Polly, Beatrice…?

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pancakesandpepsi · 19/04/2023 21:09

For some reason these names keep popping into my head, although DH isn’t convinced!

How do you feel they compare to our current forerunners of Flora and Heidi?

Thank you

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luckylavender · 25/04/2023 15:32

PickledScrump · 20/04/2023 08:37

@pancakesandpepsi associating flora with the margarine only ever seems to be a problem on here. In real life it’s not something people think about

It is. I wanted to call a girl Flora, 27 years ago and my DH vetoed it for the same reason. We had a DS.

luckylavender · 25/04/2023 15:33

VincentVaguer · 22/04/2023 18:52

Love Beatrice but hate Beatrix it's unnecessarily tricksy

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pancakesandpepsi · 25/04/2023 15:44

Thanks guys. We have ruled Beatrice out so it’s down to the other three now :)

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RobertaTheRotund · 25/04/2023 16:36

I like Flora the best out of your remaining three. But they're all nice names

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pancakesandpepsi · 25/04/2023 20:03

@Crunchymum not a fan of Posy, thank you for the suggestion though

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martinisforeveryone · 25/04/2023 20:24

To me it feels like Polly or Heidi will appeal to one set of people. Beatrice and Flora to another.

You could give her three names? to include two favourites and a family name.

You could also think about her in all the decades after you name her. She's not going to be a baby for long, but an adult for a very long time.

Personally I'd rather go through life as a Beatrice and its shortenings. Not thrilled at the idea of Flora being shortened, or being a menopausal Heidi. Polly might bridge the gap from cute toddler to adult, but it'd be horrendous with my surname. I also wouldn't like being referred to as Pol.

My own DCs got horrible shortenings at school, but as adults everyone seems to use their full names (which aren't long anyway)

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