Rosemary?

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Opinions on Rosemary?

Perhaps I prefer the spelling of Rosemarie though. Feels a little more modern?

Love it. Would have been my choice for dd but her dad said no

Lovely classic name that's due a comeback. Rose/Rosie are nice shortening too.

It's perfect, and I'm so flattered, thank you!

Love

Beautiful name.

Rose is nice but Rosemary is old fashioned.

I’m thinking that. She’s either gonna get called rose or Marie 🤷🏼‍♀️

Maybe because of my field of study, but I’m sorry to say my mind immediately goes to Rosemary West 😬😬

I love Rosa best of all, a bit more classier and grown up than Rosie.

Rosalyn
Rosalind
Rosanna
Rosanne
Rosina
Rosaria
Rosario
Rosalie

Not my favourite, it sounds a bit clunky to my ears but that’s probably just me!

I'm sorry, I recently read 'Rosemary's baby' and that's all I can think of

A pretty name. Retro chic really and due for a revival. If people can call their baby girls names like Florence and Elsie and that's apparently fine, then why not skip forward a few decades to Rosemary?

The meaning is 'dew of the sea' apparently from rose + marinus, so it's not just a combination of Rose + Mary as you would assume. Like all the Rose- names, it's lovely, and Rose or Rosie could be used for short.

Love it.

So much nicer than Rose, which always seems very funny to me.

I immediately thought of Rosemary West too. But that's not a reason not to use it. (I used to work with an awesome woman called Myra.)

@mathanxiety Rose is 'very funny'?? That's an unusual opinion, can you explain what you mean please?

How can you like Rosemary but not Rose?

Gorgeous. Has a different vibe than Rose does to me, I don't know why, and I much prefer it. The only Rosemary I know is 30 and only every goes by her full name, not a shortening.

Op go for it. It might seem a little dated but so many old names are making a come back. Makes a change from the Ava and Evie type names.

And it will always be her name especially if you stick to it. My own Dad was always called his actual name by his parents, and siblings and in turn neices and nephews. Even if he was known by a shortened version by friends and at work.

I know 3, of different ages. One goes by her middle name instead, one is Rose, the other Rosemary.
I also know a Rosemarie, which seems a bit 1960s

Really lovely!