

Dreadful. So many beautiful names out there too

Do people really not google names they like to check out meanings, usage, etc?

For a pet, adorable.

Errr... I had no idea it was a drink?
OP, it is a beautiful flowering tree with the most fragrant clusters of powderpuff soft yellow flowers. It grows wild in woodland in India where is is magical and almost intoxicating to walk through, but it can also be grown as a garden ornamental tree here in the UK.
It was on my list too; it is a lovely name.

It's a drink.
That's all people will think when they hear it

I dealt with a Mimosa once. She was f*ing awful.

I'm pretty sure mimosa is also a strain of weed.. in case you didn't know 🤦‍♀️😂

I think Mimosa is lovely but a bit too American for my tastes. I'd name your baby "Buck's Fizz" instead. So much more British 😉

I knew it was used in America for what I'd call a Buck's Fizz, but am surprised that so many people now seem to think it's just a cocktail and have never heard of the tree.
It sounds quite pretty to me but I suppose if you've never heard of the tree, it would like calling a baby Martini (which may also have another meaning that I don't know, I guess).

Reminds me of those stories you hear of mothers who name children after their favourite drug. It's a bit...Mommy's a drinker but has the money to make it more palatable socially

I did know that, but only because I used to live in South America where it grew in the garden. We called it the Sensitive Plant as its leaves immediately droop if you touch them.
I don't think so many people in the UK would have come across this plant as a weed here; I'd imagine it takes quite a bit of cultivating. So it's might not be quite such a face/palm inducing idea as it may seem to you.